American Rescue Plan extension of pandemic emergency benefits

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION                 Unemployment Insurance
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                            CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                        OUI/DUIO
             Washington, D.C. 20210                       DATE
                                                          March 26, 2021


ADVISORY:        UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 17-20,
                 Change 3

TO:              STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES

FROM:            SUZAN G. LEVINE
                 Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:         American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) —Pandemic Emergency
                 Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) Program: Extension, Elimination of
                 Transition Rule, Increase in Total Benefits, and Extension of Coordination
                 Rule.

1. Purpose. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides guidance about
   the changes to the PEUC program authorized by Section 9016 of the American Rescue Plan
   Act of 2021 (ARPA), Public Law (Pub. L.) 117-2.

2. Action Requested. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and
   Training Administration (ETA) requests that State Workforce Administrators provide the
   information in this UIPL and all attachments to appropriate program and other staff in the
   state workforce system to guide implementation of changes to the PEUC program.

3. Summary and Background.

        a. Summary – On March 11, 2021, the President signed ARPA into law. Among other
           things, Section 9016 of ARPA amends Section 2107 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
           and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-136), as previously
           amended by the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020
           (Continued Assistance Act) (Pub. L. 116-260). This Change 3 to UIPL No. 17-20
           provides guidance about the following provisions in Section 9016 of ARPA: (i)
           extension of the PEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending on or
           before September 6, 2021; (ii) elimination of a transition rule that provided for the
           payment of PEUC phase-out benefits after the program expires; (iii) an increase in
           the total amount of PEUC benefits available to 53 times the individual’s average
           weekly benefit amount (WBA) with the additional weeks of benefits payable for
           weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021; and (iv) extension of a rule
           for coordination of the PEUC program with the Extended Benefits (EB) program that
           requires individuals receiving EB as of the date of enactment of ARPA to exhaust
           EB before resumption of PEUC eligibility. All other PEUC program requirements,

 RESCISSIONS                                             EXPIRATION DATE
 None                                                    Continuing

    as provided in Section 2107 of the CARES Act and UIPL Nos. 17-20; 17-20, Change
    1; and 17-20, Change 2 remain the same.

b. Background – On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted, which includes the
   Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act set out in Title II, Subtitle A.
   Section 2107 of the CARES Act created a new temporary federal PEUC program
   that provided an amount equal to 13 times the individual’s average WBA (generally
   13 additional weeks of benefits) for weeks of unemployment ending on or before
   December 31, 2020, along with funding to states for the administration of the
   program. On April 10, 2020, ETA issued UIPL No. 17-20 to provide PEUC
   program implementation instructions to states. ETA issued Change 1 to UIPL No.
   17-20 on May 13, 2020, to provide states with technical assistance in the
   administration of the PEUC program. The Continued Assistance Act, enacted on
   December 27, 2020, increased PEUC benefits to equal 24 times the individual’s
   average WBA and extended the program through weeks of unemployment ending on
   or before March 14, 2021. On December 31, 2020, ETA issued UIPL No. 17-20,
   Change 2, regarding extension of and changes in the PEUC program enacted by the
   Continued Assistance Act.

    The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program initially
    provided a supplement to the WBA payable for UI programs, including PEUC,
    through weeks of unemployment that ended on or before July 31, 2020. Individuals’
    PEUC accounts also included the applicable FPUC amounts. The FPUC program
    was reauthorized and modified by the Continued Assistance Act, with FPUC
    amounts once again being added to individuals’ PEUC accounts. A new WBA
    supplement, Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), was established
    by the Continued Assistance Act and, under certain circumstances, is payable along
    with PEUC to eligible individuals in states that elect to offer MEUC. See UIPL No.
    15-20 and its Changes for additional details.

