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H.R. 8812 116th Congress House

Relief for Working Families Act of 2020

Official title: To amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide a hardship waiver for certain overpayments of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.

Introduced: December 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careInfectious and parasitic diseasesState and local government operationsUnemployment
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Nov 24, 2020
Introduced in House
Nov 24, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action November 24, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Relief for Working Families Act of 2020

This bill directs a state to require a recipient of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to repay any overpayment of such assistance to the state agency unless the overpayment of such assistance was without fault on the part of any such individual, and such repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.

 Related & companion bills 8
  • HR 925 The Heroes Act
  • HR 7762 Back on Your Feet Act of 2020
  • HR 8406 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
  • S 4771 Continued Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act of 2020
  • S 4800 The Heroes Act
  • S 4935 American Worker Holiday Relief Act of 2020
  • HR 133 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
  • S 5037 Relief for Working Families Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 17, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Dec 16, 2020
Wild, Susan
· Dec 16, 2020
Kilmer, Derek
· Dec 10, 2020
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Dec 9, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· Dec 9, 2020
 D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · Dec 7, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Dec 4, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Nov 24, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8812: Relief for Working Families Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8812/
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