I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2826 
To amend title III of the Social Security Act to prevent the payment of 
unemployment benefits to incarcerated individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2013 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. BOUSTANY, and Mr. 
REED) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title III of the Social Security Act to prevent 
the payment of unemployment benefits to incarcerated 
individuals. 
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 ‘‘Permanently Ending 
Receipt by Prisoners Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREVENTING THE PAYMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 503) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(m)(1) In order to obtain the information necessary 
to carry out the provisions of a State law under which 
an individual who is confined in a jail, prison, or other 
penal institution or correctional facility pursuant to his 
conviction of a criminal offense is ineligible for regular 
compensation on account of such individual’s inability to 
satisfy the requirement under subsection (a)(12), the 
State agency charged with the administration of the State 
law shall seek such information— 
‘‘(A) from the Commissioner of Social Security 
under 
sections 
202(x)(3)(B)(iv) 
and 
1611(e)(1)(I)(iii); and 
‘‘(B) through such additional means as the 
State agency considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable no-
tice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency 
charged with the administration of the State law, finds 
that there is a failure to comply substantially with the re-
quirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall 
notify such State agency that further payments will not 
be made to the State until the Secretary of Labor is satis-
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fied that there is no longer any such failure. Until the 
Secretary of Labor is so satisfied, such Secretary shall 
make no future certification to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury with respect to such State.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the 
Secretary of Labor may delay the application of the re-
quirement imposed by such amendment until a date that 
is not later than 3 years after such date of enactment with 
respect to any State for which the Secretary determines 
that additional time is necessary to satisfy such require-
ment. 
Æ 
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