US SB4442 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on August 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on August 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Allows states to provide pandemic unemployment assistance to individuals who earn a combination of regular wages and a minimum of $7,250 of self-employed annual income (1) instead of regular unemployment compensation if they are otherwise eligible, or (2) if they are still employed at their regular-wage job, but unable to earn self-employed income due to circumstances related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).Under current law, individuals earning such mixed income are only eligible for pandemic unemployment assistance if they are not eligible for regular unemployment and unable to work due to COVID-19.
Title
Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020
Sponsors
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] |
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] |
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM] | Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] |
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-08-05 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB7691 (Same As) 2020-07-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
SB4935 (Related) 2020-12-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB4935 (Related) 2020-12-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor and employment
Self-employed
Unemployment
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor and employment
Self-employed
Unemployment
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4442/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4442/BILLS-116s4442is.pdf |