Stop Unemployment Fraud Act

This bill would change federal unemployment insurance law. States would have to verify the identity of people applying for unemployment benefits, using at least one valid government-issued ID plus one or more supporting documents. States would have to confirm eligibility before paying benefits, could not accept a claimant's self-certification alone as proof of eligibility, and would have to check claims against national data on new hires, incarcerated people, and deceased people in order to use new options for keeping recovered funds. Claimants would have to keep and submit a weekly record of their job search, which the state would verify, and states could keep up to 5 percent of recovered overpayments for fraud prevention and other administration costs. The Secretary of Labor could withhold 5 percent of certain funds from states that do not comply with the identity and payment-timing rules.

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Sponsors

• Lloyd Smucker Republican sponsor
• 17 cosponsors