HOUSE 1163118th CongressMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act

Last Action: 5/11/2023

Actions

2023-05-11Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2023-05-11On passage Passed by recorded vote: 230 - 200 (Roll no. 211). (text: CR H2281-2283)
2023-05-11Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 230 - 200 (Roll no. 211). (text: CR H2281-2283)
2023-05-11On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 221 (Roll no. 210).
2023-05-11Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2294-2295)
2023-05-11POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on the motion to recommit the bill and by voice vote announced the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Sykes demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postoned further proceedings until a time to be announced.
2023-05-11The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
2023-05-11Mrs. Sykes moved to recommit to the Committee on Ways and Means. (text: CR H2292)
2023-05-11The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2023-05-11DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1163.
2023-05-11Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H.R. 1163. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2 under a closed rule with five hours of general debate, and the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1163 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
2023-05-11Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 383. (consideration: CR H2281-2292)
2023-05-10Rule H. Res. 383 passed House.
2023-05-10Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 383 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H.R. 1163. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2 under a closed rule with five hours of general debate, and the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1163 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
2023-04-06Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 21.

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CRS Summary

As of 2023-05-11 (53)

Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act

This bill addresses fraud and overpayments of pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, including by providing incentives for states to investigate and recover overpayments of these benefits.

Specifically, the bill allows states to retain 25% of any recovered fraudulent overpayments. These retained funds may be used for modernizing unemployment compensation systems and information technology, reimbursing administrative costs, hiring fraud investigators and prosecutors, and for other program integrity activities.

Additionally, the bill allows states to retain 5% of any overpayments of regular and extended UI benefits. A state must, in order to retain these overpayments, certify that it has met certain conditions for data matching.

Next, the bill extends from 3 to 10 years the time during which states can recover overpayments of pandemic UI benefits.

Further, the bill extends flexibilities for states to hire temporary staff on a noncompetitive basis to identify, pursue, and recover fraudulent overpayments under federal pandemic unemployment compensation programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

The bill also extends from 5 to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal criminal charges or civil enforcement actions related to UI fraud.

Finally, the bill repeals a section of the CARES Act (as amended by the American Rescue Plan of 2021) that provided funding for UI program integrity activities. Subject to appropriations, the unobligated balance of this funding shall be transferred to the Department of the Treasury and periodically credited to the appropriate state account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, as outlined by the bill.

Cosponsors (20)

Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
A. Ferguson (R-GA)
W. Steube (R-FL)
Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
Blake Moore (R-UT)
Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
Carol Miller (R-WV)
Ron Estes (R-KS)
Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
Michelle Steel (R-CA)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Mike Carey (R-OH)
David Kustoff (R-TN)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Gregory Murphy (R-NC)
Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)

Subjects

Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Debt collection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Unemployment

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