15 USC 9023 - Emergency increase in unemployment compensation benefits

1 So in original. No subpar. (B) has been enacted.

In general

2 So in original.

of the Social Security Act (

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (h), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Titles XIX and XXI of the Act are classified generally to subchapters XIX (§ 1396 et seq.) and XXI (§ 1397aa et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

Section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (i)(1), (2)(A), is section 205 of Puspan. L. 91–373, which is set out in a note under section 3304 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (span)(3)(A)(ii). Puspan. L. 117–2, § 9013(span), substituted “September 6, 2021” for “March 14, 2021”.

Subsec. (e)(2). Puspan. L. 117–2, § 9013(a), substituted “September 6, 2021” for “March 14, 2021”.

2020—Subsec. (span)(1)(B). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(a)(1)(A), substituted “, plus” for period at end.

Puspan. L. 116–260, § 203(span)(1)(A), substituted “amount equal to the amount specified in paragraph (3)” for “amount of $600”.

Subsec. (span)(1)(C). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(a)(1)(B), added subpar. (C).

Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(span)(1)(A), inserted “or Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation” after “Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (span)(3). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 203(span)(1)(B), added par. (3).

Subsec. (span)(4). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(a)(2), added par. (4).

Subsec. (c)(1). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(span)(1)(A), inserted “or Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation” after “Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation”.

Subsec. (d)(1)(A)(i). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(span)(1)(B), inserted “and Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation” after “Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 203(a), amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An agreement entered into under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment—

“(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and

“(2) ending on or before July 31, 2020.”

Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(span)(1)(A), inserted “or Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation” after “Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation” wherever appearing.

Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 261(span)(1)(C), substituted “provide that—” and pars. (1) and (2) for “provide that the purposes of the preceding provisions of this section shall be applied with respect to unemployment benefits described in subsection (i)(2) to the same extent and in the same manner as if those benefits were regular compensation.”

Subsec. (i)(2)(E). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 203(span)(2), added subpar. (E).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

State’s Right of Non-Participation

Puspan. L. 116–260, div. N, title II, § 261(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1962, provided that:

“Any State participating in an agreement under section 2104 of the CARES Act [15 U.S.C. 9023] may elect to continue paying Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under such agreement without providing Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation pursuant to the amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 9025 of this title]. Such amendments shall apply with respect to such a State only if the State so elects, in which case such amendments shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the later of the date of such election or the date of enactment of this section [Dec. 27, 2020].”

Technical Correction for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers to be considered qualified aliens under section 1641 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, for purposes of eligibility for a benefit under this section, see section 265 of div. N of Puspan. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 9021 of this title.