Extend Unemployment Assistance Act of 2021
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 17, 2021)
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 just happenedSep 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 17, 2021
- Sep 17, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Work and Welfare Subcommittee - Sep 17, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Budget Committee - Sep 17, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Sep 17, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 17, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House