Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 14-21, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) - Key Unemployment Insurance (UI) Provisions (Mar. 15, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States Department of Labor, ETA (federal agency)

Level

Federal

Authority

Pub. L. 117-2 sections 9011-9032; 42 U.S.C. 503

Issued

2021-03-15 Mar. 15, 2021

Effective

2021-03-11

End

2021-09-06 (program end) (read as 2021-09-06)

In force

Mar. 11, 2021 to Sept. 6, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Other

Addressees

• State Workforce Agencies

Functions reached

• WF: federal pandemic UI programs in force on every day of 2021 Q3 through Sept. 6, 2021 (facts and circumstances of the labor market Congress addressed the same day it re-enacted the ERC suspension test)
• HR

Collection

Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION

Operative words

Many of the UI-related provisions in EUISAA and the CARES Act, as amended, are now extended, with some modifications, beyond their current expiration date of March 14, 2021, to September 6, 2021.... On March 18, 2020, EUISAA was enacted, which provided: 1) emergency administrative grants to states; 2) emergency flexibilities to states related to temporarily modifying certain aspects of their UC laws; 3) a short-term waiver of interest payments due and interest accrual on Title XII advances... On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted, which included the creation of three new UC programs: PUA, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).

Enforcement

Notes