State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

B5: The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, Title IX, Subtitle A, Section 9032, appropriated $2,000,000,000 to the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021 to remain available until expended, to detect and prevent fraud, promote equitable access, and ensure the timely payment of benefits with respect to unemployment compensation programs, including programs extended under subtitle A of title IX of the ARP Act. ETA was provided $1,994,122,343 of these funds. This apportionment request includes $1,853,519,000 in carryover funding, which reflects a reduction of $115,505,343 for Fraud Grants that were obligated in FY2021, of which $773,011,184 will be utilized in FY 2022. The remaining $1,080,507,816 are reserved for FY 2023.

B1: Anticipated transfer of DUA recoveries of unpaid obligations to FEMA. Transfer authority is authorized by Title VI, Section 626(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5197e).

B3: This apportionment requests $1,000,000 in anticipated recoveries for EUC08 administrative monies for return to the Unemployment Trust Fund account and then to the Payments to the UTF account if applicable. In addition, there are anticipated recoveries of reimbursable funding in the amount of $500,000 for DUA Benefits and $500,000 for DUA Administration. The remaining $6,000,000 will be transferred to FEMA.

B2: This apportionment requests anticipated reimbursements from FEMA of $40,000,000 for DUA Benefits and $10,000,000 for DUA Administration.

B7: The amount on line 1821 is the required sequester amount in dollars assuming that the administrative costs for the PUA and PEUC programs require spending authority (currently reflected on line 1840) equal to the estimated $850,000,000. Due to the indefinite nature of the administrative costs in the CARES Act, if, during the remainder of the fiscal year, the necessary administrative expenses are different from the above amount, the amount in dollars currently reflected on line 1822 is hereby automatically apportioned as follows: The agency will achieve the reduction by applying a 5.7% sequester to the actual obligations of the administrative expenses as required by the OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2022 (updated August 20, 2021).

B6: This apportionment requests $850,000,000 for FY 2022 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) administrative funding. Use of these funds for PUA administrative costs is authorized by section 2102(g) of Division A, Title II, Subtitle A of the Cares Act, P.L. 116-136, as amended by P.L. 116-260 and for PEUC administrative costs by section 2107(d) of Division A, Title II, Subtitle A of P.L. 116-136, as amended by P.L. 116-260 and P.L. 117-2. These amounts are subject to sequestration.