Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act
Policy Area: Labor and Employment
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO)
Latest Action (2023-05-11): Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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 U
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
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How members voted on HR1163. 726 total positions across all roll calls for this bill.
| Member | Date | Question | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert B. Aderholt (R-Alabama) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Jake Auchincloss (D-Massachusetts) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Mark E. Amodei (R-Nevada) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Alma S. Adams (D-North Carolina) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Pete Aguilar (D-California) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Rick W. Allen (R-Georgia) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Jodey C. Arrington (R-Texas) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Mark Alford (R-Missouri) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Sanford D. Bishop (D-Georgia) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Stephanie I. Bice (R-Oklahoma) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Florida) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Suzanne Bonamici (D-Oregon) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Andy Barr (R-Kentucky) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Julia Brownley (D-California) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Ami Bera (D-California) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Brian Babin (R-Texas) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Donald S. Beyer (D-Virginia) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Mike Bost (R-Illinois) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pennsylvania) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Jim Banks (R-Indiana) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-California) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Jack Bergman (R-Michigan) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| James R. Baird (R-Indiana) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Shontel M. Brown (D-Ohio) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Aaron Bean (R-Florida) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Nikki Budzinski (D-Illinois) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Eric Burlison (R-Missouri) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Josh Brecheen (R-Oklahoma) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Becca Balint (D-Vermont) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Ken Calvert (R-California) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Kat Cammack (R-Florida) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| John R. Carter (R-Texas) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Yea | Passed |
| Ed Case (D-Hawaii) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Jim Costa (D-California) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Emanuel Cleaver (D-Missouri) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Kathy Castor (D-Florida) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Yvette D. Clarke (D-New York) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
| Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) | 2023-05-11 | Recorded Vote | Nay | Passed |
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