Sec. 9032. Funding for fraud prevention, equitable access, and timely payment to eligible workers
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to detect and prevent fraud, promote equitable access, and ensure the timely payment of benefits with respect to unemployment insurance programs, including programs extended under this subtitle. Amounts made available under subsection
(a)may be used— for Federal administrative costs related to the purposes described in subsection (a); for systemwide infrastructure investment and development related to such purposes; to make grants to States or territories administering unemployment insurance programs described in subsection
(a)for such purposes, including the establishment of procedures or the building of infrastructure to verify or validate identity, implement Federal guidance regarding fraud detection and prevention, and accelerate claims processing or process claims backlogs due to the pandemic; and for transfer to the Inspector General of the Department of Labor, to the Attorney General, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or to other Federal agencies investigating identity theft crime affecting Federal unemployment benefits, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, for the development of State tools for fraud detection or prevention or for the investigation or prosecution of fraud. As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may require that a State or territory receiving such a grant shall— use such program integrity tools as the Secretary may specify; and as directed by the Secretary, conduct user accessibility testing on any new system developed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2).