[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 746 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 746

   To provide for economic recovery payments to recipients of Social 
    Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2009

   Mr. Adler of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for economic recovery payments to recipients of Social 
    Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding America's Seniors and 
Veterans Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENT TO RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY, 
              RAILROAD RETIREMENT, AND VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS.

    (a) Payment Authority.--
            (1) In general.--At the earliest practicable date in 
        calendar year 2009 but not later than 120 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall make a one-time payment to each individual who is 
        determined by the Secretary in calendar year 2009 to be an 
        eligible individual.
            (2) Eligible individual.--
                    (A) In general.--An individual is described in this 
                paragraph if the individual--
                            (i) has attained the age of 18, and
                            (ii) during the 3-month period immediately 
                        preceding the month in which this Act is 
                        enacted, was entitled to Social Security 
                        benefits (as defined in section 86(d) of the 
                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986) or benefits 
                        under chapters 11, 13, or 15 of title 38, 
                        United States Code.
                    (B) Exceptions.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                to any individual who--
                            (i) has Federal program benefits suspended 
                        during such 3-month period because such 
                        individual is--
                                    (I) in prison,
                                    (II) a fugitive,
                                    (III) a probation or parole 
                                violator, or
                                    (IV) found by a court of competent 
                                jurisdiction to have committed fraud,
                            (ii) is an alien, or
                            (iii) is not lawfully present in the United 
                        States.
            (3) Amount of payment.--The amount of the payment shall be 
        $500 for an individual.
    (b) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) Information.--The Commissioner of Social Security, the 
        Railroad Retirement Board, and the Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs shall provide the Secretary of the Treasury with such 
        information and data as may be necessary in order to identify 
        individuals eligible for payments under this subsection and to 
        make the payments.
            (2) Payments to be disregarded for purposes of all federal 
        and federally assisted programs.--A payment under subsection 
        (a) shall not be regarded as income to the recipient, and shall 
        not be regarded as a resource of the recipient for the month of 
        receipt and the following 6 months, for purposes of determining 
        the eligibility of any individual for benefits or assistance, 
        or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any 
        Federal program or under any State or local program financed in 
        whole or in part with Federal funds.
    (c) Exclusion From Gross Income.--Payments under this section shall 
not be included in gross income.
    (d) Coordination With Making Work Pay Credit.--The amount of the 
making work pay credit under section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, as proposed to be added by section 1001 of division B of the 
bill, H.R. 1 of the 111th Congress, shall be reduced by the payment 
under this section.
    (e) Appropriation.--Out of any sums in the Treasury of the United 
States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this section.
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