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HR 6850 116th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bank accounts, deposits, capital Banking and financial institutions regulation Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Debt collection Emergency medical services and trauma care Income tax credits Infectious and parasitic diseases Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

To protect stimulus checks from garnishment and fees and from being used as an offset by a credit union or depository institution, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 13, 2020 Introduced by: Meeks, Gregory W. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 13, 2020
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect our Checks Act of 2020

This bill prohibits the transference or assignment of a 2020 recovery rebate by legal process, including attachment, levy, or garnishment. Additionally, credit unions and depository institutions are prohibited from seizing a rebate to pay an amount due to them. A 2020 recovery rebate is a stimulus payment made to individual taxpayers and their dependents who have been affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

What's happening now May 13, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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