Importance of Program Integrity. Addressing improper payments and fraud is a top
priority for the Department and the entire UI system. States play a fundamental role in
ensuring the integrity of the UI system. Especially during this time of extraordinary
workloads, states should maintain a steadfast focus on UI functions and activities that
ensure program integrity and the prevention and detection of improper payments and
fraud across all programs operated within the UI system while ensuring that legitimate
claimants are able to swiftly access benefits during a critical time. It is critical that states
implement processes that ensure payments are being made to eligible individuals and
that states have aggressive strategies and tools in place to prevent, detect, and recover
fraudulent payments, with a particular emphasis on imposter fraud by claimants using
false or stolen identities.

UIPL No. 28-20, published on August 31, 2020, and UIPL No. 28-20, Change 1,
published on January 15, 2021, provide states with funding to assist with efforts to
prevent and detect fraud and identity theft and recover fraud overpayments in the
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and PEUC programs.

4. Guidance.

   a. In general. As explained below, the PEUC provisions in ARPA apply as if they were
      included in the CARES Act, which was enacted on March 27, 2020, except that no
      PEUC amounts will be payable under ARPA with respect to any week of unemployment
      ending on or before March 14, 2021. This means that the programmatic changes apply
      to individuals who established PEUC eligibility before enactment of ARPA. However,
      no PEUC may be paid based on the changes authorized by ARPA for any week of
      unemployment ending on or before March 14, 2021.

      Except as provided in ARPA and described in this UIPL, all other PEUC program
      parameters, as provided in Section 2107 of the CARES Act, as amended by the
      Continued Assistance Act, and UIPL Nos. 17-20, 17-20, Change 1, and 17-20, Change 2
      remain the same.

      The Agreement Implementing the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act that
      each state entered into with the Secretary of Labor in March 2020 (Agreement)
      incorporate the requirements of Section 2107 of the CARES Act and any amendments to
      the Act. As a condition of the Agreement, each state must operate the PEUC program
      consistent with Section 9016 of ARPA and related guidance issued by the Department.
      Thus, operation of the PEUC program continues to be governed by the Agreement with
      the Secretary and states do not need to enter into a new agreement in order to continue to
      operate the PEUC program.

   b. Extension of Program. Under the Continued Assistance Act, the PEUC program applied
      to weeks of unemployment beginning after the date states entered into an agreement
      with the Department to operate the PEUC program and ending on or before March 14,
      2021. With the enactment of ARPA, there is no gap in authority to pay PEUC. The
      PEUC benefits authorized by ARPA are payable beginning with the week of
      unemployment ending on March 20, 2021 (or March 21, 2021). ARPA extends the
      PEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending on or before September 6,
      2021. In states where a week of unemployment ends on a Saturday, the last
      compensable week before the PEUC program expires is now the week ending on
      September 4, 2021. In states where a week of unemployment ends on a Sunday, the last
      compensable week before the PEUC program expires is now the week ending on
      September 5, 2021.

   c. Elimination of Transition Rule. ARPA amends Section 2107(g) of the CARES Act to
      remove the provision that created a transition rule, which would have allowed certain
      individuals to continue to receive PEUC payments for a limited period of time after the
      expiration of the PEUC program (i.e., a phase-out period), as provided by the Continued
      Assistance Act. Thus, under ARPA, no PEUC payments may be made with respect to
      weeks of unemployment ending after September 6, 2021, as described above in Section
      4.b. of this UIPL even if the individual has a remaining PEUC balance.

   d. Increase in Number of Weeks of Benefits. Under the Continued Assistance Act, an
      amount equal to 24 times their average WBA was established in the PEUC account of
      each eligible individual, which provided 24 weeks of benefits for individuals who were

totally unemployed. (Individuals may have received more than 24 weeks of benefits if
they experienced partial unemployment and received a reduced WBA for weeks of
partial unemployment.)

ARPA increases the total amount established in an individual’s PEUC account to 53
times the individual’s average WBA (and also includes the amount of FPUC available
under the CARES Act as amended by ARPA). However, the extension of the PEUC
program in ARPA only authorizes payment of PEUC with respect to an additional 25
weeks of unemployment—weeks of unemployment beginning after March 14, 2021 and
ending on or before September 6, 2021. Thus, individuals who are totally
unemployed will generally only be able to receive a total of 49 weeks of PEUC
benefits. They will be able to receive the 24 weeks of PEUC available under the
Continued Assistance Act for weeks of unemployment ending on or before March 14,
2021 and 25 additional weeks of PEUC available until the program expires on
September 6, 2021 under ARPA. (Individuals may receive more than 49 weeks of PEUC
benefits if they received a reduced WBA for weeks of partial unemployment ending on
or before March 14, 2021.)

