119-s1761

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1761 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1761

 To end unemployment payments to jobless millionaires.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 14, 2025

 Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To end unemployment payments to jobless millionaires.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Ending Unemployment Payments to 
Jobless Millionaires Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ENDING UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS TO JOBLESS MILLIONAIRES.

    (a) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--

    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
 law, no Federal funds may be used--
        (A) to make payments of unemployment compensation 
 benefits under an unemployment compensation program of 
 the United States in a year to an individual whose 
 wages during the individual's base period are equal to 
 or exceed $1,000,000; or
        (B) for any administrative costs associated with 
 making payments described in subparagraph
        (A) .

    (2) Compliance.--
        (A) Self-certification.--Any application for 
 unemployment compensation under an unemployment 
 compensation program of the United States shall include 
 a form or procedure for an individual applicant to 
 certify that such individual's wages during the 
 individual's base period do not equal or exceed 
 $1,000,000.
        (B) Verification.--Each State agency that is 
 responsible for administering any unemployment 
 compensation program of the United States shall utilize 
 available systems to verify wage eligibility by 
 assessing claimant income to the degree possible.

    (3) Audits.--The certifications required by paragraph

    (2) shall be auditable by the Department of Labor or the Government 
 Accountability Office.

    (4) Recovery of overpayments.--Each State agency that is 
 responsible for administering any unemployment compensation 
 program of the United States shall require individuals who have 
 received amounts of unemployment compensation under such a 
 program to which they were not entitled to repay such amounts.

    (5) Effective date.--The prohibition under paragraph

    (1) shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the 
 date of the enactment of this Act.

    (b) Prohibition on Imposing Limits on States.--The Secretary of 
Labor shall not promulgate any regulation or issue any guidance that 
would limit a State's ability to disqualify an individual from 
receiving unemployment compensation on the basis that such individual 
has wages during the individual's base period that are equal or exceed 
$1,000,000.
            (c) Unemployment Compensation Program of the United States 
Defined.--In this section, the term ``unemployment compensation program 
of the United States'' means--

    (1) unemployment compensation for Federal civilian 
 employees under subchapter I of chapter 85 of title 5, United 
 States Code;

    (2) unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers under 
 subchapter II of chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code;

    (3) extended benefits under the Federal-State Extended 
 Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note);

    (4) any Federal temporary extension of unemployment 
 compensation;

    (5) any Federal program that increases the weekly amount of 
 unemployment compensation payable to individuals; and

    (6) any other Federal program providing for the payment of 
 unemployment compensation, as determined by the Secretary of 
 Labor.
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