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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3691 

To extend to 2010 the program for economic recovery payments established 

under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2009 

Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself, Mr. TIBERI, and Mr. 

REICHERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, 

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 

A BILL 

To extend to 2010 the program for economic recovery payments established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seniors and Veterans 

5 Economic Stimulus Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENTS 

2 TO 2010. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2201 of the American Re4 covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘in each of calendar years 

7 2009 and 2010’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of the 

8 Treasury shall disburse’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘(for purposes of pay10 ments made for calendar year 2009), or the 3- 

11 month period beginning with December 2009 

12 (for purposes of payments made for calendar 

13 year 2010)’’ after ‘‘the month that includes the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii), by inserting 

16 ‘‘(for purposes of payments made under this para17 graph for calendar year 2009), or the 3-month pe18 riod beginning with December 2009 (for purposes of 

19 payments made for calendar year 2010)’’ after ‘‘the 

20 month that includes the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (a)(3)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘IN 1 YEAR’’ after ‘‘NO

24 DOUBLE PAYMENTS’’ in the heading; and 

25 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

26 sentence: ‘‘An individual who is entitled to, or 


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1 eligible for, a benefit or cash payment described 

2 in paragraph (1) in both of the 3-month periods 

3 described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be paid a 

4 payment under this section in each of calendar 

5 years 2009 and 2010.’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (a)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘appli7 cable’’ before ‘‘3-month period’’; 

8 (5) in subsection (a)(4)(B), by inserting ‘‘appli9 cable’’ before ‘‘3 month period’’; 

10 (6) in subsection (a)(5)(B), by inserting ‘‘for 

11 purposes of payments made for calendar year 2009, 

12 or after December 31, 2011, for purposes of pay13 ments made for calendar year 2010,’’ after ‘‘Decem14 ber 31, 2010,’’; and 

15 (7) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2011’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘2012’’. 

17 (b) FUNDING.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on November 30, 

19 2009, of the unobligated balance of the discretionary 

20 appropriations made available by division A of the 

21 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

22 (Public Law 111–5), there is rescinded the amount 

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1 crease in spending resulting from the amendments 

2 made by subsection (a). 

3 (2) APPLICATION.—The rescission made by 

4 paragraph (1) shall be applied proportionately— 

5 (A) to each discretionary account; and 

6 (B) within each such account, to each pro7 gram, project, and activity (with programs, 

8 projects, and activities as delineated in the ap9 propriation Act or accompanying reports for the 

10 relevant fiscal year covering such account, or 

11 for accounts not included in appropriation Act, 

12 as delineated in the most recently submitted 

13 President’s budget). 

14 (3) OMB REPORT.—Within 30 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 

16 the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 

17 to the House of Representatives and the Senate a 

18 report specifying the reductions made to each ac19 count, program, project, and activity pursuant to 

20 this subsection. 

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