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Extend Unemployment Assistance Act of 2021

Introduced: September 17, 2021 Introduced by: Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Sep 17, 2021
Introduced in House
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.
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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 September 17, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 21
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 5, 2021
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 27, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 22, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 22, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 20, 2021
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Sep 20, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Sep 17, 2021
Blumenauer, Earl
· Sep 17, 2021
Bowman, Jamaal
· Sep 17, 2021
Bush, Cori
· Sep 17, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 17, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Sep 17, 2021
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Sep 17, 2021
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 17, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Sep 17, 2021
Lee, Barbara
· Sep 17, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Sep 17, 2021
Payne, Donald
· Sep 17, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 17, 2021
RUSH, BOBBY
· Sep 17, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 17, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5285: Extend Unemployment Assistance Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5285/
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"H.R. 5285: Extend Unemployment Assistance Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5285/.
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