,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agfa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1 #bjbe
 ,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,mr4      
,curtis7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
end unemployment payments to jobless    
millionaires4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,ending        
,unemployment ,payments to ,jobless     
,millionaires ,act of #bjbe4  #b4       
,ending unemployment payments to jobless
 millionaires  7a7 ,prohibition on use  
of ,federal funds  7#a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no ,federal funds may be used--    
7,a7 to make payments of unemployment   
compensation benefits under an          
unemployment compensation program of the
 ,united ,states in a year to an        
individual whose wages during the       
individual's base period are equal to or
 exceed #a1jjj1jjj2 or  7,b7 for any    
administrative costs associated with    

making payments described in            
subparagraph 7,a74  7#b7 ,compliance    
7,a7 ,self-certification ,any           
application for unemployment            
compensation under an unemployment      
compensation program of the ,united     
,states shall include a form or         
procedure for an individual applicant to
 certify that such individual's wages   
during the individual's base period do  
not equal or exceed #a1jjj1jjj4  7,b7   
,verification ,each ,state agency that  
is responsible for administering any    
unemployment compensation program of the
 ,united ,states shall utilize available
 systems to verify wage eligibility by  
assessing claimant income to the degree 
possible4  7#c7 ,audits ,the            
certifications required by paragraph    
7#b7 shall be auditable by the          
,department of ,labor or the ,government
 ,accountability ,office4  7#d7         
,recovery of overpayments ,each ,state  
agency that is responsible for          
administering any unemployment          

compensation program of the ,united     
,states shall require individuals who   
have received amounts of unemployment   
compensation under such a program to    
which they were not entitled to repay   
such amounts4  7#e7 ,effective date ,the
 prohibition under paragraph 7#a7 shall 
apply to weeks of unemployment beginning
 on or after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4  7b7 ,prohibition on      
imposing limits on ,states ,the         
,secretary of ,labor shall not          
promulgate any regulation or issue any  
guidance that would limit a ,state's    
ability to disqualify an individual from
 receiving unemployment compensation on 
the basis that such individual has wages
 during the individual's base period    
that are equal or exceed #a1jjj1jjj4    
7c7 ,unemployment compensation program  
of the ,united ,states defined ,in this 
section1 the term unemployment          
compensation program of the ,united     
,states means-- 7#a7 unemployment       
compensation for ,federal civilian      

employees under subchapter ,i of chapter
 #he of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2
  7#b7 unemployment compensation for    
ex-servicemembers under subchapter ,,ii 
of chapter #he of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code2  7#c7 extended benefits  
under the ,federal-,state ,extended     
,unemployment ,compensation ,act of     
#aigj 7#bf ,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note72  7#d7 
any ,federal temporary extension of     
unemployment compensation2  7#e7 any    
,federal program that increases the     
weekly amount of unemployment           
compensation payable to individuals2 and
  7#f7 any other ,federal program       
providing for the payment of            
unemployment compensation1 as determined
 by the ,secretary of ,labor4