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H. Rept. 119-671 1 (2026-05-29)

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                    119TH CONGRESS                                       REPORT
                       2d Session    HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES          119-671







                    RECOVER COVID UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUD IN BANKS ACT




                    MAY  29, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                      the Union and ordered to be printed




                     Mr. SMITH  of Missouri, from the Committee on Ways  and Means,
                                        submitted  the following



                                            REPORT


                                          [To accompany H.R. 8873]

                      The Committee   on Ways  and Means,  to whom   was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 8873) to recover unclaimed pandemic-era unemployment
                    compensation  funds held by financial institutions or escheated to
                    State unclaimed  property administrators, and for other purposes,
                    having considered  the same,  reports favorably thereon  with  an
                    amendment   and recommends  that the bill as amended do pass.

                                                CONTENTS
                                                                                  Page
                      I. SUMMARY  AND BACKGROUND   ...............................................................  4
                            A. Purpose and  Sum m ary  .....................................................................  4
                            B. Background and Need for Legislation .................... 4
                            C. Legislative  H istory  ........................................................................... .  8
                            D . Designated  H earing  ..........................................................................  8
                     II. EXPLANATION     OF  THE   BILL  ..................................................................  8
                            A . Reasons  for  Change  ..........................................................................  8
                            B. Explanation  of Provisions  .................................................................  9
                            C . E ffective  D ate  ....................................................................................  10
                     III. VOTE OF THE COM M ITTEE   ......................................................................  10
                     IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE  BILL ...........................................................  10
                            A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ..................          10
                            B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
                               tures Budget Authority  .................................................................  11
                            C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office .......   11
                      V. OTHER MATTERS   TO BE  DISCUSSED  UNDER  THE  RULES  OF
                          TH E H O U SE  ..............................................................................................  11
                            A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................   11
                            B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............  11
                            C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates ................................  11
                            D. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited
                               Tariff B enefits  ................................................................................  11
                            E. Duplication  of Federal Program s  .....................................................  12
                     VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW  MADE BY THE  BILL, AS REPORTED   12


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