State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

B1: 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. The Fiscal Responsibility Act, P.L. 118-5, Division B, Title I, Section 24, rescinded $1,000,000,000 in unobligated balances in FY 2023.

B2: Actual and anticipated recoveries for UI Integrity.

B3: Actual and anticipated recoveries for DUA. This amount will be transferred to FEMA.

B4: Actual and anticipated reimbursements from FEMA of $40,000,000 for DUA Benefits and $10,000,000 for DUA Administration.

B5: This apportionment requests $94,300,000 for FY 2027 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) administrative funding. Use of these funds 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 P.L. 117-2. The funding is requested to support states' ongoing administrative costs for the PUA program for both workload and non-workload generating activities and was derived based on the amount of requested PUA administrative funding under the grant opportunity announced in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-26. Those grants cover states' administrative costs for the PUA program including overpayment detection and recovery efforts through the period ending March 31, 2027. This apportionment is intended to cover a subsequent grant opportunity to cover costs beyond March 31, 2027. This apportionment requests $47,150,000 for FY 2027 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) administrative funding. Use of these funds is authorized 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. The funding is requested to support states' ongoing administrative costs for the PEUC program for both workload and non-workload generating activities and was derived based on the amount of requested PEUC administrative funding under the grant opportunity announced in UIPL No. 11-26. Those grants cover states' administrative costs for the PEUC program including overpayment detection and recovery efforts through the period ending March 31, 2027. This apportionment is intended to cover a subsequent grant opportunity to cover costs beyond March 31, 2027. This apportionment reflects the requested amounts for PUA and PEUC administrative funding as reduced by the 5.7% mandatory sequester. Mandatory PUA and PEUC administrative funds are subject to sequestration in the UTF, and then the amount net of the sequester is transferred to SUIESO for allotment to the States.