I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1755 
To require an income verification platform for certain Federal benefit funds, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Mr. TIMMONS (for himself, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, and Mr. FALLON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require an income verification platform for certain 
Federal benefit funds, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timely and Accurate 
Benefits Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS OF STATES; ENHANCED INCOME 
VERIFICATION PLATFORM REQUIRED. 
To be eligible to receive Federal funds for a covered 
Federal benefit program, a State, not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall procure, 
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contract, and use an Enhanced Income Verification Plat-
form. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED FEDERAL BENEFIT PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘covered Federal benefit program’’ means 
any program administered by the Federal govern-
ment, or by a State or local government using Fed-
eral funds, in which eligibility for benefits, or the 
amount of benefits, is determined, in whole or in 
part, based on the income of an individual or house-
hold. 
(2) ENHANCED GROSS INCOME.—The term ‘‘en-
hanced gross income’’ means— 
(A) wages, salaries, tips included and not 
included on pay stubs, and other compensation 
from all forms of employment, including tradi-
tional W–2 employment not provided by exist-
ing data sources, contract work, self-employ-
ment, and participation in the gig economy; 
(B) unemployment compensation; 
(C) Social Security benefits, including re-
tirement, disability, and survivor benefits; 
(D) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
payments; 
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(E) interest and dividends; 
(F) short-term and long-term rental in-
come; 
(G) royalties; 
(H) child support and alimony payments 
received; 
(I) cash assistance from government pro-
grams; 
(J) regular or recurring gifts or contribu-
tions from individuals or organizations; 
(K) distributions from trusts or estates; 
(L) any other source of income, whether 
taxable or non-taxable, that is available to the 
individual or household to meet their needs, as 
determined by the Secretary; and 
(M) other income identified and verified 
through consumer-permissioned direct access to 
deposit account transaction data. 
(3) ENHANCED
INCOME
VERIFICATION
PLAT-
FORM.—The term ‘‘Enhanced Income Verification 
Platform’’ means— 
(A) services incorporating automated, real- 
time data matching and analytics to proactively 
identify and verify potential instances of unre-
ported or underreported enhanced gross income, 
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inconsistent income reporting, or other indica-
tors of potential ineligibility or improper pay-
ments; 
(B) receiving and analyzing applicant- 
permissioned deposit account transactional data 
that identifies and verifies sources of enhanced 
gross income not currently obtained through ex-
isting data sources that provide for payroll, 
new-hire and latent State and Federal tax data, 
with the option for the claimant to review and 
attest to the accuracy of the data; and 
(C) the ability to identify and consolidate 
overlapping data to avoid double-counting of fi-
nancial records. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and 
each territory and possession of the United States. 
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