Open for Business Act

Bill: 117-hr-4013
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-06-17
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: 2021-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2992-2993)

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Open for Business Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates federal pandemic unemployment compensation. Under current law, this supplementary compensation is available to claimants in participating states until September 6, 2021.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4013 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 17, 2021 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Perry , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Posey , Mr. Harris , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Cloud , Mrs. Boebert , and Mr. Green of Tennessee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To end the emergency increase in unemployment compensation benefits, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Open for Business Act . 2. Ending the extension of federal pandemic unemployment compensation Section 2104 of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9023 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking September 6, 2021 and inserting the earlier of September 6, 2021 or the date of enactment of the Open for Business Act ; and (2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking September 6, 2021 and inserting the earlier of September 6, 2021 or the date of enactment of the Open for Business Act . 3. Effect Nothing in this Act shall be construed to expand or extend existing or future Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.