Skip to main content
S 1712 117th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Business records Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Infectious and parasitic diseases Personnel records State and local government operations Unemployment

A bill to amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to require confirmation of employment status for long-term unemployed individuals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 19, 2021 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 19, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires each state that offers pandemic unemployment assistance (PUA) or pandemic emergency unemployment compensation (PEUC) to condition benefit eligibility for a long-term unemployed individual on an employer's confirmation that work is unavailable for the unemployed individual.

Specifically, each state unemployment agency must request confirmation from the unemployed individual's most recent employer that the individual's position is not available at the time of the request. Unless the employer provides this confirmation, the state must terminate the individual's PUA or PEUC.

The bill's provisions apply only to long-term unemployed individuals who have received PUA or PEUC for more than 30 weeks of unemployment.

What's happening now May 19, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3266 Related bill Jump-Start the Economy with Jobs Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · May 24, 2021
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 19, 2021
 R
Scott, Rick
Florida · May 19, 2021
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 19, 2021
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1712: A bill to amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to require confirmation of employment status for long-term unemployed individuals, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1712/
MLA
"S. 1712: A bill to amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to require confirmation of employment status for long-term unemployed individuals, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1712/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 1712, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1712/.
Markdown link
[S. 1712: A bill to amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to require confirmation of employment status for long-term unemployed individuals, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1712/)
Report a problem