CLOSE Act

This bill would end federal unemployment benefit payments made under three pandemic-era CARES Act programs: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (including Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. Starting 30 days after the bill becomes law, the Secretary of Labor could no longer make benefit payments under these programs, though payments to states for administrative costs could continue. The bill would cancel any unspent, uncommitted money set aside for these benefit payments. It would also bar states from entering or re-entering agreements to pay the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefit.

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Sponsors

• Max L. Miller Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors