Relief for Working Families Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5037
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-12-16
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

State and local government operations

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Relief for Working Families Act of 2020</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes a state to require a recipient of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to repay any overpayment of such assistance to the state agency unless the overpayment of such assistance was without fault on the part of any such individual, and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5037 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 16, 2020 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Rubio , and Mr. Durbin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide a hardship waiver for certain overpayments of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Relief for Working Families Act of 2020 . 2. Waiver authority for certain overpayments of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (a) In general Section 2102(d) of division A of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Waiver authority In the case of individuals who have received amounts of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to which they were not entitled, the State shall require such individuals to repay such amounts to the State agency, except that the State agency may waive such repayment if it determines that— (A) the payment of such Pandemic Unemployment Assistance was without fault on the part of any such individual; and (B) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ).