“A bill to amend title III of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in grants for reemployment services and eligibility assessments.”
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This section authorizes states to use up to the lesser of 20% of Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) grant funds or $3 million per fiscal year to provide reemployment services and eligibility assessments to unemployment compensation claimants immediately upon filing an initial claim. States may not deny initial eligibility based solely on nonparticipation in these early interventions; if a claimant is later deemed ineligible, states face no grant compliance penalties or repayment obligations for prior services provided, and such expenditures may count toward RESEA's evidence-based intervention thresholds if qualifying. (The RESEA program awards grants to states to improve UI claimants' employment outcomes, shorten benefit duration, and prevent improper payments.)