1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act . 2. Expansion of pandemic unemployment assistance (a) In general Section 2102(b) of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) is amended to read as follows: (b) Assistance for unemployment as a result of COVID–19 Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide pandemic unemployment assistance— (1) to any covered individual while such individual is unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable to work for the weeks of such unemployment with respect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in section 85(b) of title 26, United States Code) or waiting period credit; and (2) to any other individual for weeks with respect to which the individual would be a covered individual but for the individual’s lack of a recent attachment to the labor force. . (b) Amount of assistance for new job entrants (1) In general Section 2102(d) of such Act is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking The assistance authorized under subsection (b) and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (2), the assistance authorized under subsection (b)(1) ; (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4)