I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7371 
To amend the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act to extend 
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and improve short-time 
compensation programs and agreements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2020 
Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GARCI´A of Illi-
nois, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LEVIN
of Michigan, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Small Busi-
ness, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus 
Act to extend Federal Pandemic Unemployment Com-
pensation and improve short-time compensation pro-
grams and agreements, 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 ‘‘Rebuilding Main Street 
Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOY-
MENT COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104(e)(2) of the Relief 
for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in 
subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136)) is amended by striking ‘‘July 31, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION 
PROGRAMS AND AGREEMENTS.—Section 2104(i)(2) of the 
Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained 
in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) short-time compensation under sec-
tion 2108 or 2109.’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME 
COMPENSATION. 
(a) STATES WITH PROGRAMS
IN LAW.—Section 
2108 of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus 
Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of 
the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3), (4), 
and (5)’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS
ON
PAYMENTS.—No pay-
ments shall be made to a State under this section 
for short-time compensation paid to an individual by 
the State during a benefit year in excess of 26 times 
the amount of regular compensation (including de-
pendents’ allowances) under the State law payable to 
such individual for a week of total unemployment. 
‘‘(4) SEASONAL, TEMPORARY, OR
INTERMIT-
TENT EMPLOYMENT.—Payments may be made to a 
State under this section for benefits paid to an indi-
vidual by the State under a short-time compensation 
program if such individual is employed by the par-
ticipating employer on a seasonal, temporary, or 
intermittent basis, and any reduction in such indi-
vidual’s hours is due to circumstances related to the 
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY FOR STATES WITH PROGRAMS 
IN LAW TO TEMPORARILY ADJUST LIMITS ON WORK-
WEEK REDUCTION AND PERMITTING REHIRING.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of mak-
ing payments under this section, in the case of 
a State whose State law provides for the pay-
ment of short-time compensation under a short- 
time compensation program that meets the defi-
nition of such a program under section 3306(v) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986— 
‘‘(i) paragraph (2) of such section 
3306(v) shall be applied by inserting ‘or 
the employer rehires employees or brings 
back employees from furlough at reduced 
hours’ after ‘layoffs’; 
‘‘(ii) paragraph (3) of such section 
3306(v) shall be applied by striking ‘60 
percent’ and inserting ‘80 percent’; and 
‘‘(iii) paragraph (7) of such section 
3306(v) shall be applied by inserting ‘, or 
who is rehired or brought back from fur-
lough at reduced hours under the pro-
gram,’ after ‘under the program’. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The modifications to 
such section 3306(v) under clauses (i), (ii), and 
(iii) of subparagraph (A) shall only apply dur-
ing the period for which this section is applica-
ble.’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 
(f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTION ON CHARGING OF FEDERALLY 
REIMBURSED SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION BENEFITS.— 
Beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, a 
State receiving payments under this section may not in-
crease experience rated State unemployment taxes, or re-
quire reimbursement for benefit costs, due to short-time 
compensation benefits paid on or before December 31, 
2020.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) APPLICATION OF SECTION 3306 OF THE IN-
TERNAL
REVENUE
CODE
OF
1986.—Section 
2109(b)(1) of the Relief for Workers Affected by 
Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II 
of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136)) is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end ‘‘except that paragraphs (2), (3), and (7) of 
such section 3306(v) shall be applied under an 
agreement under this section in the same manner as 
such paragraphs are applied under section 2108 
pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph 
(5)(A) of such section’’. 
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(2) EXPANSION
OF
FINANCING
FOR
SHORT- 
TIME COMPENSATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2109 of the 
Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act 
(contained in subtitle A of title II of division A 
of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)) is 
amended— 
(i) in subsection (b), by striking para-
graphs (2) and (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS
ON
PLANS.—A short-time 
compensation plan approved by a State shall not 
permit the payment of short-time compensation to 
an individual by the State during a benefit year in 
excess of 26 times the amount of regular compensa-
tion (including dependents’ allowances) under the 
State law payable to such individual for a week of 
total unemployment. 