New PEUC accounts. Under ARPA, individuals who establish PEUC eligibility with
respect to weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021 will have their PEUC
accounts established with an amount equal to 53 times their average WBA amount.

Previously established PEUC accounts. Individuals who established eligibility for
PEUC with respect to weeks of unemployment ending on or before March 14, 2021,
including PEUC exhaustees and current PEUC recipients, will have their PEUC
accounts augmented with an amount equal to an additional 29 times the individual’s
average WBA—the difference between the new ARPA-established amount of 53 times
the individual’s average WBA and the Continued Assistance Act-established amount of
24 times the individual’s average WBA. However, such additional amounts are
ONLY payable with respect to weeks of unemployment ending after March 14,
2021.

Thus, even if the individual had weeks of unemployment commencing before enactment
of ARPA with respect to which the individual was eligible for no UI benefits, and could
have been eligible for PEUC based upon the increase in the amount established in their
PEUC account from 24 to 53 times the WBA, the additional PEUC amounts
authorized by ARPA may NOT be used to pay for any weeks that end on or before
March 14, 2021. In other words, the additional PEUC may only be paid for weeks
of unemployment that end after March 14, 2021.

Those individuals who did not exhaust their initial entitlement to PEUC on or before
March 14, 2021, must have their PEUC accounts augmented with the additional amount
and exhaust all PEUC entitlement before becoming eligible for EB or other UI
programs, except to the extent that the regular UC coordination provisions described in
Section 4.e of UIPL No. 17-20, Change 2 provide otherwise. Individuals who exhaust
PEUC with the week of unemployment ending on March 13, 2021 (or March 14, 2021)
are considered not to have exhausted the initial entitlement to PEUC and must have their
PEUC account augmented and exhaust PEUC entitlement as noted above.

   When a new PEUC application is required. Individuals who were not in active claim
   status for any UI program (e.g., EB, PUA, or regular UC) for the week of unemployment
   ending on March 13, 2021 (or March 14, 2021) must reopen their PEUC claim with a
   new application. Because there has been a break in claim certification, the state must
   ensure that there are no eligibility issues and confirm that there has been no intervening
   employment that would disqualify the individual for PEUC. If the individual is in
   continued claim status for any UI program, the state will not need to take a new
   application.

e. Notification Requirements. States must individually notify all individuals who are
   currently receiving PEUC, individuals who have already exhausted PEUC, and anyone
   else for whom a PEUC account had previously been established (e.g., individuals with
   remaining PEUC balances who stopped filing PEUC claims) of the availability of these
   additional weeks of PEUC benefits. States must also provide PEUC exhaustees
   information on how to reopen their PEUC claims. The distribution method for these
   notifications should be consistent with other correspondence provided to the claimant by
   the state, which may include mail, email, or through the individual’s online web portal.
   Section 4.d. of UIPL No. 14-21 describes the notification requirements for all program
   changes under ARPA, including PEUC.

   All PEUC augmentations are considered monetary redeterminations. States will receive
   administrative funding for the monetary redetermination activity reported on the UI-3,
   line 19.

f. Coordination with Extended Benefits. Under the CARES Act, individuals who exhaust
   PEUC may commence receipt of EB, if the state is in an EB period and they are
   otherwise eligible. With ARPA increasing the total amount of PEUC benefits available
   for everyone who has established a PEUC claim, as was the case under the Continued
   Assistance Act, individuals who have already transitioned to the EB program ordinarily
   would no longer be considered PEUC exhaustees and it would have been necessary to
   switch these individuals back to PEUC if they are otherwise eligible. The Continued
   Assistance Act created an EB coordination rule to avoid that outcome. Similarly, the
   amendments to the CARES Act made by Section 9016(c) of ARPA provide that any
   individual who is receiving EB for the week of unemployment that includes March
   11, 2020 (the date of enactment of ARPA) is not eligible for PEUC until the
   individual has exhausted all rights to EB.

