I 
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 Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Vet-
erans’ 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 pay-
ments established under the American Recovery and Re-
investment Act of 2009. 
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 ‘‘Seniors and Veterans 
Economic Stimulus Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENTS 
TO 2010. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2201 of the American Re-
covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘in each of calendar years 
2009 and 2010’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall disburse’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(for purposes of pay-
ments made for calendar year 2009), or the 3- 
month period beginning with December 2009 
(for purposes of payments made for calendar 
year 2010)’’ after ‘‘the month that includes the 
date of the enactment of this Act’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii), by inserting 
‘‘(for purposes of payments made under this para-
graph for calendar year 2009), or the 3-month pe-
riod beginning with December 2009 (for purposes of 
payments made for calendar year 2010)’’ after ‘‘the 
month that includes the date of the enactment of 
this Act’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘IN 1 YEAR’’ after ‘‘NO 
DOUBLE PAYMENTS’’ in the heading; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘An individual who is entitled to, or 
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eligible for, a benefit or cash payment described 
in paragraph (1) in both of the 3-month periods 
described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be paid a 
payment under this section in each of calendar 
years 2009 and 2010.’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘appli-
cable’’ before ‘‘3-month period’’; 
(5) in subsection (a)(4)(B), by inserting ‘‘appli-
cable’’ before ‘‘3 month period’’; 
(6) in subsection (a)(5)(B), by inserting ‘‘for 
purposes of payments made for calendar year 2009, 
or after December 31, 2011, for purposes of pay-
ments made for calendar year 2010,’’ after ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2010,’’; and 
(7) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
(b) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on November 30, 
2009, of the unobligated balance of the discretionary 
appropriations made available by division A of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–5), there is rescinded the amount 
determined by the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget to be required to offset the in-
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