Sen. Joe Manchin, DW.V., speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democratic and Republican members of Congress as they announce a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill on December 14, 2020 in Washington, legislators of both. chambers on Monday released a $ 908 billion package, split into two bills.
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$ 300 a week
The $ 300 weekly improvement in profits would not be retroactive. The federal government would pay the allowance for any period of unemployment from December 26 to April 19.
The PUA and PEUC programs have been expanded
Bipartisan legislation, the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Act for 2020, would also issue another 16 weeks of unemployment benefits through two temporary federal programs that should expire in about a week and a half.
One such program, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, pays aid to self-employed, contracted, self-employed, and other workers who cannot normally receive help from the unemployed.
The other, pandemic emergency unemployment compensation, offers an additional 13 weeks of state benefits, which usually last up to six months.
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Both programs would run until April 19 if the bill is passed.
Aside from the unemployment provisions, the $ 748 billion legislation has other aid valves such as support for small businesses, child care grants, rent assistance and student loan assistance. .
The bipartisan group of senators issued a second $ 160 billion bill that contained funding for state and local governments and corporate liability protections against coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Altogether, the bills offer $ 908 billion.