I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8284 
To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide 
employment documentation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 
Mr. PALMER (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BUCK, Mrs. RODGERS of Wash-
ington, Mr. BOST, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. WESTERMAN, 
and Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require recipients of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance 
to provide employment documentation, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Pandemic Unemploy-
ment Assistance Integrity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(a) of the Relief for 
Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in sub-
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title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public 
Law 116–136)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) provides documentation substan-
tiating employment or self-employment or 
the planned commencement of employment 
or self-employment not later than 21 days 
after the date on which the individual sub-
mits an application for assistance under 
this section or is directed by the State 
Agency to submit such documentation or 
has shown good cause under the applicable 
State law for failing to submit such docu-
mentation by the deadline, in accordance 
with section 625.6(e) of title 20, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any successor 
thereto, except that such documentation 
shall not be required if the individual pre-
viously submitted such information to the 
State agency for the purpose of obtaining 
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regular or other unemployment compensa-
tion; and’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) in accordance with section 
625.6(e)(2) of title 20, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor thereto, an 
individual who does not provide docu-
mentation substantiating employment or 
self-employment or the planned commence-
ment of employment or self-employment 
under subparagraph (A)(iii).’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) DOCUMENTATION
SUBSTANTIATING
EM-
PLOYMENT
OR
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
OR
THE 
PLANNED
COMMENCEMENT
OF
EMPLOYMENT
OR 
SELF-EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘documentation sub-
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stantiating employment or self-employment or the 
planned commencement of employment or self-em-
ployment’ means documentation provided by the in-
dividual substantiating employment or self-employ-
ment and wages earned or paid for such employment 
or self-employment, or such information related to 
the planned commencement of employment or self- 
employment.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
State shall require that documentation substan-
tiating employment or self-employment or the 
planned commencement of employment or self-em-
ployment (as defined in section 2102 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)) be submitted by any in-
dividual who applies for pandemic unemployment as-
sistance under section 2102 of the Relief for Work-
ers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in sub-
title A of title II of division A of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136)) on or after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
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