H.R. 8000 · 117th Congress

Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act of 2022

Introduced on Jun 9, 2022 by Kevin Brady (R-TX-8). 39 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 9, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 9, 2022
Cosponsors
39
0 from the other party
Policy area
Labor and Employment
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Debt collection
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee hiring
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • State and local government operations
  • Unemployment

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 9, 2022). Public domain.

Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act of 2022

This bill addresses fraud and overpayments of pandemic unemployment assistance, including by allowing states to retain a specified percentage of recovered funds and prohibiting the Department of Labor from allowing blanket waivers of overpayments.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Kevin BradyR-TX-8Sponsor

Republicans · 39

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History

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  1. Jun 9, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jun 9, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Jun 9, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Jun 9, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.