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H.R. 795, Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act

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House bill H.R. 795 of the 117th Congress, 1st Session, was introduced February 4, 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide supplementary 2021 recovery rebates to eligible individuals. Blunt Rochester introduced it for herself and McKinley, and it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The short title is the Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act. Section 2 inserts a new section 6428B, allowing a credit for the first taxable year beginning in 2021 of $1,400 ($2,800 for eligible individuals filing a joint return), plus $1,400 multiplied by the number of dependents.

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                                                                       117TH CONGRESS
                                                                          1ST SESSION
                                                                                                               H. R. 795
                                                                             To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide supplementary
                                                                                         2021 recovery rebates to eligible individuals.




                                                                                     IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                      FEBRUARY 4, 2021
                                                                           Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the
                                                                           following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means




                                                                                                                 A BILL
                                                                          To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
                                                                         supplementary 2021 recovery rebates to eligible individuals.

                                                                         1              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                                                         2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                                                         3     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                         4              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Assistance
                                                                         5 for American Families Act’’.
                                                                         6     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTARY 2021 RECOVERY REBATES FOR IN-

                                                                         7                             DIVIDUALS.

                                                                         8              (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 of




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                                                                         1 ed by inserting after section 6428A the following new sec-
                                                                         2 tion:
                                                                         3     ‘‘SEC. 6428B. SUPPLEMENTARY 2021 RECOVERY REBATES

                                                                         4                             FOR INDIVIDUALS.

                                                                         5              ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the credit allowed
                                                                         6 under section 6428A, in the case of an eligible individual,
                                                                         7 there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed
                                                                         8 by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2021
                                                                         9 an amount equal to the sum of—
                                                                       10                         ‘‘(1) $1,400 ($2,800 in the case of eligible indi-
                                                                       11               viduals filing a joint return), plus
                                                                       12                         ‘‘(2) an amount equal to the product of $1,400
                                                                       13               multiplied by the number of dependents (as defined
                                                                       14               in section 152(a)) of the taxpayer.
                                                                       15               ‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF CREDIT.—The credit allowed by
                                                                       16 subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C
                                                                       17 of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1.
                                                                       18               ‘‘(c) LIMITATION BASED ON ADJUSTED GROSS IN-
                                                                       19      COME.—The amount of the credit allowed by subsection

                                                                       20 (a) (determined without regard to this subsection and sub-
                                                                       21 section (e)) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 5
                                                                       22 percent of so much of the taxpayer’s adjusted gross in-
                                                                       23 come as exceeds—




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                                                                       24                         ‘‘(1) $150,000 in the case of a joint return,




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                                                                         1                        ‘‘(2) $112,500 in the case of a head of house-
                                                                         2              hold, and
                                                                         3                        ‘‘(3) $75,000 in the case of a taxpayer not de-
                                                                         4              scribed in paragraph (1) or (2).
                                                                         5              ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this
                                                                         6 section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means any individual
                                                                         7 other than—
                                                                         8                        ‘‘(1) any nonresident alien individual,
                                                                         9                        ‘‘(2) any individual with respect to whom a de-
                                                                       10               duction under section 151 is allowable to another
                                                                       11               taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the cal-
                                                                       12               endar year in which the individual’s taxable year be-
                                                                       13               gins, and
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(3) an estate or trust.
                                                                       15               ‘‘(e) COORDINATION WITH ADVANCE REFUNDS OF
                                                                       16 CREDIT.—
                                                                       17                         ‘‘(1) IN             GENERAL.—The                    amount of credit
                                                                       18               which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable
                                                                       19               under this section shall be reduced (but not below
                                                                       20               zero) by the aggregate refunds and credits made or
                                                                       21               allowed to the taxpayer under subsection (f). Any
                                                                       22               failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as
                                                                       23               arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and




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                                                                       24               assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).




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                                                                         1                        ‘‘(2) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a refund
                                                                         2              or credit made or allowed under subsection (f) with
                                                                         3              respect to a joint return, half of such refund or cred-
                                                                         4              it shall be treated as having been made or allowed
                                                                         5              to each individual filing such return.
                                                                         6              ‘‘(f) ADVANCE REFUNDS AND CREDITS.—
                                                                         7                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (5),
                                                                         8              each individual who was an eligible individual for
                                                                         9              such individual’s first taxable year beginning in
                                                                       10               2020 shall be treated as having made a payment
                                                                       11               against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such tax-
                                                                       12               able year in an amount equal to the advance refund
                                                                       13               amount for such taxable year.
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(2) ADVANCE                   REFUND AMOUNT.—For                    pur-
                                                                       15               poses of paragraph (1), the advance refund amount
                                                                       16               is the amount that would have been allowed as a
                                                                       17               credit under this section for such taxable year if this
                                                                       18               section (other than subsection (e) and this sub-
                                                                       19               section) had applied to such taxable year.
                                                                       20                         ‘‘(3) TIMING AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS.—
                                                                       21                                  ‘‘(A) TIMING.—The Secretary shall, sub-
                                                                       22                         ject to the provisions of this title, refund or
                                                                       23                         credit any overpayment attributable to this sec-




