Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act
Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-MO)
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.
Labor and Employment Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.
Who won, and how much of the country was behind them
The dotted gap is 1.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.
| Side | Outcome | Votes | Share of U.S. adults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | Won | 230 | 53.5% |
| Nay | Lost | 200 | 45.4% |
| Not represented on this question | No position taken | 0 | 1.1% |