Getting Americans Back to Work Act

Bill: 116-hr-6805
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2020-05-12
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Department of Labor

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Personnel records

Unemployment

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Getting Americans Back to Work Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits an individual from receiving unemployment benefits, including pandemic unemployment compensation, during any week in an amount that exceeds that individual's average weekly wages prior to receiving such benefits.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6805 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2020 Mr. Budd (for himself and Mr. Buck ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unemployed.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Getting Americans Back to Work Act . 2. Limitation on total unemployment benefits (a) In general Subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) is amended by inserting after section 2107 the following: 2107A. Limitation on total unemployment benefits (a) In general Notwithstanding sections 2102, 2104, and 2107, in no case may the sum of unemployment benefits paid to an individual under such sections and as determined under State law for any week exceed the amount of the individual’s average weekly wages for an appropriate period prior to the receipt of assistance under such sections, as determined by the Secretary of Labor. (b) Reporting; recovery The Secretary of Labor shall, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, have the authority to require such wage reporting as needed to implement this section and to recover any amounts paid in excess of any limit established by law. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after June 1, 2020.