116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To clarify the eligibility of high school students to receive Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes.
August 4, 2020
Ms. Smith (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
To clarify the eligibility of high school students to receive Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “High School Student Unemployment Eligibility Clarification Act of 2020”.
SEC. 2. Inclusion of high school students.
(a) In general.—Section 2102(a) of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
“(B) includes an individual who meets the criteria described in subparagraph (A) and is a student attending, doing distance learning through, or on vacation from, a secondary school (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), regardless of whether the individual is able to accept employment during school hours; and”.
(b) Effective date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).