,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ad1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,ryan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 
,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4   
,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1     
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4
 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4     
,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4          
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of  
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4    
,neguse1 and ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of         
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide for the issuance of 
emergency monthly payments to every     
,american throughout the duration of the
 coronavirus crisis to be provided by   
the ,department of the ,treasury1 in    
consultation with other ,federal and    
,state agencies4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,emergency    
,money for the ,people ,act4  #b4       

,emergency payments  7a7 ,general rule  
7#a7 ,directive to make payments ,the   
,secretary of the ,treasury shall make a
 payment in each month of the payment   
period to each eligible individual4     
7#b7 ,beginning date ,payments for the  
first of such months shall be           
distributed within #ad days after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4     
7#c7 ,payment period ,the term payment  
period means the #ab-month period       
beginning with the first month in which 
the ,secretary makes a payment under    
paragraph 7#a71 unless as of the end of 
the sixth month of such period the      
employment-to-population ratio for      
people ages #af and over is greater than
 #fj percent4  7#d7 ,form and manner of 
payments ,payments under paragraph 7#a7 
shall be made in such form and manner as
 the ,secretary shall provide1 except   
that the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7 offer  
the option of receiving payments under  
this section by direct deposit1 check1  
pre-paid debit card1 or electronic      

transfer of payment through an          
electronic transfer application that can
 be used on mobile devices to receive   
payments2 and  7,b7 ensure that payments
 under this section are made to those   
without fixed addresses4  7b7 ,eligible 
individual ,for purposes of this        
section-- 7#a7 ,in general ,the term    
eligible individual means any           
individual-- 7,a7 who-- 7i7 is a citizen
 or resident of the ,united ,states2 or 
7ii7 is described in paragraph 7#d72    
7,b7 who1 as of ,january #a1 #bjbj1 has 
attained the age of #af2 and  7,c7 whose
 adjusted gross income either-- 7i7 does
 not exceed the threshold amount for the
 taxable year beginning in #bjai2 or    
7ii7 would not exceed the threshold     
amount for the first taxable year       
beginning in #bjbj1 determined on the   
basis of #b consecutive months of such  
taxable year and annualized4  7#b7      
,special rule for married individuals   
,in the case of any individual who filed
 a joint return for the taxable year    

beginning in #bjai1 the individual and  
the spouse of the individual shall be   
treated as one person if either the     
individual or the spouse of the         
individual meets the requirements       
specified in subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7
 of paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,certain      
dependents ,the term eligible individual
 does not include any dependent 7as     
defined in section #aeb of the ,internal
 ,revenue ,code of #aihf7 who1 as of    
,december #ca1 #bjai1 has not attained  
the age of #af and with respect to whom 
a deduction under section #aea7;c7 of   
such ,code is allowable to another      
individual for the taxable year         
beginning in #bjai4  7#d7 ,special rule 
for individuals in the ,united ,states  
continuously since the declaration of   
national emergency  7,a7 ,in general ,an
 individual is described in this        
paragraph if the individual-- 7i7 is not
 a citizen or resident of the ,united   
,states2 and  7ii7 has been physically  
present in the ,united ,states          

continuously since ,january #bg1 #bjbj  
7the effective date of the public health
 emergency declared pursuant to section 
#cai of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 resulting   
from the ,,covid-#ai pandemic71 and     
continues to be physically present in   
the ,united ,states throughout the      
duration of the payment period4  7,b7   
,break in presence ,for purposes of     
subparagraph 7,a77ii71 an individual    
shall be considered to have failed to   
maintain continuous physical presence in
 the ,united ,states if the individual  
has departed from the ,united ,states   
for any period exceeding #ij days or for
 any periods1 in the aggregate1         
exceeding #ahj days4  7#e7 ,consultation
 with other ,federal and ,state agencies
 ,for purposes of identifying and making
 payments under this section to all     
eligible individuals for whom the       
,secretary does not have sufficient tax 
return information to make such         
payments1 the ,secretary shall consult  

with-- 7,a7 the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs and the ,commissioner of       
,social ,security2 and  7,b7 any agency 
making payments of pension or annuity to
 individuals for service performed in   
the employ of the ,united ,states or any
 ,state1 political subdivision of a     
,state1 or any instrumentality thereof1 
which is not considered employment for  
purposes of chapter #ba of the ,internal
 ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7c7 ,amount  
of payment  7#a7 ,in general ,the amount
 of each payment under subsection 7a7   
shall be-- 7,a7 except as provided in   
subparagraph 7,b71 #b1jjj in the case of
 an individual described in subsection  
7b77#a72 and  7,b7 #d1jjj1 made jointly1
 in the case of two individuals filing a
 joint return for a taxable year        
beginning in #bjai4  7#b7 ,additional   
amount for dependents  7,a7 ,one child  
,if a deduction is allowed for one or   
more dependents on the return for the   
taxable year beginning in #bjai1 the    
amount in paragraph 7#a7 shall be       

