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handle is hein.crs/govebka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: January 11, 2021 Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division N, Title II, Subtitle A, the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020) The Unemployment Insurance (UI) provisions contained in Division N, Title II, Subtitle A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260, enacted December 27, 2020) are titled the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of2020 (Continued Assistance Act). The Continued Assistance Act (1)reauthorizes and expands the enhanced Ulbenefits created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136, enacted March 27, 2020); (2) extends the authorization for additional, temporary UT provisions first authorized under theCARES Act and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA; P.L. 116-127, enacted March 18,2020); and (3) creates additional programintegrity requirements for the temporary, enhanced Ulbenefits. For more information on the Ulprovisions in FFCRA, the CARES Act, and the Continued Assistance Act, see CRS Report R45478, Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 116th Congress. Reauthorzed and Expanded Federal UI Benefits The UT provisions in the Continued Assistance Act reauthorize and expand three temporary UIbenefits created under the CARES Act: Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compens ation (FPUC); Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC); and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The Continued Assistance Act also provides $500,000 in funding to each state for implementation of the changes to FPUC, PEUC, and PUA (states may request additional administrative funding, if needed). Additionally, the Continued Assistance Act authorizes, at the option of states, a $100 per week benefit augmentation for unemployed workers with income from both wage-and-salaryjobs and self-employment- Mixed Earned Unemployment Compensation (MEUC). Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Originally authorized under the CARES Act at $600 per week, FPUC is a benefit augmentation for individuals receiving weekly UTbenefits that initially expired on July 25, 2020 (July 26, 2020, in New York). After this expiration, on August 8, 2020, PresidentTrump is sued a presidential memorandumcreating Lost W ages Assistance (LWA), a grant programthat supplemented the weekly benefits of certain eligible Ulclaimants, with up to $300 weekly in federal funding. All states ended LWA payments by September 5, 2020. The Continued Assistance Act reauthorizes FPUC at $300 per week for weeks of unemploymentbeginning after December 26,2020, and https ://c rs repo ending on or before March 14, 2021. After March 13, 2021 (March 14, 2021, in New York), no FPUC benefits are payable. Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation PEUC provides additional weeks of federally financedUI benefits for individuals who exhaust state andfederalUI benefits and are able, available, and actively seeking work, subject to Coronavirus Dis ease 2019- (COVID-19-) related flexibilities. Originally created as a 13-weekUI extension under the CARES Act and payable through weeks of unemployment ending December 26,2020 (December27, 2020, in New York), the Continued Assistance Act authorizes 11 additionalweeks ofPEUCbenefits (not retroactive; only payable with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning December 26,2020; December 27, 2020, in New York)-for a totalof24 weeks of PEUC; extends the authorization for PEUC through weeks of unemploymentendingonorbeforeMarch 14, 2021 (March 13, 2021; March 14, 2021, in New York); and creates a phaseout period for PEUC so that, for individuals who are receiving PEUC at the end of the program(March 13,2021; March 14, 2021, in New York), have not exhausted available weeks of PEUC, and remain otherwise eligible, PEUC benefits are payable until April 10, 2021 (April 11, 2021, in New York). Pandemic Unemployment Assistance PUA is a temporary, federal UTprogramfor individuals who are not otherwise eligible for UIbenefits (e.g., self- employed, independent contractors, gig economy workers) and are unemployed due to a specific COVID-19-related reason. Under the CARES Act, PUA providedup to 39 weeks of benefits for weeks of unemployment ending December 26, 2020 (December 27, 2020, in New York). The Continued Assistance Act * authorizes 11 additional weeks of PUA benefits (not retroactive; only payable with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning December 26,2020; December 27, 2020, in New York), for a totalof50 weeks of PUA;

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