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This section establishes the short title of the Act as the “Unemployment Integrity Act of 2025.”
This section revises the unemployment compensation conformity requirements under section 303(a) of the Social Security Act by adding two new state-law conditions for regular unemployment compensation eligibility and program integrity. It requires states to condition eligibility, when requested, on a claimant’s response to employer requests, attendance at an interview and participation in reemployment services at an agreed-upon time, and compliance with other reasonable requests, including drug testing or skill assessments. It also requires states to establish a method for a person seeking to hire the claimant to voluntarily report the claimant’s failure to comply with the state-law requirements described in paragraphs (12) and (13). This section also directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct, not later than 2 years after enactment, a study on whether increasing the number of random audits under the Benefit Accuracy Measurement program (or any successor audit program) would improve state unemployment compensation administration, and, if the study supports such an increase, to issue regulations not later than 1 year after submitting the report to increase the number of audits. The amendments apply to weeks beginning 1 year after enactment, except that for a state whose legislature is not in session during that 1-year period, the amendments apply to weeks beginning after the end of the first legislative session that begins after enactment.
This section limits transfers from the Extended Unemployment Compensation Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to State accounts unless the Secretary of Labor certifies that the State unemployment compensation law includes the work-search and work-availability provisions required by section 303(a)(13) and (14) of the Social Security Act. It also makes that limitation controlling over any later-enacted law unless the later law specifically cites this subsection. (Thus, States must adopt the specified eligibility and work requirements before receiving transferred funds for unemployment compensation.) This section applies the new transfer limitation to weeks beginning 1 year after enactment, except that for a State whose legislature is not in session during that 1-year period, the limitation applies to weeks beginning after the end of the first legislative session that begins after enactment.