Court filing
Chairman Neal Introduces the CASH Act to Provide $2000 Stimulus Checks
Filed December 24, 2020 in Pandemic Relief Dead Ends; one of 21 filings from this case.
What This Document Is
A press release from the office of Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, dated December 24, 2020, announcing his introduction of the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help (CASH) Act of 2020 — the bill later docketed as H.R. 9051.
Factual Summary
The release states that Chairman Neal introduced the CASH Act "to increase the amount of money struggling Americans receive in a second round of direct payments to $2,000." Neal is quoted directly: "For months, Democrats have consistently sought to provide Americans with a substantial second round of direct financial assistance. Now that the President has finally endorsed that idea as well, we're ready to immediately pass the CASH Act to put an additional $2,000 into the pockets of folks in need. Congressional Republicans must join us in this effort and not block critical relief from reaching families who are hurting." The release describes the bill as doing two things: raising the economic impact payment (EIP) provided in the end-of-year COVID relief package from $600 to $2,000 per eligible family member, and applying the relief package's broader mixed-status-family eligibility rule — under which a family is eligible for the EIP amount tied to any family member holding a Social Security Number, retroactive to the first round of payments claimable on 2020 tax returns — to the increased $2,000 amount as well. The release links to the bill text ("Text of the legislation is available HERE") but does not itself reproduce it.
Key Facts
- Issued December 24, 2020, four days before the House vote (December 28, 2020, 275-134 per this directory's Congressional Record captures).
- Announces introduction of the CASH Act (H.R. 9051), raising per-family-member EIPs from $600 to $2,000.
- Frames the increase as extending the relief package's existing mixed-status-family SSN-based eligibility rule to the higher amount.
- Neal directly credits President Trump's endorsement as the reason Democrats are now pushing for immediate passage, and calls on congressional Republicans not to block it.
Source Caveats
- This is a press release from the bill's own sponsor's office; the "$2,000" description and Neal's characterization of Republican and presidential support are the sponsor's framing, not an independently adjudicated or third-party-verified account.
Full text
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