On Friday, February 24, 2023, House republican leadership introduced the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act. The bill is intended to provide states with incentives to investigate and recover lost funds, fight and prevent future fraud, and extend the statute of limitations for prosecuting fraud. See the release from the House Ways and Means Committee below. The bill includes provisions to:

  • Allow states to keep 25 percent of recovered fraudulent overpayments of federal funds.
  • Allow states to use recovered funds to improve program integrity and fraud prevention.
  • Allow states to keep 5 percent of state UI overpayments, conditioned on meeting data matching integrity conditions and dedicating those funds to preventing future fraud.
  • Extend the statute of limitations for criminal charges or civil actions from 5 to 10 years.

UWC was consulted in the development of this proposed legislation and is working with congress to address these issues.

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