1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i States Opting Out of COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Agreements Updated June 24, 2021 In response to the recent recession caused by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Congress created several temporary
2、Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136), and extended these programs through P.L. 116-260 and P.L. 117-2. Recently, 25 states announced their intention to terminate their agreements to pay COVID-19 UI benefits. The te
3、mporary, COVID-19 UI programs are authorized through September 4, 2021, and include the $300 weekly Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which supplements all UI benefits (originally, FPUC was authorized at $600 a week under the CARES Act through July 25, 2020); Pandemic Emergency Unem
4、ployment Compensation (PEUC), which provides up to 49 weeks of additional UI benefits for individuals who exhaust regular Unemployment Compensation (UC) and are able to, available for, and actively seeking work; and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), which provides up to 75 weeks of a temporary
