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S 1685 111th Congress Senate

Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjus… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for such year, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 17, 2009 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Disability assistanceEmployee benefits and pensionsEmployment taxesPoverty and welfare assistance
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 17, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 17, 2009
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 Latest action September 17, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the $250 economic recovery payment payable to certain individuals through calendar year 2010.

Applies the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax in 2010 to certain earnings in excess of $250,000.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3597 Related bill Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009
  • HR 3810 Related bill Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Oct 27, 2009
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Oct 19, 2009
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1685: Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1685/
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"S. 1685: Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1685/.
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S. 1685, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1685/.
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