   March 11, 2020, is the middle of a week of unemployment. Thus, an individual who
   exhausts PEUC with the week ending on March 13, 2021 (or March 14, 2021) would not
   have been receiving EB as of March 11, 2021. Thus, this coordination rule applies to
   individuals who exhausted their initial entitlement to PEUC no later than the week
   ending on March 6, 2021 (or March 7, 2021) and began receiving EB no later than the
   week ending on March 13, 2021 (or March 14, 2021). Such individuals will continue
   receiving EB, provided they are otherwise eligible, for weeks of unemployment
   beginning on or after enactment of ARPA. If, upon exhaustion of EB, an individual
   remains unemployed and otherwise eligible for PEUC, and the PEUC program has not

       yet expired, the individual would commence receipt of PEUC with the additional
       amount of PEUC benefits authorized under ARPA.

   g. Coordination with PUA. As was the case with the Continued Assistance Act, ARPA
      does not include a coordination provision for PEUC with the PUA program. Thus,
      individuals who are receiving PUA and gain augmented entitlement to PEUC under
      ARPA will no longer be eligible for PUA until all PEUC entitlement has been
      exhausted. However, Section 9011(c) of ARPA includes a “hold harmless” provision
      allowing states an appropriate period of time to take necessary actions to make payments
      of the augmented amounts of PEUC provided in ARPA before ceasing PUA payments to
      such individuals. The Department considers six weeks of unemployment, commencing
      with the date of enactment of ARPA (ending with the week ending on April 24, 2021) an
      appropriate period of time for states to implement the additional amounts of PEUC and
      move all impacted individuals’ claims from PUA back to PEUC. (See Section 4.c.i. of
      UIPL No. 14-21.)

   h. Additional funding for implementation administrative costs. The Department will make
      available $75,000 to each state for the cost of implementing PEUC-related provisions in
      ARPA. Detailed information about the application process and permissible
      implementation costs regarding these funds are provided in Section 4.e of UIPL No. 14-
      21.

   i. Reporting instructions. All PEUC reporting instructions in previously issued guidance
      remain the same.

5. Inquiries. States should direct inquiries to the email account [email protected] and copy
   the appropriate ETA Regional Office.

6. References.

      American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), including Title IX, Subtitle A, Crisis
       Support for Unemployed Workers, Pub. L. 117-2;
      Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 (Continued Assistance
       Act), Pub. L. 116-260;
      Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, 2020, including Title II
       Subtitle A Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act, Pub. L. 116-136;
      Section 4102, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Division D, Emergency
       Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 (EUISSA), Pub. L. 116-
       127;
      Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, 26 U.S.C. §3304
       note;
      20 C.F.R. Part 615;
      Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 14-21, American Rescue Plan Act
       of 2021 (ARPA) – Key Unemployment Insurance (UI) Provisions, issued on March 15,
       2021, https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=5669;

