,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eedh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ag  
7legislative day1 ,december #af71       
#bjbd,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself and    
,mrs4 ,blackburn7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,iii of the 
,social ,security ,act to improve the   
accuracy of payment of unemployment     
compensation benefits1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,eliminate          
,fraudulent ,unemployment ,insurance    
,benefits ,act4  #b4 ,timing of payments
 to certain continued claimants  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #cjc of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ejc7 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#a71 by
 striking ,such methods of              
administration and inserting ,subject to
 subsection 7n71 such methods of        
administration2 and  7#b7 by adding at  
the end the following new subsection3   

7n7 ,timing of payments to certain      
continued claimants  7#a7 ,in general   
,for purposes of determining when       
unemployment compensation is due under  
subsection 7a77#a71 in the case of a    
continued claimant who has been         
determined ineligible by the ,state     
agency and such determination is in the 
appeal process1 the ,state agency shall 
withhold unemployment compensation      
benefits otherwise payable to such      
individual until the date on which--    
7,a7 the individual's appeal is no      
longer pending before the ,state2 and   
7,b7 the ,state agency determines that  
such individual is eligible for such    
payment4  7#b7 ,payment upon            
determination ,for purposes of paragraph
 7#a77;,b71 if a ,state agency          
determines that a claimant is eligible  
for unemployment compensation benefits1 
the ,state agency shall pay to the      
claimant within #e business days the    
benefits withheld from the claimant in  
accordance with paragraph 7#a74  4  7b7 

,effective date ,the requirements of    
subsection 7a7 shall apply to weeks of  
unemployment beginning on or after the  
earlier of-- 7#a7 the date the ,state   
changes its statutes1 regulations1 or   
policies in order to comply with such   
requirements2 or  7#b7 the date that is 
#b years after the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  #c4 ,guidance on denying or 
revoking eligibility for unemployment   
compensation  7a7 ,in general ,not later
 than #bgj days after the date of       
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,labor 7in this section referred to  
as the ,secretary71 in coordination with
 the ,inspector ,general of the         
,department of ,labor 7in this section  
referred to as the ,inspector ,general71
 shall issue guidance for ,states       
regarding best practices for denying    
eligibility for unemployment            
compensation for initial claimants and  
declaring continued claimants           
ineligible4  7b7 ,considerations ,in    
issuing the guidance under subsection   

7a71 the ,secretary and the ,inspector  
,general shall consider the following3  
7#a7 ,accepted rationales for           
ineligibility determinations1           
including-- 7,a7 fraudulent activity1   
such as any dishonest response1 use of a
 synthetic identity1 or certification of
 inaccurate or deceptive                
personally-identifiable information2    
7,b7 nonresponse2 or  7,c7 any other    
rationale determined appropriate by the 
,secretary and the ,inspector ,general4 
7#b7 ,specific examples of each accepted
 rationale identified under paragraph   
7#a74  7#c7 ,the level of risk          
associated with each accepted rationale 
identified under paragraph 7#a74  7#d7  
,any other considerations determined    
appropriate by the ,secretary and the   
,inspector ,general4  7c7 ,updates ,the 
,secretary1 in coordination with the    
,inspector ,general1 shall update the   
guidance issued under subsection 7a7 not
 less than once every #c years4  7d7    
,definitions ,for purposes of this      

section3 7#a7 ,dishonest response ,the  
term dishonest response means1 with     
respect to a response from a claimant to
 file an initial claim or a claim for   
continued eligibility for unemployment  
compensation1 a response that-- 7,a7 is 
untrue2 and  7,b7 may include false     
personally-identifiable information1    
reporting of earnings1 or employment    
history4  7#b7 ,personally-identifiable 
information ,the term                   
personally-identifiable information     
means information that is linked or     
reasonably linkable to an individual1   
such as a physical address1 place of    
residency1 phone number1 driver's       
license number1 social security number1 
employee identification number1         
identification number provided by the   
,state1 or any other information        
determined appropriate by the ,secretary
 of ,labor4  7#c7 ,synthetic identity   
,the term synthetic identity means1 with
 respect to a claim for unemployment    
compensation1 an identity that is used  

by a claimant to fraudulently apply for 
such compensation that-- 7,a7 does not  
reflect a real individual2 and  7,b7 may
 use real or seemingly real             
personally-identifiable information4