Sec. 101. State anti-fraud requirements
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Section 2118 of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9034 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(3), by inserting the development and implementation of a recovery plan and the establishment of an anti-fraud task force as described in subsection
(d)and after including ; by adding at the end the following: As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of Labor shall require that each State or territory receiving such a grant take the following actions: Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, each such State or territory shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a plan to recover all amounts of pandemic unemployment assistance paid under section 2102 to individuals who fraudulently obtained such assistance. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, each such State or territory shall establish an anti-fraud task force to investigate and recover amounts described in paragraph (1), and to develop a strategy for the implementation of the plan described in such paragraph. Such task force shall seek the cooperation of relevant entities in the State or territory, including local law enforcement, State law enforcement, and the State Office of the Inspector General. At such times and in such manner as the Secretary of Labor may provide, each such State or territory shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a report specifying the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of— amounts described in paragraph
(1)that have not been recovered as of the date of such report, to the total amounts of pandemic unemployment assistance that have been paid to individuals under section 2102 by such State or territory. In any case in which the Secretary of Labor determines that a State or territory has failed to submit any report under clause (i), section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act shall not apply with respect to such State or territory for any period after the date of such failure. Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall provide Congress with each plan submitted under paragraph (1)(A) and shall certify which such States and territories have submitted such a plan. For each month beginning after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on or before the termination date specified in clause (ii), the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report that includes, subject to clause (ii), the percentage described in paragraph (1)(C)(i) for each State or territory that has received a grant under subsection (b)(3). The termination date specified in this clause is the earlier of December 31, 2025, or, with respect to each State or territory required to submit reports under paragraph (1)(C), the date of the first such report in which the percentage specified in such report does not exceed 5 percent. . There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for purposes of partnering with State anti-fraud task forces and State and local law enforcement to implement section 2118(d) of the CARES Act.
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