Jump-Start the American Economy Act

Bill: 116-hr-7013
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-26
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: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Jump-Start the American Economy Act</b><br> <br> This bill permits states to provide a maximum of six weeks of reemployment benefits to individuals who were eligible for pandemic unemployment compensation prior to the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act but who are no longer eligible as a result of becoming reemployed.<br> <br> An individual is not eligible for reemployment benefits if the individual's weekly wages exceed the total amount of unemployment assistance received for the week prior to becoming reemployed and as determined under state law.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7013 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 26, 2020 Mr. Crenshaw introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide reemployment support benefits to recently unemployed individuals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jump-Start the American Economy Act . 2. Reemployment support benefits (a) In general Section 2104(b) of the Cares Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Reemployment support benefits (A) In general Any agreement under this section may also provide that the State agency of the State may, except as provided in subparagraph (B), make weekly payments of reemployment support benefits in the amount of $600 to each individual who— (i) was eligible for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under paragraph (1) for any week prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and (ii) is no longer so eligible as a result of obtaining reemployment. (B) Disqualification An individual described in subparagraph (A) shall be ineligible for reemployment support benefits under this paragraph if, upon obtaining reemployment, the individual has weekly wages that exceed the total amount of unemployment assistance the individual received for the previous week under this subtitle and as determined under State law. (C) Duration Payments to an individual under this paragraph shall begin with the 1st week for which the individual is not eligible for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and shall end with the earlier of— (i) the 6th week following such week; or (ii) the last week with respect to which the agreement applies. . (b) Conforming amendments Section 2104 of such Act is amended— (1) by inserting or payments under subsection (b)(2) after Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation each place it appears in subsection (d) or (f) of such section; and (2) in subsection (g), by inserting , as such provisions apply with respect to Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, after the preceding provisions of this section .