Weekly Legistative Update provided by Todd Kolden Aberdeen Office
Week of August 18, 2008
SENATE PASSES UI FRAUD COLLECTION BY FEDERAL TAX REFUND OFFSET
• The U.S. Senate on August 1st passed legislation (HR 2608) that would extend supplemental security income for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants for 2008 through 2010 and "pays for" the extension by including a provision under which the Secretary of the Treasury would collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud by reducing the amounts of federal tax overpayments that would otherwise be refunded.
• Covered "unemployment compensation debts" would include (a) past-due debts for erroneous payment of unemployment compensation due to fraud which have become final under the law of a state and remain uncollected, (b) contributions due to the unemployment fund of a State for which the State has determined the person to be liable due to fraud and which remain uncollected, and (c) any penalties and interest assessed on the debt.
• The additional collection authority provided by HR 2608 is projected to increase revenue by up to $531 million over ten years.
• The bill is likely to be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives in September when Congress returns from recess.
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