‘‘(3) SEASONAL, TEMPORARY, OR
INTERMIT-
TENT EMPLOYMENT.—Payments may be made to a 
State under this section for benefits paid to an indi-
vidual by the State under a short-time compensation 
plan if such individual is employed by the partici-
pating employer on a seasonal, temporary, or inter-
mittent basis, and any reduction in such individual’s 
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hours is due to circumstances related to the 
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic.’’; 
and 
(ii) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by strik-
ing ‘‘one-half’’ and inserting ‘‘100 per-
cent’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect as 
if included in the enactment of such section 
2109. 
(3) RESTRICTION ON CHARGING OF FEDERALLY 
REIMBURSED
SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION
BENE-
FITS.—Section 2109 of the Relief for Workers Af-
fected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of 
title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following: 
‘‘(f) RESTRICTION
ON CHARGING
OF FEDERALLY 
REIMBURSED SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION BENEFITS.— 
Beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, a 
State receiving payments under this section may not in-
crease experience rated State unemployment taxes, or re-
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quire reimbursement for benefit costs, due to short-time 
compensation benefits paid on or before December 31, 
2020.’’. 
(c) FEDERAL WEBSITE AND COMMON APPLICATION 
FOR SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION.—Title IX of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 912. SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION COMMON APPLICA-
TION AND WEBSITE. 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION COM-
MON APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 
Labor shall establish and maintain an internet-based 
Federal short-time compensation common applica-
tion through which an employer may apply to the 
short-time compensation program of any State (in-
cluding multiple States at the same time) that has 
adopted such common application. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
MODEL
LANGUAGE.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall establish the common applica-
tion under paragraph (1) based on the model lan-
guage developed pursuant to section 2165 of the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
2012. 
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‘‘(b) 
FEDERAL
SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION 
WEBSITE.—Not later than 30 days after the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary of Labor shall establish and 
maintain a publicly available internet website— 
‘‘(1) through which an employer may obtain in-
formation about any short-time compensation pro-
gram available in the State in which the employer 
operates, including a program under sections 2108 
through 2110 of the Relief for Workers Affected by 
Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II 
of division A of the CARES Act); and 
‘‘(2) that provides information about and access 
to the Federal short-time compensation common ap-
plication, as established in subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENTS TO GRANTS FOR SHORT-TIME COM-
PENSATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) EXISTING GRANTS.—Section 2110 of the Relief 
for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in 
subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
enter into an agreement under section 2109 to 
provide’’ after ‘‘enact’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) CLARIFICATION.—A State admin-
istering a short-time compensation program 
that does not meet the definition of a short- 
time compensation program as defined in sub-
section (i)(2) shall not be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section until such time as the 
State provides for payments under a short-time 
compensation program that meets such defini-
tion.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IMPLEMENTATION
AND
IMPROVE-
MENT.—Subject to subparagraph (C), the max-
imum amount available for making grants 
under subsections (a) (1) and (2) to a State 
that administers a short-time compensation 
program shall be equal to the amount obtained 
by multiplying $150,000,000 (less the amount 
used by the Secretary under subsection (e)) by 
the same ratio as would apply under subsection 
(a)(2)(B) of section 903 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1103) for purposes of deter-
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mining such State’s share of any excess amount 
(as described in subsection (a)(1) of such sec-
tion) that would have been subject to transfer 
to State accounts, as of October 1, 2019, under 
the provisions of subsection (a) of such sec-
tion.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or 
agreement’’ after ‘‘the State law’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting 
‘‘(other than pursuant to an agreement under 
section 2109)’’ after ‘‘short-time compensation 
program’’; 
(4) 
in 
subsection 
(g), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’; and 
(5) in subsection (i)(2), by inserting before the 
period at the end ‘‘, except that paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (7) of such section 3306(v) shall be applied 
under this section in the same manner as such para-
graphs are applied under section 2108 pursuant to 
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (5)(A) of such 
section’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING
FOR
STATES
WHO 
STREAMLINE PROGRAM GUIDELINES.—Section 2110 of 
the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (con-
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