Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act
Summary
Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act This bill suspends federal payments for the administration of unemployment compensation to states that have more than 45,000 unprocessed unemployment claims. These payments must remain suspended until the Department of Labor determines that the number of unprocessed unemployment claims in the state has been reduced to zero.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Dec 9, 2021
Last action Dec 9, 2021
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Dec 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Dec 9, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
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P
Josh Harder
DDemocratic
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