   UIPL No. 09-21, Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020 (Continued
    Assistance Act) – Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance (UI) Provisions, issued on
    December 30, 2020, https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3831;
   UIPL 28-20, Change 1, Additional Funding for Identity Verification or Verification of
    Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Claimants and Funding to Assist with
    Efforts to Prevent and Detect Fraud and Identity Theft as well as Recover Fraud
    Overpayments in the PUA and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation
    (PEUC) Programs, issued on January 15, 2021,
    https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=9897;
   UIPL 28-20, Addressing Fraud in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) System and
    Providing States with Funding to Assist with Efforts to Prevent and Detect Fraud and
    Identity Theft and Recover Fraud Overpayments in the Pandemic Unemployment
    Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
    Programs, issued on August 31, 2020,
    https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=8044;
   UIPL No. 23-20, Program Integrity for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program and
    the UI Programs Authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
    (CARES) Act of 2020 – Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC),
    Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment
    Compensation (PEUC) Programs, issued on May 11, 2020,
    https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=4621;
   UIPL No. 17-20, Change 2, Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers (Continued
    Assistance) Act of 2020— Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
    Program: Extension, Transition Rule, Increase in Total Benefits, and Coordination
    Rules, issued on December 31, 2020,
    https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=9291;
   UIPL No. 17-20, Change 1, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
    Act of 2020— Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) Program:
    Questions and Answers, and Revised Reporting Instructions for the PEUC ETA 227,
    issued on May 13, 2020, https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=8689;
   UIPL No. 17-20, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of
    2020— Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) Program
    Operating, Financial, and Reporting Instructions, issued on April 10, 2020,
    https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=8452;
   UIPL No. 16-20, Change 5, Expanded Eligibility Provisions for the Pandemic
    Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program, issued on February 25, 2021,
    https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3202;
   UIPL No. 16-20, Change 4, Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers (Continued
    Assistance) Act of 2020: Updated Operating Instructions and Reporting Changes, issued
    on January 8, 2021, https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=6973
   UIPL No. 16-20, Change 3, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
    Act of 2020 – Eligibility of Individuals who are Caregivers for Pandemic Unemployment
    Assistance (PUA) in the Context of School Systems Reopening, issued on August 27
    2020, https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3849;
   UIPL No. 16-20, Change 2, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
    Act of 2020 – Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Additional Questions and

       Answers, issued on July 21, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=5479;
      UIPL No. 16-20, Change 1, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
       Act of 2020 – Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program Reporting
       Instructions and Questions and Answers, issued on April 27, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=5899;
      UIPL No. 16-20, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020
       – Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program Operating, Financial, and
       Reporting Instructions, issued on April 05, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=4628;
      UIPL No. 15-20, Change 3, Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers (Continued
       Assistance) Act of 2020 – Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)
       Program Reauthorization and Modification and Mixed Earners Unemployment
       Compensation (MEUC) Program Operating, Reporting, and Financial Instructions,
       issued on January 5, 2021, https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=6122;
      UIPL No. 15-20, Change 2, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
       Act of 2020 – New Data Collection Instrument and Revised Reporting Instructions for
       Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), issued on June 15, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=7785;
      UIPL No. 15-20, Change 1, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
       Act of 2020 – Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) Program
       Reporting Instructions and Questions and Answers, issued on May 9, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3946;
      UIPL No. 15-20, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020
       – Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) Program Operating,
       Financial, and Reporting Instructions, issued on April 4, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=9297;
      UIPL No. 14-20, Change 1, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
       Act of 2020 – Questions and Answers, issued on August 12, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3791;
      UIPL No. 14-20, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020
       – Summary of Key Unemployment Insurance (UI) Provisions and Guidance Regarding
       Temporary Emergency State Staffing Flexibility, issued on April 2, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3390;
      UIPL No. 13-20, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Division D Emergency
       Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020, issued on March 22,
       2020, https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=8634; and
      UIPL No. 10-20, Unemployment Compensation (UC) for Individuals Affected by the
       Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), issued on March 12, 2020,
       https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=8893.

7. Attachment(s).

      Attachment I – Text of Section 9016 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

                                                Attachment I to UIPL No. 17-20, Change 3

           Text of Section 9016 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

SEC. 9016. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2107(g) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(g)) is amended to
read as follows: ‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY.—An agreement entered into under this section shall
apply to weeks of unemployment— ‘‘(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is
entered into; and ‘‘(2) ending on or before September 6, 2021.’’.

(b) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WEEKS.—Section 2107(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C.
9025(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘24’’ and inserting ‘‘53’’.

(c) COORDINATION OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION WITH EXTENDED COMPENSATION.—Section 2107(a)(5)(B) of
such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(5)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or for the week that includes
the date of enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (without regard to the
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of section 9016 of such Act)’’ after ‘‘2020)’’.

(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR EXTENDED COMPENSATION.—Section 2107(a)(8) of such
Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘April 12, 2021’’ and inserting
‘‘September 6, 2021’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply as if included in
the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), except that no amount shall be
payable by virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment ending on
or before March 14, 2021.