EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY STATE STAFFING FLEXIBILITY.

SEC. 9015. [26 U.S.C. 3304 note] EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY STATE STAFFING FLEXIBILITY. If a State modifies its unemployment compensation law and policies, subject to the succeeding sentence, with respect to personnel standards on a merit basis on an emergency temporary basis as needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, such modifications shall be disregarded for the purposes of applying section 303 of the Social Security Act and section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to such State law. Such modifications shall only apply through September 6, 2021, and shall be limited to engaging of temporary staff, rehiring of retirees or former employees on a non-competitive basis, and other temporary actions to quickly process applications and claims.