Sec. 2. Tiered expansion of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
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Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(c) ) is amended— by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: The total number of weeks for which a covered individual may receive assistance under this section shall be equal to— in the case of a covered individual who first becomes eligible for assistance under an agreement with a State under this section beginning with any week ending on or before January 31, 2021, the sum of— the number of weeks sufficient to provide for the payment of pandemic unemployment assistance to such individual for each week ending on or before such date with respect to which such agreement is in effect; and the number of weeks, beginning with the 1st week ending after such date, determined with respect to such State for such week under paragraph (4); and in the case of a covered individual who first becomes eligible for assistance under an agreement with a State under this section beginning with any week after the week ending on or before such date, the number of weeks, beginning with the 1st week for which the covered individual becomes so eligible, determined with respect to such State for such week under paragraph (4). ; and by adding at the end the following: The number of weeks determined with respect to a State under this paragraph with respect to the reference week of a covered individual shall be the applicable number of weeks specified with respect to such State for the covered individual in the table provided in subparagraph (B), except that— in any case in which a State is designated under section 2115(a) as a higher tier State for any 3-month period subsequent to the 3-month period in which the reference week of a covered individual ends, the applicable number of weeks specified in such table with respect to a State designated as such a higher tier State shall be substituted for the number of weeks otherwise applicable for such covered individual; and if for any 3-month period described in section 2115(a) the national unemployment rate (as determined by the Secretary of Labor for the base period consisting of the most recent 13-week period ending not less than 14 days before the beginning of such quarter) is less than 5.5 percent and has decreased for at least the last 2 months of such 3-month period, the applicable number of weeks with respect to a State designated under section 2115(a) as a Tier I State shall be zero in any case in which the reference week of a covered individual ends in any subsequent 3-month period. The table provided in this subparagraph is as follows: If the reference week of a covered individual ends in a 3-month period for which the State has been designated under section 2115(a) as a... The applicable number of weeks for the covered individual is... Tier I State or Tier II State 13 Tier III State 26 Tier IV State 39 Tier V State 52 Tier VI State 65. For purposes of this paragraph, the term reference week of a covered individual means the 1st week ending after January 31, 2021, for which the covered individual is eligible for assistance under an agreement with a State under this section. . Section 2102(a)(3) of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3) ) is amended to read as follows: The term covered individual means an individual who is not eligible for regular compensation under State or Federal law or pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under section 2107 and who— has exhausted all rights to such regular compensation and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation (within the meaning of section 2107(a)(3)); and would be eligible for regular compensation but for the exhaustion of such rights; or provides self-certification that the individual— is otherwise able to work and available for work within the meaning of applicable State law, except the individual is unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work because— the individual has been diagnosed with COVID–19 or is experiencing symptoms of COVID–19 and seeking a medical diagnosis; a member of the individual’s household has been diagnosed with COVID–19; the individual is providing care for a family member or a member of the individual’s household who has been diagnosed with COVID–19; a child or other person in the household for which the individual has primary caregiving responsibility is unable to attend school, a childcare facility, a long-term care facility, or related facility, or is unable to access in-home care, as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency, and such school, facility, or in-home care is required for the individual to work; the individual is unable to reach the place of employment because of a quarantine imposed as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency; the individual is unable to reach the place of employment because the individual has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to the COVID-19 national emergency, including because the individual resides with an individual at higher risk of severe illness; the individual was scheduled to commence employment and does not have a job or is unable to reach the job as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency; the individual has become the breadwinner or major support for a household because the head of the household has died as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency; the individual has to quit his or her job as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency; the individual's place of employment is closed as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency; the individual is otherwise unable to obtain employment as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency; or the individual meets any additional criteria established by the Secretary for unemployment assistance under this section; or is self-employed, is seeking part-time employment, does not have sufficient work history, or otherwise would not qualify for regular unemployment or extended benefits under State or Federal law or pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under section 2107 and meets the requirements of subclause (I). Such term does not include an individual who has the ability to telework with pay or who is receiving paid sick leave or other paid leave benefits, regardless of whether such individual otherwise meets the requirements of subparagraph (B)(i)(I). . Section 2102(a)(2) of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(2) ) is amended to read as follows: The term COVID-19 national emergency means the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 27, 2020, with respect to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, and its macroeconomic consequences. . Section 2102(b) of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(b) ) is amended to read as follows: Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide pandemic unemployment assistance— to any covered individual while such individual is unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable to work for the weeks of such unemployment with respect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in section 85(b) of title 26, United States Code) or waiting period credit; and to any other individual for weeks with respect to which the individual would be a covered individual but for the individual’s lack of a recent attachment to the labor force. . Section 2102 of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021 ) is amended— in subsection (c)(1), by striking COVID-19 and inserting the COVID-19 national emergency each place it appears; and in subsection (h)(1), by striking COVID–19 public health emergency and inserting COVID-19 national emergency . Section 2102(f) of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(f) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: An agreement under this section shall apply with respect to a State only upon a determination by the Secretary that, under the State law or other applicable rules of such State, the payment of extended compensation for which an individual is otherwise eligible must be deferred until after the payment of any pandemic unemployment assistance under subsection
(b)for which the individual is concurrently eligible. . Section 2102(a)(3)(A)(i) of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3)(A)(i) ) is amended by striking or extended benefits each place it appears. Section 2102(c)(1) of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9021(c)(1) ) is amended— by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: for weeks of unemployment, partial unemployment, or inability to work caused by COVID–19 beginning on or after January 27, 2020; and ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking subject to subparagraph (A)(ii), .
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