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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 746 

To provide for economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, 

railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits. 

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 

A BILL 

To provide for economic recovery payments to recipients of 

Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits. 

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 ‘‘Safeguarding Amer5 ica’s Seniors and Veterans Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENT TO RECIPIENTS 

2 OF SOCIAL SECURITY, RAILROAD RETIRE3 MENT, AND VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS. 

4 (a) PAYMENT AUTHORITY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—At the earliest practicable 

6 date in calendar year 2009 but not later than 120 

7 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 

8 the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a one-time 

9 payment to each individual who is determined by the 

10 Secretary in calendar year 2009 to be an eligible in11 dividual. 

12 (2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—An individual is de14 scribed in this paragraph if the individual— 

15 (i) has attained the age of 18, and 

16 (ii) during the 3-month period imme17 diately preceding the month in which this 

18 Act is enacted, was entitled to Social Secu19 rity benefits (as defined in section 86(d) of 

20 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) or 

21 benefits under chapters 11, 13, or 15 of 

22 title 38, United States Code. 

23 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 

24 shall not apply to any individual who— 


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1 (i) has Federal program benefits sus2 pended during such 3-month period be3 cause such individual is— 

4 (I) in prison, 

5 (II) a fugitive, 

6 (III) a probation or parole viola7 tor, or 

8 (IV) found by a court of com9 petent jurisdiction to have committed 

10 fraud, 

11 (ii) is an alien, or 

12 (iii) is not lawfully present in the 

13 United States. 

14 (3) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of the 

15 payment shall be $500 for an individual. 

16 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 

17 (1) INFORMATION.—The Commissioner of So18 cial Security, the Railroad Retirement Board, and 

19 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide the 

20 Secretary of the Treasury with such information and 

21 data as may be necessary in order to identify indi22 viduals eligible for payments under this subsection 

23 and to make the payments. 

24 (2) PAYMENTS TO BE DISREGARDED FOR PUR25 POSES OF ALL FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED


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1 PROGRAMS.—A payment under subsection (a) shall 

2 not be regarded as income to the recipient, and shall 

3 not be regarded as a resource of the recipient for the 

4 month of receipt and the following 6 months, for 

5 purposes of determining the eligibility of any indi6 vidual for benefits or assistance, or the amount or 

7 extent of benefits or assistance, under any Federal 

8 program or under any State or local program fi9 nanced in whole or in part with Federal funds. 

10 (c) EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME.—Payments 

11 under this section shall not be included in gross income. 

12 (d) COORDINATION WITH MAKING WORK PAY CRED13 IT.—The amount of the making work pay credit under 

14 section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as pro15 posed to be added by section 1001 of division B of the 

16 bill, H.R. 1 of the 111th Congress, shall be reduced by 

17 the payment under this section. 

18 (e) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any sums in the Treas19 ury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 

20 are appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry 

21 out this section. 

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