,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #a1 #bjbj,mr4  
,brady 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,smith of     
,nebraska1 ,mr4 ,ferguson1 ,mr4         
,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mr4 ,smith 
of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,rice of ,south      
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,kentucky1   
,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,arrington1 and    
,mr4 ,reed7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide relief to workers   
impacted by ,,covid-#ai and support for 
reopening businesses1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,reopening ,america 
by ,supporting ,workers and ,businesses 
,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,time-limited       
back-to-work bonuses  7a7 ,in general   
,section #bajd7;b7 of the ,cares ,act   
7,public ,law #aaf-acf7 is amended--    
7#a7 by redesignating paragraph 7#b7 as 
paragraph 7#c72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#a7 the following3     

7#b7 ,back-to-work bonuses  7,a7 ,in    
general ,any agreement under this       
section may also provide that the ,state
 agency of the ,state may make not more 
than #b weekly payments each in the     
amount of #fjj to each individual who-- 
7i7 was eligible for ,federal ,pandemic 
,unemployment ,compensation under       
paragraph 7#a7 for any week beginning   
after the date of enactment of the      
,reopening ,america by ,supporting      
,workers and ,businesses ,act of #bjbj2 
and  7ii7 is no longer so eligible 7as  
determined by the ,state71 as a result  
of earnings due to commencing           
employment1 for the week immediately    
following such week4  7,b7 ,duration    
,payments to an individual under this   
paragraph shall begin with the week     
described in subparagraph 7,a77ii7 and  
shall end with the earlier of-- 7i7 the 
week following the week described in    
subparagraph 7,a77ii72 or  7ii7 the last
 week with respect to which such        
agreement applies4  7,c7 ,option to     

provide payments as a lump sum ,at the  
option of the ,state1 payments to an    
individual under this paragraph for     
weeks described in subparagraph 7,b7 may
 be paid as a lump sum of #a1bjj4  7,d7 
,special rule ,payments made pursuant to
 an agreement under this paragraph shall
 not be considered to violate the       
withdrawal requirements of section      
#cjc7;a77#e7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ejc7;a77#e77 or    
section #ccjd7;a77#d7 of the ,internal  
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  4  7b7        
,conforming amendments ,section #bajd of
 such ,act is amended-- 7#a7 by         
inserting and payments under subsection 
7b77#b7 after ,federal ,pandemic        
,unemployment ,compensation each place  
it appears in subsection 7d7 or 7f7 of  
such section2 and  7#b7 in subsection   
7g71 by inserting 1 as such provisions  
apply with respect to ,federal ,pandemic
 ,unemployment ,compensation1 after the 
preceding provisions of this section4   
#c4 ,return to work reporting ,subtitle 

,a of title ,,ii of division ,a of the  
,,cares ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf7 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #baag4 ,return to work      
reporting ,each ,state participating in 
an agreement under any of the preceding 
sections of this subtitle shall have in 
effect a procedure to address any       
circumstances in which1 during any      
period during which such agreement is in
 effect1 claimants of unemployment      
compensation refuse to return to work or
 to accept an offer of suitable work    
without good cause4 ,such procedures    
shall include the following3 7#a7 ,a    
reporting mechanism for employers1 such 
as through a phone line1 email1 or      
online portal1 to notify the ,state     
agency when an individual refuses an    
offer of employment4  7#b7 ,a           
plain-language notice provided to such  
claimants about ,state return to work   
laws1 rights to refuse to return to work
 or to refuse suitable work1 and        
information on contesting the denial of 

a claim that has been denied due to a   
report by an employer that the claimant 
refused to return to work or refused    
suitable work4  4  #d4 ,technical       
corrections for governmental entities   
and nonprofit organizations ,section    
#ijc7;i77#a7 of the ,social ,security   
,act1 as added by section #bajc of the  
,,cares ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf71 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by
 striking during the applicable period  
and inserting with respect to the       
applicable period2  7#b7 in subparagraph
 7,b71 by striking section #ccji7;a77#a7
 and inserting section #ccji7;a72 and   
7#c7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking  
shall be used exclusively and all that  
follows through the end and inserting   
shall be used exclusively to reduce the 
amounts required to be paid in lieu of  
contributions into the ,state           
unemployment fund pursuant to such      
section by governmental entities and    
other organizations described in section
 #ccji7;a7 of such ,code4