H.R. 2826: Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-25 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners Act

Plain summary

Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the state agency charged with administering a state's unemployment compensation law to seek from the Commissioner of Social Security, and through additional appropriate means, information necessary to carry out any provision of that law which renders ineligible for regular compensation, because he or she is unable to satisfy work requirements, any individual confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility for conviction of a criminal offense. Directs the Secretary of Labor to notify any state whose unemployment compensation agency fails to comply substantially with such requirements that further payments (for unemployment benefits) will not be made to the state until there is no longer any such failure.

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Official text

Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] · 11 cosponsors

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Todd Young (R-IN), Mike Kelly (R-PA)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2826.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2826 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113