,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #d1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,coons 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cassidy1 and ,mr4 ,kaine7 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  
provide flexibility in grants for       
reemployment services and eligibility   
assessments4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,expedited     
,access to ,reemployment ,learning      
,yields ,benefits for ,workers ,act or  
the ,,early ,benefits for ,workers ,act4
  #b4 ,flexibility in grants for        
reemployment services and eligibility   
assessments  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#cjf7;a7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ejf7;a77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7j7 ,authority for early   
interventions  7#a7 ,in general ,in     
carrying out a ,state program of        

reemployment services and eligibility   
assessments using grant funds awarded to
 the ,state under this section1 a ,state
 may use up to the lessor of #bj percent
 of such grant funds or #c1jjj1jjj to   
provide reemployment services and       
eligibility assessment services and     
tools to claimants for regular          
compensation as soon as a claimant files
 an initial claim for regular           
compensation4  7#b7 ,determination of   
eligibility ,in adjudicating an initial 
claim for regular compensation with     
respect to a claimant1 a ,state shall   
not make a determination that such      
claimant is ineligible for such regular 
compensation based solely on such       
claimant's failure to participate in the
 early interventions under paragraph    
7#a7 during the period between such     
initial claim and such claimant's first 
week of such regular compensation that  
is based on such initial claim4  7#c7   
,subsequent determination of            
ineligibility ,in the case where a      

claimant is provided reemployment       
services and eligibility assessment     
services and tools by a ,state pursuant 
to the early interventions under        
paragraph 7#a7 but is subsequently      
determined by the ,state to be          
ineligible for regular compensation1 the
 following shall apply3 7,a7 ,such      
claimant shall be ineligible to continue
 to be provided such reemployment       
services and eligibility assessment     
services and tools unless such services 
and tools are funded by another source  
or are generally available to members of
 the public4  7,b7 ,such ,state-- 7i7   
shall not be considered to be out of    
compliance with the terms and conditions
 of the grant program by reason of the  
provision of such reemployment services 
and eligibility assessment services and 
tools to such claimant prior to such    
determination2 and  7ii7 shall not be   
required to return any grant funds used 
in providing such reemployment services 
and eligibility assessment services and 

tools to such claimant prior to such    
determination4  7#d7 ,clarification     
,nothing in this subsection shall       
preclude amounts expended by a ,state on
 the early interventions under paragraph
 7#a7 from being used to meet the       
threshold requirement under subsection  
7c77#b7 if the expenditures otherwise   
meet the requirements for interventions 
under such subsection4  4  7b7          
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this ,act4