Unemployment Integrity Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5967.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``Regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Social Security Act to increase integrity of the unemployment system by reviewing and strengthening the Benefits Accuracy Measurement (BAM) audit program, and requiring states, as a condition of federal funding, establish an interview requirement and give employers an avenue to voluntarily report UI recipients who violate work search or interview requirements.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5967, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5967

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e54deb4abfe1039a022ece30c611a7acb368fc33a1bcbe632a7564fec571cae

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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