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                                                                         1                        shall be made or allowed under this subsection
                                                                         2                        after April 15, 2022.
                                                                         3                                 ‘‘(B) DELIVERY OF PAYMENTS.—Notwith-
                                                                         4                        standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
                                                                         5                        retary may certify and disburse refunds payable
                                                                         6                        under this subsection electronically to any ac-
                                                                         7                        count to which the payee authorized, on or after
                                                                         8                        January 1, 2018, the delivery of a refund of
                                                                         9                        taxes under this title or of a Federal payment
                                                                       10                         (as defined in section 3332 of title 31, United
                                                                       11                         States Code).
                                                                       12                                  ‘‘(C) WAIVER OF CERTAIN RULES.—Not-
                                                                       13                         withstanding section 3325 of title 31, United
                                                                       14                         States Code, or any other provision of law, with
                                                                       15                         respect to any payment of a refund under this
                                                                       16                         subsection, a disbursing official in the executive
                                                                       17                         branch of the United States Government may
                                                                       18                         modify payment information received from an
                                                                       19                         officer        or       employee              described               in   section
                                                                       20                         3325(a)(1)(B) of such title for the purpose of
                                                                       21                         facilitating the accurate and efficient delivery of
                                                                       22                         such payment. Except in cases of fraud or reck-
                                                                       23                         less neglect, no liability under sections 3325,




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                                                                         1                        Code, shall be imposed with respect to pay-
                                                                         2                        ments made under this subparagraph.
                                                                         3                        ‘‘(4) NO INTEREST.—No interest shall be al-
                                                                         4              lowed on any overpayment attributable to this sec-
                                                                         5              tion.
                                                                         6                        ‘‘(5) ALTERNATE TAXABLE YEAR.—In the case
                                                                         7              of an individual who, at the time of any determina-
                                                                         8              tion made pursuant to paragraph (3), has not filed
                                                                         9              a tax return for the year described in paragraph (1),
                                                                       10               the Secretary may—
                                                                       11                                  ‘‘(A) apply such paragraph by substituting
                                                                       12                         ‘2019’ for ‘2020’, and
                                                                       13                                  ‘‘(B) if the individual has not filed a tax
                                                                       14                         return for such individual’s first taxable year
                                                                       15                         beginning in 2018, use information with respect
                                                                       16                         to such individual for calendar year 2019 pro-
                                                                       17                         vided in—
                                                                       18                                         ‘‘(i) Form SSA–1099, Social Security
                                                                       19                                  Benefit Statement, or
                                                                       20                                         ‘‘(ii) Form RRB–1099, Social Secu-
                                                                       21                                  rity Equivalent Benefit Statement.
                                                                       22                         ‘‘(6) NOTICE TO TAXPAYER.—Not later than 15
                                                                       23               days after the date on which the Secretary distrib-




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                                                                       24               uted any payment to an eligible taxpayer pursuant
                                                                       25               to this subsection, notice shall be sent by mail to


