cated proportionately based on population, for the 
administration of Pandemic Unemployment Assist-
ance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Com-
pensation in such territory. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
TERRITORIES.—The Territories 
specified in this paragraph are Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 
Palau. 
(3) APPLICATION.—A territory seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary of Labor with such information as the 
Secretary may require not later than June 30, 2022. 
The Secretary of Labor shall assist territories in 
meeting the conditions of receiving the grant, includ-
ing by providing technical assistance and guidance. 
An application submitted by a territory for a grant 
under this subsection shall include documentation of 
policies, regulations, or laws demonstrating that the 
territory will, as a condition of the grant at least 
through the end of calendar year 2021, satisfy the 
requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
903(j)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act. 
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(4) FUNDING.—There are appropriated from 
the general fund of the Treasury, out of any money 
in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$3,000,000 for grants under this subsection, to re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 5. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS 
OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 2102(d) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9021(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—In the case of indi-
viduals who have received amounts of Pandemic Un-
employment Assistance to which they were not enti-
tled, the State shall require such individuals to repay 
the amounts of such Pandemic Unemployment As-
sistance to the State agency, except that the State 
agency shall waive such repayment if it determines 
that— 
‘‘(A) the payment of such Pandemic Un-
employment Assistance was without fault on the 
part of any such individual; and 
‘‘(B) such repayment would be contrary to 
equity and good conscience.’’. 
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SEC. 6. STATE REPORTING ON CLAIMS BACKLOGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104 of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9023) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(j) STATE ACCOUNTABILITY RELATING TO CLAIMS 
BACKLOGS.—As a condition of any agreement under this 
section, the following rules shall apply: 
‘‘(1) CLAIMS REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each State partici-
pating in such an agreement shall submit to the 
Secretary of Labor on a weekly basis a report 
on the status in the State of any backlog of the 
processing of unemployment claims, including 
claims for regular compensation, extended com-
pensation, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, 
and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Com-
pensation. Such report shall include a descrip-
tion, with respect to the previous week, of each 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) The number of initial claims still 
in process, disaggregated by the number of 
such claims still pending— 
‘‘(I) because of nonmonetary de-
terminations; 
‘‘(II) because of monetary deter-
minations; 
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‘‘(III) 
because 
of 
suspected 
fraud; and 
‘‘(IV) for any other reason. 
‘‘(ii) The number of initial claims de-
nied. 
‘‘(iii) The number of individuals with 
respect to whom a continued claim was 
paid. 
‘‘(iv) The number of individuals with 
respect to whom a continued claim is still 
in process, disaggregated by the number of 
such claims still pending— 
‘‘(I) because of nonmonetary de-
terminations; 
‘‘(II) because of monetary deter-
minations; 
‘‘(III) 
because 
of 
suspected 
fraud; and 
‘‘(IV) for any other reason. 
‘‘(v) The number of individuals with 
respect to whom a continued claims was 
denied. 
‘‘(B) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Upon re-
ceipt of a report described in subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary of Labor shall publish such report 
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on the website of the Department of Labor and 
shall submit such report to the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(2) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this sub-
section and at least every 90 days thereafter, 
each State participating in such an agreement 
shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a correc-
tive action plan that includes a description of 
the actions the State has taken and intends to 
take to address any backlog of the processing of 
unemployment claims described in paragraph 
(1)(A). 
‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall make technical assistance 
available to States to the extent feasible to en-
able States to develop and implement corrective 
action plans in accordance with this paragraph. 
If the Secretary of Labor determines at any 
time that a State has failed to take reasonable 
actions under a corrective action plan to ad-
dress a claims backlog, the State shall collabo-
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