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116-hr-6850116th Congress

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.

Sponsored By: Representative Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

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Summary

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.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 5/13/2020

  • Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 5/13/2020

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