CLOSE Act

Key Points

• Congress would end remaining pandemic-related unemployment benefit payments 30 days after the bill becomes law.
• It would also take back (rescind) any unspent federal money that was set aside for these pandemic unemployment programs.
• States could still get federal money to cover wrap-up and administrative costs, even after benefit payments stop.
• States would be blocked from starting or restarting agreements to pay the extra federal pandemic unemployment benefits after the bill becomes law.
• People who still qualify under these old pandemic programs could see their payments stop once the 30-day cutoff hits, depending on timing.