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HR 8448 116th Congress House Taxation Bank accounts, deposits, capital Income tax credits Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

To prohibit certain signatures on checks and notices issued by the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2020 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Sep 30, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 30, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits signatures of certain government officials, including the President, Vice-President, and cabinet officials, on 2020 recovery rebate checks issued to a taxpayer. A recovery rebate is a stimulus payment made to individual taxpayers to compensate them for losses due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

What's happening now September 30, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8448: To prohibit certain signatures on checks and notices issued by the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8448/
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"H.R. 8448: To prohibit certain signatures on checks and notices issued by the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8448/.
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H.R. 8448, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8448/.
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