Stimulus Package Update Unemployment Extension

Congress has approved a stimulus package that extends pandemic era unemployment benefits.

Stimulus package update unemployment extension. Update with state payout information congressional leaders and eventually president trump have now signed into law the 900 billion second 2020 stimulus package part of the consolidated appropriations act 2021 that includes funding for extending federal pandemic programs pua peuc and providing supplementary unemployment benefits at 300 per week for millions of unemployed or underemployed americans. Lawmakers struck a roughly 900 billion covid 19 stimulus deal that includes another round of stimulus checks and badly needed jobless benefits for struggling americans ending a long standoff in. The stimulus bill which was apart of the larger consolidated appropriations act of 2021 was signed on dec.

A second stimulus check is the victim of continued stimulus package negotiations stalled by disagreement about extending the 600 federal unemployment benefit. Chris landsberger the oklahoman although congress has approved an 11 week extension of extra unemployment benefits oklahoma will have to wait for two major steps before it can restart payments. It extends and amends the pandemic unemployment programs and benefits through mar.

A new stimulus package with changes and extensions for unemployment benefits passed congress december 21 and was signed into law on december 27 2020. The extension of cares act benefits still needs the president s. Also includes in the package is a third stimulus check a longer extension to the eviction moratorium money to help roll out more vaccines and 400 bonus unemployment payments.

The new covid 19 stimulus package has a provision allowing california to not collect the money overpaid to workers as part of their pandemic unemployment assistance payments.