HR 5285
117th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Appropriations
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Unemployment
Extend Unemployment Assistance Act of 2021
Introduced: September 17, 2021
Introduced by:
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Sep 17, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 17, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Extend Unemployment Assistance Act of 2021
This bill extends pandemic unemployment compensation provisions set to expire on September 6, 2021, until February 1, 2022.
Extended provisions include
- benefits to covered individuals who are not eligible for regular unemployment compensation or traditional extended benefits,
- the $300 weekly benefit increase,
- waiting week benefits, and
- federal reimbursement of short-time compensation.
The bill also increases the maximum duration of compensation from 79 weeks to 100 weeks.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Committees of jurisdiction
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