H.R. 3148: Help Wanted Act
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H.R. 3148: Help Wanted Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-12 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27] · 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
Help Wanted Act
Plain summary
Help Wanted Act This bill eliminates certain work search exceptions and flexibilities in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Specifically, the bill prohibits states participating in PUA from modifying unemployment work search requirements on an emergency basis to respond to COVID-19. The bill also eliminates a requirement that states be flexible regarding work search requirements for individuals who are unable to search for work because of COVID-19. Similarly, the bill makes individuals who decline to work on the basis of safety concerns related to COVID-19 and claimants who quit working as a direct result of COVID-19 ineligible for PUA.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27] · 21 cosponsors
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Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), J. French Hill (R-AR), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Lance Gooden (R-TX), David Rouzer (R-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Julia Letlow (R-LA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr3148.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr3148 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117