I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3148 
To amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to require 
States to impose certain requirements on individuals seeking pandemic 
unemployment assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2021 
Mr. JACOBS of New York (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, and 
Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-
rity Act to require States to impose certain requirements 
on individuals seeking pandemic unemployment assist-
ance, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Help Wanted Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REINSTATING STATE WORK REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of division 
A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
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Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2119. STATE WORK REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘As a condition of any agreement under section 
2102(f), section 2104(a), or section 2107(a), a State may 
not modify its unemployment compensation law and poli-
cies with respect to work search requirements under the 
authority of section 4102(b) of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).’’. 
(b) PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 2107(a)(7) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(7)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(7) ACTIVELY SEEKING WORK.—For purposes 
of paragraph (2)(D), the term ‘actively seeking 
work’ means, with respect to any individual, that 
such individual— 
‘‘(A) is registered for employment services 
in such a manner and to such extent as pre-
scribed by the State agency; 
‘‘(B) has engaged in an active search for 
employment that is appropriate in light of the 
employment available in the labor market, the 
individual’s skills and capabilities, and includes 
a number of employer contacts that is con-
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sistent with the standards communicated to the 
individual by the State; 
‘‘(C) has maintained a record of such work 
search, including employers contacted, method 
of contact, and date contacted; and 
‘‘(D) when requested, has provided such 
work search record to the State agency.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act is 
amended in the table of contents by inserting after the 
item related to section 2118 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 2119. State work requirements’’. 
SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE. 
Section 2102(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, 
and 
Economic 
Security 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
9021(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking item (ii). 
SEC. 4. SAFETY CONCERNS. 
Section 2102(a)(3)(B) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following: 
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‘‘(iii) an individual who declines to 
work on the basis of safety concerns re-
lated to COVID–19.’’. 
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