Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act
This bill addresses fraud and overpayments of pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, including by providing incentives for states to investigate and recover overpayments of these benefits.
Specifically, the bill allows states to retain 25% of any recovered fraudulent overpayments. These retained funds may be used for modernizing unemployment compensation systems and information technology, reimbursing administrative costs, hiring fraud investigators and prosecutors, and for other program integrity activities.
Additionally, the bill allows states to retain 5% of any overpayments of regular and extended UI benefits. A state must, in order to retain these overpayments, certify that it has met certain conditions for data matching.
Next, the bill extends from 3 to 10 years the time during which states can recover overpayments of pandemic UI benefits.
Further, the bill extends flexibilities for states to hire temporary staff on a noncompetitive basis to identify, pursue, and recover fraudulent overpayments.
The bill also extends from 5 to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal criminal charges or civil enforcement actions related to UI fraud.
Finally, the bill repeals a section of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (as amended by the American Rescue Plan of 2021) that provided funding for UI program integrity activities.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Vote | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 230 - 200 (Roll no. 211). (text: CR H2281-2283) | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Vote | On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 221 (Roll no. 210). | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2294-2295) | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on the motion to recommit the bill and by voice vote announced the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Sykes demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postoned further proceedings until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX. | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | Mrs. Sykes moved to recommit to the Committee on Ways and Means. (text: CR H2292) | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1163. | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H.R. 1163. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2 under a closed rule with five hours of general debate, and the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1163 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on each measure. | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-11 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 383. (consideration: CR H2281-2292) | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-10 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 383 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2023-05-10 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 383 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H.R. 1163. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2 under a closed rule with five hours of general debate, and the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1163 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on each measure. | House floor actions |
| 2023-04-06 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 21. | House floor actions |
| 2023-04-06 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-34. | House floor actions |
| 2023-02-28 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 17. | House committee actions |
| 2023-02-28 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2023-02-24 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House floor actions |
| 2023-02-24 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |