118th Congress (2023–2025) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
This page covers HR1163 in the 118th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HR1163 in another Congress is a different bill.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 2 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2023-05-11: Passed |
| Latest action | 2023-05-11: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| Policy area | Labor and Employment |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act This bill addresses fraud and overpayments of pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, including by providing incentives for states to investigate and recover overpayments of these benefits. Specifically, the bill allows states to retain 25% of any recovered fraudulent overpayments. These retained funds may be used for modernizing unemployment compensation systems and information technology, reimbursing administrative costs, hiring fraud investigators and prosecutors, and for other program integrity activities. Additionally, the bill allows states to retain 5% of any overpayments of regular and extended UI benefits. A state must, in order to retain these overpayments, certify that it has met certain conditions for data matching. Next, the bill extends from 3 to 10 years the time during which states can recover overpayments of pandemic UI benefits. Further, the bill extends flexibilities for states to hire temporary staff on a noncompetitive basis to identify, pursue, and recover fraudulent overpayments under federal pandemic unemployment compensation programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The bill also extends from 5 to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal criminal charges or civil enforcement actions related to UI fraud. Finally, the bill repeals a section of the CARES Act (as amended by the American Rescue Plan of 2021) that provided funding for UI program integrity activities. Subject to appropriations, the unobligated balance of this funding…
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health, Congressional oversight, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Debt collection, Emergency medical services and trauma care, Employee hiring, Fraud offenses and financial crimes, Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management, Government information and archives, Infectious and parasitic diseases
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-11 | House | Recorded Vote | Passed | 189 | 170 | 4 | Official tally |
| 2023-05-11 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Failed | 177 | 183 | 3 | Official tally |
HR1163 (Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act) was introduced in the 118th Congress (2023–2025) by Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8].
On 2023-05-11: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2 recorded votes in the 118th Congress. The most recent, on 2023-05-11, was "Recorded Vote": Passed.