{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1163","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1163","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-02-24","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-05-11","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h211","question":"On Passage","title":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act","result":"Passed","yea":230,"nay":200,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll211.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","date":"2023-05-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2023-05-11","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act","result":"Failed","yea":210,"nay":221,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll210.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-05-11","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"Next, the bill extends from 3 to 10 years the time during which states can recover overpayments of pandemic UI benefits."},{"k":"p","t":"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)."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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 shall be transferred to the Department of the Treasury and periodically credited to the appropriate state account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, as outlined by the bill."}],"words":260},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Lets States keep a share of recovered unemployment compensation overpayments, including those determined to be due to fraud, and sets related data-matching, staffing, and time-limit rules.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#H52E6CC8E33F4497198E1A715163C8599"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#H3FD7452E01204164BAD7672D05A96B4A"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#HD70363C49F8C4B85851856F63193609E"}]},"core_areas":["State retention of recovered pandemic unemployment overpayments determined to be due to fraud","State deposit of a share of recovered regular unemployment overpayments in a State fund","Data-matching certifications for States","Emergency State staffing flexibility for recovering overpayments","Time limit for fraud charges and civil enforcement actions","Repeal of CARES Act section 2118 and transfer of its unobligated balance"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows a State agency to retain 25 percent of amounts recovered from overpayments under several pandemic unemployment programs that were determined to be made due to fraud, for uses such as modernizing systems, reimbursing administrative costs, and hiring fraud investigators and prosecutors.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#H52E6CC8E33F4497198E1A715163C8599"}},{"text":"Allows State law to deposit up to 5 percent of recovered overpayments, other than those made by agency error, in a State fund for purposes such as deterring and detecting improper payments, if the State's Section 4 certifications are in effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#H3FD7452E01204164BAD7672D05A96B4A"}},{"text":"Requires a State to certify that it uses a cross-matching system and has procedures to use the National Directory of New Hires, the State Information Data Exchange System, and records on incarcerated and deceased individuals.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#HD70363C49F8C4B85851856F63193609E"}},{"text":"Provides that temporary emergency changes a State makes to its merit-basis personnel standards, including for recovering fraudulent overpayments, are disregarded under the Social Security Act and Internal Revenue Code and may continue through December 31, 2030.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#HD81770CE2C5442DDBF5DF5015105B2FD"}},{"text":"Requires any criminal charge or civil enforcement action alleging fraud with respect to compensation to be filed not later than 10 years after the offense was committed.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#H0C6BF92774CB43CB8A1FAB141285885D"}},{"text":"Repeals section 2118 of the CARES Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh#HB09C689B2D814CE4BD96A391D18F0A99"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-05-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1163/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1163.png","v":"d022b7c6c3b3","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1163, 118th Congress: Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act. House: 230 Yea, 200 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 11 May 2023."}}