increased by #ejj in the case of a      
return for which one deduction is       
allowed under section #aea7;c7 of the   
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7,b7
 ,three or more children ,in the case of
 deductions allowed for three or more   
dependents on the return for the taxable
 year beginning in #bjai1 subparagraph  
7,a7 shall be applied by substituting   
#a1ejj for #ejj4  7#c7 ,phaseout  7,a7  
,in general ,the amount of a payment    
specified in paragraph 7#a7 shall be    
reduced 7but not below zero7 by #e      
percentage points for each #a1jjj 7or   
fraction thereof7 by which the          
taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds
 the threshold amount4  7,b7 ,threshold 
amount ,for purposes of subparagraph    
7,a71 the term threshold amount means-- 
7i7 #acj1jjj in the case of an          
individual who filed a separate return  
for the taxable year beginning in #bjai2
 and  7ii7 #bfj1jjj in the case of the  
individuals treated as one person under 
subsection 7c77#b7 who filed a joint    

return for the taxable year beginning in
 #bjai4  7d7 ,special rules relating to 
available information  7#a7 ,use of     
return information for #bjah returns    
,for purposes of making determinations  
under this section with respect to any  
individual1 if return information of    
such individual is not available for the
 taxable year beginning in #bjai1 the   
,secretary shall use return information 
7if any7 for the taxable year #bjah     
instead4  7#b7 ,individuals for whom    
information not available ,in the case  
of any individual for whom return       
information is not available from the   
,internal ,revenue ,service and the     
,secretary determines that sufficient   
information is not available from the   
,social ,security ,administration or the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 the 
,secretary shall provide for an         
application process for individuals to  
receive payments under this section4    
,such application shall be in such form 
and filed in such manner as the         

,secretary may require4 ,for purposes of
 carrying out this section1 the         
,secretary of the ,treasury shall work  
in cooperation with the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs and the ,commissioner
 of ,social ,security4  7e7 ,other      
definitions ,for purposes of this       
section-- 7#a7 ,citizen or resident ,the
 term citizen or resident of the ,united
 ,states means a citizen or resident 7as
 such terms are used in section         
#ggja7;a77#cj77;,a7 of the ,internal    
,revenue ,code of #aihf7 of the ,united 
,states4  7#b7 ,united ,states defined  
,the term ,united ,states means the     
several ,states1 the ,district of       
,columbia1 ,american ,samoa1 ,guam1 the 
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 ,puerto ,rico1 and the ,united
 ,states ,virgin ,islands4  7#c7        
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,treasury or the  
,secretary's delegate4  7#d7 ,other     
terms ,except as otherwise provided in  
this section1 any term used in this     

section which is used in the ,internal  
,revenue ,code of #aihf shall have the  
meaning as used in the ,internal        
,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7f7 ,special  
rules ,for purposes of this section--   
7#a7 ,income exclusion ,payments under  
this section shall not be includible in 
gross income for purposes of the        
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7#b7
 ,excluded from gross estate ,payments  
under this section shall not be         
includible in the gross estate of any   
individual for purposes of chapter #aa  
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of      
#aihf4  7#c7 ,toll-free hotline         
telephone number ,the ,secretary shall  
provide a #bd hour toll-free hotline    
telephone number for any individual to  
apply for payments1 and make inquiries  
regarding the payment deliveries1 under 
this section4  7#d7 ,payments           
disregarded in the administration of    
,federal programs and federally assisted
 programs ,notwithstanding any other    
provision of law1 any payment made to   

any individual under this section shall 
not be taken into account as income or  
income maintenance1 and shall not be    
taken into account as resources for a   
period of #ab months from receipt1 for  
purposes of determining the eligibility 
of such individual 7or any other        
individual7 for benefits or assistance  
7or the amount or extent of benefits or 
assistance7 under any ,federal program  
or under any ,state or local program    
financed in whole or in part with       
,federal funds4  7g7 ,regulations or    
other guidance ,the ,secretary shall    
issue such regulations or other guidance
 as may be necessary or appropriate to  
carry out this section1 including       
regulations or guidance to-- 7#a7       
address changes in marital status1      
births1 and deaths2  7#b7 use the most  
current information available2 and  7#c7
 provide for proper adjustments in      
payments1 and recapture of payments1 to 
correct under and over payments4  7h7   
,appropriations ,there are hereby       

appropriated from money in the ,treasury
 not otherwise appropriated such sums as
 may be necessary to carry out this     
section4