Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3523
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-12-14
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-12-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits federal funds from being&nbsp;used to pay unemployment compensation to an individual whose adjusted gross income is equal to or greater than $1 million. The prohibition applies to payments under traditional unemployment compensation and the&nbsp;Extended Benefits&nbsp;program (i.e., benefits paid under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970).&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3523 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 14, 2023 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Tester , and Mr. Braun ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To end unemployment payments to jobless millionaires.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2023 . 2. Ending unemployment payments to jobless millionaires (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to make payments of unemployment compensation (including such compensation under the Federal-State Extended Compensation Act of 1970) in a year to an individual whose adjusted gross income is equal to or greater than $1,000,000. (b) Compliance Any application for unemployment compensation shall include a form or procedure for an individual applicant to certify that such individual is not prohibited from receiving unemployment compensation pursuant to subsection (a). (c) Audits The certifications required by subsection (b) shall be auditable by the Department of Labor or the Government Accountability Office. (d) Effective date The prohibition under subsection (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.