,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdgf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,peters 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,daines1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4         
,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,romney1 
,mr4 ,schatz1 and ,mr4 ,young7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
provide for unemployment benefits to    
workers affected by the #bjai ,novel    
,coronavirus4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,coronavirus   
,worker ,relief ,act4  #b4 ,emergency   
declarations or disaster declarations   
for coronavirus  7a7 ,definitions ,in   
this section1 the definitions in section
 #ajb of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford      
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eabb7  
shall apply4  7b7 ,authority ,in any    
emergency declared by the ,president    
under section #eja of the ,robert ,t4   

,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7 related to the #bjai   
,novel ,coronavirus1 in addition to the 
assistance authorized by section #ejb of
 such ,act1 the ,president may provide  
assistance under section #daj of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagg7 for          
unemployment and lost wages1 including  
by expanding the eligibility for        
assistance in accordance with subsection
 7d74  7c7 ,application to major        
disaster declarations ,for any major    
disaster declared under section #dja of 
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7 for the #bjai     
,novel ,coronavirus1 the expanded       
eligibility criteria in subsection 7d7  
shall apply4  7d7 ,additional           
eligibility criteria ,in addition to the
 eligibility criteria for individuals   
established under section #daj of       
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    

,u4,s4,c4 #eagg71 individuals in an area
 for which an emergency declaration or  
disaster declaration for the #bjai      
,novel ,coronavirus described in        
subsection 7b7 is declared shall be     
eligible for unemployment assistance    
under such section #daj if-- 7#a7 the   
individual has experienced a week of    
unemployment in the area with an active 
emergency declaration or disaster       
declaration for the #bjai ,novel        
,coronavirus1 and as a result of the    
#bjai ,novel ,coronavirus2  7#b7 the    
individual has good cause to voluntarily
 reduce regular work hours or refuse a  
bona fide offer of employment1 or1 in   
the case of an unemployed self-employed 
individual1 refuse to resume or commence
 suitable self-employment1 for a reason 
such as illness or incapacity1 family   
crises1 or changed individual or family 
circumstances in the area for which the 
emergency declaration or disaster       
declaration was issued1 and as a result 
of the #bjai ,novel ,coronavirus2 or    

7#c7 the individual is unable to work   
due to the result of the immediate      
,federal1 ,state1 ,tribal1 or local     
government response to the #bjai ,novel 
,coronavirus1 such as-- 7,a7 the        
inaccessibility of the place of         
employment in the area for which the    
emergency declaration or disaster       
declaration was issued due to closure of
 the place of employment by or at the   
request of the ,federal1 ,state1        
,tribal1 or local government as a result
 of the #bjai ,novel ,coronavirus2 or   
7,b7 the employer of the individual1 or 
the business in the case of a unemployed
 self-employed individual1 prior to the 
emergency declaration or disaster       
declaration being issued1 received at   
least a significant amount of the       
revenue or income of the employer or    
business1 as the case may be1 from      
entities that-- 7i7 are located in the  
area for which the emergency declaration
 or disaster declaration was issued2 and
  7ii7 were closed by the ,federal1     

,state1 ,tribal1 or local government in 
immediate response to the #bjai ,novel  
,coronavirus4  7e7 ,minimum amount of   
assistance ,the assistance authorized   
under this section for a week of        
unemployment shall be not less than the 
weekly amount authorized under the      
unemployment compensation law of the    
,state for which the emergency          
declaration or disaster declaration was 
issued4  7f7 ,waiver of ,state          
requirements ,notwithstanding ,state    
law1 for purposes of assistance         
authorized under this section-- 7#a7 the
 requirement that an individual be able 
to work1 available to work1 and actively
 seeking work shall not apply2 and  7#b7
 compensation under section #daj of     
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eagg7 shall be made to an    
individual otherwise eligible for such  
compensation without any waiting period4