The Unemployment Integrity Act of 2025 tightens requirements for people receiving unemployment benefits by requiring them to respond to job-related requests, attend interviews, participate in reemployment services, and comply with skill assessments or drug testing if requested. The bill also allows employers to voluntarily report to states when claimants fail to meet these requirements. Additionally, the legislation directs the Department of Labor to study whether increasing random audits of unemployment claims improves program administration, with regulations potentially adjusting audit levels within one year of the report. States would have one year to implement these new requirements (or until after their next legislative session for states with biennial legislatures), and states that refuse to adopt these provisions would be ineligible to receive extended and emergency unemployment compensation funds from the federal government.
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.