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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 897 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should 

be a direct emergency economic stimulus for individual Americans in 

response to COVID–19. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2020 

Ms. GABBARD submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

there should be a direct emergency economic stimulus 

for individual Americans in response to COVID–19. 

Whereas the COVID–19 has rapidly spread throughout the 

entire world, creating a widespread outbreak that has 

been deemed a public health emergency in the United 

States and has been declared a global pandemic by the 

World Health Organization; 

Whereas COVID–19 has created a threat to the American 

public and the economic stability of our Nation, and 

American families will require immediate economic relief 

to survive the short- and long-term effects of the outbreak; 


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Whereas COVID–19 poses an especially high health threat, 

which has led to numerous safety measures that, by necessity, will keep people away from their daily routines 

and activities, such as going to work, school, shopping for 

food and medicine, and other impactful economic activities, triggering an economic slowdown, which will heavily 

affect many industries; 

Whereas these necessary safety measures inevitably will economically hurt our working-class and low-income families, 

many of whom will not be able to go to work because 

they or their loved ones are infected or quarantined, or 

because they are caring for an individual affected by closures triggered by the outbreak; 

Whereas thousands of American families will require direct 

economic relief that will immediately affect their ability 

to purchase medicine and other essential goods and services, also enabling them to continue contributing to the 

economy; 

Whereas the Federal Government should more readily provide 

and prioritize direct economic relief for the American 

people, the majority of which are living paycheck to paycheck, rather than bailing out Wall Street banks and 

large corporations and industries; and 

Whereas every individual taxpayer should receive the direct 

assistance necessary to weather the effects of this global 

pandemic, and Congress must ensure that individuals 

most impacted by this crisis will receive economic relief 

to address their financial needs, including assistance with 

mortgage payments, student loans, and other debt obligations: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) the Federal Government should create and 

4 provide an emergency Universal Basic Payment of 

5 $1,000 per month available to all Americans until 

6 the Department of Health and Human Services de7 clares that the COVID–19 outbreak no longer pre8 sents a public health emergency; 

9 (2) the Universal Basic Payment should be a 

10 temporary economic stimulus package aimed to em11 power Americans directly and immediately; and 

12 (3) the Payment should be made to every 

13 United States citizen above the age of 18 years and 

14 should be nontaxable. 

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