,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ai1      
#bjba,mr4 ,braun 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,tillis1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 and   
,mrs4 ,blackburn7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend subtitle ,a of     
title ,,ii of division ,a of the ,,cares
 ,act to require confirmation of        
employment status for long-term         
unemployed individuals1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,confirmation requirement
 ,subtitle ,a of title ,,ii of division 
,a of the ,,cares ,act is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #baai4
 ,confirmation of employment status for 
long-term unemployed individuals  7a7   
,in general ,as a condition of each of  
the agreements described in sections    
#bajd and #bajg1 a ,state shall-- 7#a7  
notify each long-term unemployed        
individual in the ,state that the ,state
 unemployment agency will seek          

confirmation of the individual's current
 employment status from the individual's
 most recent employer 7except in cases  
in which such employer no longer        
exists72  7#b7 request each employer    
described in paragraph 7#a7 to submit   
information to the ,state unemployment  
agency with respect to each such        
individual describing whether-- 7,a7 the
 individual's position is not available 
at the time of the request2 or  7,b7 the
 individual's position is available but 
the individual has refused to return to 
work2  7#c7 in any case in which an     
employer submits information to the     
,state unemployment agency with respect 
to an individual that describes a       
position that remains unavailable as    
described in paragraph 7#a71 notify such
 individual1 not later than the standard
 processing time for applications for   
regular unemployment compensation in the
 ,state after receipt of such           
information1 that the individual's      
unemployed status has been confirmed2   

and  7#d7 in any case in which an       
employer submits information to the     
,state unemployment agency with respect 
to an individual that describes a       
refusal to return to work as described  
in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 or in any case  
in which an employer fails to submit    
information described in paragraph 7#b7 
not later than the standard processing  
time for applications for regular       
unemployment compensation in the ,state 
after the date of the request1 terminate
 the individual's ,federal ,pandemic    
,unemployment ,compensation under       
section #bajd or ,pandemic ,emergency   
,unemployment ,compensation under       
section #bajg1 as applicable4  7b7      
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
long-term unemployed individual means an
 individual who has received ,federal   
,pandemic ,unemployment ,compensation   
under section #bajd or ,pandemic        
,emergency ,unemployment ,compensation  
under section #bajg for more than #cj   
weeks of unemployment4  4