Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act

Bill: 117-hr-6224
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-12-09
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act</b></p> <p>This bill suspends federal payments for the administration of unemployment compensation to states that have more than 45,000 unprocessed unemployment claims. These payments must remain suspended until the Department of Labor determines that the number of unprocessed unemployment claims in the state has been reduced to zero.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6224 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 9, 2021 Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit payment of administrative funding to States with a high backlog of unprocessed unemployment claims, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act . 2. Prohibition on payment of administrative funding to States with high backlog of unprocessed unemployment claims (a) In general In the case of any State in which the Secretary of Labor determines, as of the date of enactment of this Act, that the number of unprocessed unemployment claims in the State is in excess of 45,000, the Secretary of Labor shall make no certification for payment of amounts for unemployment compensation administration under section 302 of the Social Security Act to such State at any time following the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act unless the Secretary determines at such time that the number of unprocessed unemployment claims in the State has been reduced to zero. (b) Definition of unprocessed unemployment claim For purposes of subsection (a), the term unprocessed unemployment claim means, with respect to a State, a claim for unemployment compensation filed in the State for which a determination of initial eligibility has not been made within 21 days of the date of filing.