1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act . 2. Drug screening made a condition of benefit receipt (a) In general Section 303(l) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 503(l) ) is amended to read as follows: (l) (1) Nothing in this Act or any other provision of Federal law shall be considered to prevent a State from enacting legislation to provide for testing an applicant for unemployment compensation for the unlawful use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such compensation, including legislation that provides for the following procedures: (A) No regular compensation may be paid to an applicant for such compensation with respect to a benefit year unless, before the receipt of any such compensation— (i) the applicant has completed a substance abuse risk assessment for such benefit year; and (ii) subject to subparagraph (B), if the State determines based on the results of such assessment that the applicant is a high-risk applicant, not later than 1 week after the results of the assessment are determined, the applicant tests negative for controlled substances. (B) If a high-risk applicant tests positive for any controlled substance— (i) if such test result is the first positive test result for such applicant in the benefit year— (I) no regular compensation may be paid to such applicant for a period of 30 days beginning on the date that such test result is determined; and (II) no regular compensation may be paid to such applicant during the remainder of such benefit year unless the applicant tests negative for controlled substances at the end of such period