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                                                                         1              such taxpayer’s last known address. Such notice
                                                                         2              shall indicate the method by which such payment
                                                                         3              was made, the amount of such payment, and a
                                                                         4              phone number for the appropriate point of contact
                                                                         5              at the Internal Revenue Service to report any failure
                                                                         6              to receive such payment.
                                                                         7              ‘‘(g) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER REQUIREMENT.—
                                                                         8                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxpayer
                                                                         9              who does not include the valid identification number
                                                                       10               of such taxpayer on the return of tax for the taxable
                                                                       11               year, subsection (a)(1) shall be applied by sub-
                                                                       12               stituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,400’.
                                                                       13                         ‘‘(2) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a joint
                                                                       14               return—
                                                                       15                                  ‘‘(A) if the valid identification number of
                                                                       16                         only 1 spouse is included on the return of tax
                                                                       17                         for the taxable year—
                                                                       18                                         ‘‘(i) subsection (a)(1) shall be applied
                                                                       19                                  by substituting ‘$1,400’ for ‘$2,800’, and
                                                                       20                                         ‘‘(ii) subsection (c)(1) shall be applied
                                                                       21                                  by substituting ‘$75,000’ for ‘$150,000’,
                                                                       22                                  or
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                                                                         1                        for the taxable year, subsection (a)(1) shall be
                                                                         2                        applied by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$2,800’.
                                                                         3                        ‘‘(3) DEPENDENT.—A dependent of a taxpayer
                                                                         4              shall not be taken into account under subsection
                                                                         5              (a)(2) unless—
                                                                         6                                 ‘‘(A) the taxpayer includes the valid identi-
                                                                         7                        fication number of such taxpayer (or, in the
                                                                         8                        case of a joint return, the valid identification
                                                                         9                        number of at least 1 spouse) on the return of
                                                                       10                         tax for the taxable year, and
                                                                       11                                  ‘‘(B) the valid identification number of
                                                                       12                         such dependent is included on the return of tax
                                                                       13                         for the taxable year.
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(4) VALID IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.—
                                                                       15                                  ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
                                                                       16                         subsection, the term ‘valid identification num-
                                                                       17                         ber’ means a social security number (as such
                                                                       18                         term is defined in section 24(h)(7)).
                                                                       19                                  ‘‘(B) ADOPTION                     TAXPAYER              IDENTIFICA-

                                                                       20                         TION       NUMBER.—For                      purposes of paragraph
                                                                       21                         (3)(B), in the case of a dependent who is adopt-
                                                                       22                         ed or placed for adoption, the term ‘valid identi-
                                                                       23                         fication number’ shall include the adoption tax-




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                                                                         1                        ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR MEMBERS OF THE
                                                                         2              ARMED FORCES.—Paragraph (2) shall not apply in

                                                                         3              the case where at least 1 spouse was a member of
                                                                         4              the Armed Forces of the United States at any time
                                                                         5              during the taxable year and the valid identification
                                                                         6              number of at least 1 spouse is included on the re-
                                                                         7              turn of tax for the taxable year.
                                                                         8                        ‘‘(6) MATHEMATICAL OR CLERICAL ERROR AU-
                                                                         9              THORITY.—Any                    omission of a correct valid identi-
                                                                       10               fication number required under this subsection shall
                                                                       11               be treated as a mathematical or clerical error for
                                                                       12               purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to such
                                                                       13               omission.
                                                                       14               ‘‘(h) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
                                                                       15 such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary
                                                                       16 to carry out the purposes of this section, including any
                                                                       17 such measures as are deemed appropriate to avoid allow-
                                                                       18 ing multiple credits or rebates to a taxpayer.’’.
                                                                       19               (b)          DEFINITION                       OF         DEFICIENCY.—Section
                                                                       20 6211(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
                                                                       21 amended by striking ‘‘6428, and 6428A’’ and inserting
                                                                       22 ‘‘6428, 6428A, and 6428B’’.
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                                                                         1 Act (Public Law 116–136) shall apply for purposes of this
                                                                         2 section.
                                                                         3              (d) EXCEPTION FROM REDUCTION OR OFFSET.—
                                                                         4 Any credit or refund allowed or made to any individual
                                                                         5 by reason of section 6428B of the Internal Revenue Code
                                                                         6 of 1986 (as added by this section) or by reason of sub-
                                                                         7 section (c) of this section shall not be—
                                                                         8                        (1) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to
                                                                         9              section 3716 or 3720A of title 31, United States
                                                                       10               Code,
                                                                       11                         (2) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to
                                                                       12               subsection (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402 of the In-
                                                                       13               ternal Revenue Code of 1986, or
                                                                       14                         (3) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal
                                                                       15               taxes that would otherwise be subject to levy or col-
                                                                       16               lection.
                                                                       17               (e) PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—The Secretary
                                                                       18 of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall conduct
                                                                       19 a public awareness campaign, in coordination with the
                                                                       20 Commissioner of Social Security and the heads of other
                                                                       21 relevant Federal agencies, to provide information regard-
                                                                       22 ing the availability of the credit and rebate allowed under
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                                                                         1 to individuals who may not have filed a tax return for tax-
                                                                         2 able year 2019 or 2020.
                                                                         3              (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
                                                                         4                        (1) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title
                                                                         5              31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
                                                                         6              ‘‘6428B,’’ after ‘‘6428A,’’.
                                                                         7                        (2) The table of sections for subchapter B of
                                                                         8              chapter 65 of subtitle F of the Internal Revenue
                                                                         9              Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item
                                                                       10               relating to section 6428A the following:
                                                                               ‘‘Sec. 6428B. Supplementary 2021 Recovery Rebates for individuals.’’.

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