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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1119
5	5	To amend titles III and IX of the Social Security Act to require individuals
6	6	receiving unemployment compensation to fulfill certain requirements in
7	7	relation to suitable work, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY7, 2025
10	10	Mr. E
11	11	DWARDS(for himself, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, and Mr. AUSTIN
12	12	S
13	13	COTTof Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
14	14	Committee on Ways and Means
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To amend titles III and IX of the Social Security Act to
17	17	require individuals receiving unemployment compensation
18	18	to fulfill certain requirements in relation to suitable
19	19	work, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unemployment Integ-4
24	24	rity Act of 2025’’. 5
25	25	SEC. 2. REFORM OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO 6
26	26	PROMOTE WORK. 7
27	27	(a) I
28	28	NTERVIEWREQUIREMENT.— 8
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32	32	(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of the Social 1
33	33	Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)) is amended by add-2
34	34	ing at the end the following new paragraph: 3
35	35	‘‘(13) A requirement that, as a condition of eli-4
36	36	gibility for regular compensation for any week, a 5
37	37	claimant must, if requested, in relation to work that 6
38	38	may be available— 7
39	39	‘‘(A) respond to requests; 8
40	40	‘‘(B) schedule and attend an interview and 9
41	41	participate in reemployment services at an 10
42	42	agreed upon time; and 11
43	43	‘‘(C) comply with any other reasonable re-12
44	44	quest, including any request that an individual 13
45	45	undergo drug testing or skill assessments.’’. 14
46	46	(2) R
47	47	EPORTING OF NONCOMPLIANCE .—Section 15
48	48	303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)), as amended 16
49	49	by paragraph (1), is further amended by adding at 17
50	50	the end the following new paragraph: 18
51	51	‘‘(14) A method by which a person with whom 19
52	52	a claimant is seeking employment may voluntarily 20
53	53	report to the State the failure of a claimant to com-21
54	54	ply with the State law provisions described in para-22
55	55	graphs (12) and (13).’’. 23
56	56	(b) A
57	57	UDITREQUIREMENT.— 24
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61	61	(1) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 1
62	62	date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 2
63	63	Labor shall conduct a study on the effect of increas-3
64	64	ing the number of random audits under the Bene-4
65	65	ficiary Accuracy Management program on the ad-5
66	66	ministration of State unemployment compensation 6
67	67	laws. 7
68	68	(2) A
69	69	UDIT PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS .—Not later 8
70	70	than 1 year after submitting the report required 9
71	71	under paragraph (1), if such report indicates that 10
72	72	increasing the number of random audits under the 11
73	73	Benefit Accuracy Measurement program (or any 12
74	74	successor audit program) will improve the adminis-13
75	75	tration of State unemployment compensation laws, 14
76	76	the Secretary shall prescribe regulations to increase 15
77	77	the number of such audits in accordance with such 16
78	78	report. 17
79	79	(c) E
80	80	FFECTIVEDATES.— 18
81	81	(1) I
82	82	N GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 19
83	83	(B), the amendments made by subsections (a) and 20
84	84	(b) shall, with respect to a State, apply to weeks be-21
85	85	ginning after the date that is 1 year after the date 22
86	86	of enactment of this Act. 23
87	87	(2) S
88	88	TATES WITH BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SES -24
89	89	SIONS.—In the case of a State whose legislature is 25
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93	93	not in session during the 1-year period beginning on 1
94	94	the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments 2
95	95	made by subsections (a) and (b) shall, with respect 3
96	96	to such State, apply to weeks beginning after the 4
97	97	end of the first session of the State legislature which 5
98	98	begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 6
99	99	SEC. 3. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENDED AND EMER-7
100	100	GENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. 8
101	101	(a) I
102	102	NGENERAL.—Section 905 of the Social Security 9
103	103	Act (42 U.S.C. 1105) is amended— 10
104	104	(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ 11
105	105	and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), amounts’’; 12
106	106	and 13
107	107	(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-14
108	108	section: 15
109	109	‘‘(e) L
110	110	IMITATION ON FUNDSTRANSFERS.—(1) 16
111	111	Amounts in the extended unemployment compensation ac-17
112	112	count may not be transferred to a State account for the 18
113	113	purposes of any unemployment compensation law unless 19
114	114	the Secretary of Labor certifies that the State law under 20
115	115	which such unemployment compensation will be adminis-21
116	116	tered includes the provisions required by paragraphs (13) 22
117	117	and (14) of section 303(a). 23
118	118	‘‘(2) The provisions of this subsection shall apply not-24
119	119	withstanding any other provision of law enacted after the 25
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123	123	date of enactment of the Unemployment Integrity Act of 1
124	124	2025, unless such other provision of law specifically cites 2
125	125	this subsection.’’. 3
126	126	(b) E
127	127	FFECTIVEDATE.— 4
128	128	(1) I
129	129	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 5
130	130	the amendments made by subsection (a) shall, with 6
131	131	respect to a State, apply to weeks beginning after 7
132	132	the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 8
133	133	of this Act. 9
134	134	(2) S
135	135	TATES WITH BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE SES -10
136	136	SIONS.—In the case of a State whose legislature is 11
137	137	not in session during the 1-year period beginning on 12
138	138	the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments 13
139	139	made by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such 14
140	140	State, apply to weeks beginning after the end of the 15
141	141	first session of the State legislature which begins 16
142	142	after the date of enactment of this Act. 17
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