HR 934
117th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Unemployment
Unemployed Worker Lifeline Act
Introduced: February 8, 2021
Introduced by:
Horsford, Steven
Democratic
· Nevada
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Unemployed Worker Lifeline Act
This bill extends COVID-19 pandemic unemployment assistance through October 3, 2021. Specifically, the bill extends federal-state agreements under which the aggregate amount of weekly unemployment compensation included an additional $300 in federal pandemic unemployment compensation. The bill increases such weekly amount to $400 for weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before October 3, 2021. Under current law, this assistance expired on September 6, 2021.
The bill also extends through October 3, 2021, the additional $100 in mixed earner unemployment compensation for certain recipients of self-employment income.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
2