H.R. 1163Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act

2 recorded actions296 of these members are on the 2026 ballotWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Jason Smith [R-MO-08]
Cosponsors: 35 · 35 Republicans
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Committee: Ways and Means Committee
Latest action: May 11, 2023 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
Passed the HouseMay 11, 2023
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act

This bill addresses fraud and overpayments of pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, including by providing incentives for states to investigate and recover overpayments of these benefits.

Specifically, the bill allows states to retain 25% of any recovered fraudulent overpayments. These retained funds may be used for modernizing unemployment compensation systems and information technology, reimbursing administrative costs, hiring fraud investigators and prosecutors, and for other program integrity activities.

Additionally, the bill allows states to retain 5% of any overpayments of regular and extended UI benefits. A state must, in order to retain these overpayments, certify that it has met certain conditions for data matching.

Next, the bill extends from 3 to 10 years the time during which states can recover overpayments of pandemic UI benefits.

Further, the bill extends flexibilities for states to hire temporary staff on a noncompetitive basis to identify, pursue, and recover fraudulent overpayments under federal pandemic unemployment compensation programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

The bill also extends from 5 to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal criminal charges or civil enforcement actions related to UI fraud.

Finally, the bill repeals a section of the CARES Act (as amended by the American Rescue Plan of 2021) that provided funding for UI program integrity activities. Subject to appropriations, the unobligated balance of this funding shall be transferred to the Department of the Treasury and periodically credited to the appropriate state account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, as outlined by the bill.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1163 as passed House on May 11, 2023. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

Roll calls on H.R. 11632 roll calls on this measure

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May 11, 2023Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMay 11, 2023

How every member votedHouse roll call 211

House May 11, 2023 · the primary vote

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Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act

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230 Yea 200 Nay 5 not voting

Party-line vote 10 of 430 voting members broke with their own party: 10 Democrats.

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All members435 members

Democratic213 members

Republican222 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors35 · 35 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1163 and vote against it. 25 signed when it was filed.

Who lobbied on H.R. 116314 organizations

Organizations that named H.R. 1163 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.

ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICAIts PAC: Associated General Contractors of America PAC

Budget/Appropriations · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products · Environment/Superfund · Foreign Relations +10 more7 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2024Filing

NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)

Small Business5 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2024Filing

ID.ME, LLCIts PAC: ID.ME, LLC PAC

Government Issues · Science/Technology · Veterans · Unemployment +3 more4 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2023Filing

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION CTW-CLC

Medicare/Medicaid · Budget/Appropriations · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties +13 more4 filings · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2024Filing

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · Unemployment · Immigration +1 more3 filings · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2023Filing

AFL-CIO

Health Issues · Trade (domestic/foreign) · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · Budget/Appropriations +11 more2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2023Filing

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEESfiled by AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

Government Issues · Roads/Highway · Budget/Appropriations · Education +19 more2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2023Filing

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Telecommunications · Torts · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Copyright/Patent/Trademark +29 more2 filings · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023Filing

THE CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIESfiled by MR. NICHOLAS GWYN

Unemployment · Welfare2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2023Filing

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICAIts PAC: Communications Workers of America - COPE Political Contributions Committee

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · Trade (domestic/foreign) · Aviation/Airlines/Airports · Banking +10 more1 filing · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2023Filing

36 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.