,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,reichert 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,young of 
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 
,mr4 ,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4        
,renacci1 ,mr4 ,boustany1 and ,mr4      
,reed7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title ,,iii of the ,social ,security    
,act to prevent the payment of          
unemployment benefits to incarcerated   
individuals4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,permanently   
,ending ,receipt by ,prisoners ,act4    
#b4 ,preventing the payment of          
unemployment benefits to incarcerated   
individuals  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#cjc of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #ejc7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7m7 7#a7 ,in    
order to obtain the information         
necessary to carry out the provisions of
 a ,state law under which an individual 

who is confined in a jail1 prison1 or   
other penal institution or correctional 
facility pursuant to his conviction of a
 criminal offense is ineligible for     
regular compensation on account of such 
individual's inability to satisfy the   
requirement under subsection 7a77#ab71  
the ,state agency charged with the      
administration of the ,state law shall  
seek such information--  7,a7 from the  
,commissioner of ,social ,security under
 sections #bjb7x77#c77;,b77iv7 and      
#afaa7;e77#a77;,i77iii72 and  7,b7      
through such additional means as the    
,state agency considers appropriate4    
7#b7 ,if the ,secretary of ,labor1 after
 reasonable notice and opportunity for  
hearing to the ,state agency charged    
with the administration of the ,state   
law1 finds that there is a failure to   
comply substantially with the           
requirements of paragraph 7#a71 the     
,secretary of ,labor shall notify such  
,state agency that further payments will
 not be made to the ,state until the    

,secretary of ,labor is satisfied that  
there is no longer any such failure4    
,until the ,secretary of ,labor is so   
satisfied1 such ,secretary shall make no
 future certification to the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury with respect to such   
,state4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the    
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
take effect on the date that is #a year 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 except that the ,secretary of     
,labor may delay the application of the 
requirement imposed by such amendment   
until a date that is not later than #c  
years after such date of enactment with 
respect to any ,state for which the     
,secretary determines that additional   
time is necessary to satisfy such       
requirement4