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S. 2898 117th Congress Senate

Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to amend title III of the Social Security Act to provide for improvements to State unemployment systems and to strengthen program integrity, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2021 Introduced by: Todd Young Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2021

This bill expands the list of requirements a state unemployment compensation system must meet for the state to receive federal funds for administration of the system.

Specifically the bill requires the unemployment law of each state to include various provisions to promote adaptability, including provisions for (1) handling surges in claims, (2) processing disaster unemployment assistance claims, (3) processing claims under temporary federal benefits programs, and (4) automating claims for short-time compensation.

The bill also requires states to utilize databases and other systems in an effort to prevent fraudulent and improper unemployment compensation payments. Specifically, states must use (1) a system selected by the Department of Labor for cross-matching unemployment claimants against available databases, (2) an automated system developed and approved by Labor for exchanging unemployment compensation information, and (3) the existing National Directory of New Hires for identifying individuals who have become employed.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2898: Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2898/
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"S. 2898: Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2898/.
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S. 2898, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2898/.
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