HLS 201ES-434 ORIGINAL
2020 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 48
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Memorializes the United States Congress to extend the
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program to help the state of
Louisiana continue its economic recovery and to provide support to the
administration of the Louisiana Workforce Commission
1 A RESOLUTION
2To memorialize the United States Congress to extend the Federal Pandemic Unemployment
3 Compensation program to help the state of Louisiana continue its economic recovery
4 and provide support to the administration of the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
5 WHEREAS, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,
6Public Law 116-136, was passed by Congress with overwhelming, bipartisan support and
7signed into law on March 27, 2020; and
8 WHEREAS, the purpose of the CARES Act is to protect the American people from
9the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19; and
10 WHEREAS, the CARES Act provided swift and direct economic assistance for
11American workers, families, and small businesses; and
12 WHEREAS, the CARES Act also provided for a temporary emergency increase in
13unemployment compensation benefits which is commonly known as the Federal Pandemic
14Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program; and
15 WHEREAS, the FPUC program allows an eligible individual to collect six hundred
16dollars per week in addition to the weekly benefit amount he may receive from his state's
17own unemployment compensation program; and
18 WHEREAS, Louisiana unemployed workers have received more than two billion
19five hundred million dollars in CARES Act-funded federal assistance and the assistance has
20helped more than five hundred thousand people keep food on the table, which has provided
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1them with some relief from the financial burdens and obstacles they have and are
2continuously suffering from caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; and
3 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Workforce Commission is responsible for the processing
4of hundreds of thousands of continued claims for unemployment compensation on a weekly
5basis and its administration has worked tirelessly to ensure that Louisiana residents receive
6their unemployment compensation benefits; and
7 WHEREAS, when the FPUC program terminates, unemployed workers will be solely
8relying on a maximum weekly benefit amount of two hundred forty-seven dollars per week;
9and
10 WHEREAS, the public health and economic impact concerns caused by the COVID-
1119 pandemic, which prompted the need for the CARES Act and FPUC, are still ongoing; and
12 WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana has taken some strides to restart its economy so
13workers can return to earning a living; however, the state still needs federal support to better
14assist Louisiana residents with recovering from the challenges presented by this
15unprecedented health and economic crisis.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
17Legislature of Louisiana does hereby memorialize the United States Congress to take such
18actions as are necessary to extend the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
19program to help the state of Louisiana continue its economic recovery and to provide support
20to the administration of the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
22presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the
23United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 48 Original 2020 First Extraordinary Session James
Memorializes the United States Congress to extend the Federal Pandemic Unemployment
Compensation program to help the state of Louisiana continue its economic recovery and
to provide support to the administration of the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
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