Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act
Bill: H.R.795 | Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa (D-DE)
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act
This bill provides individual taxpayers with additional recovery rebates in 2021. The amount of such rebates is $1,400 per individual ($2,800 for married individuals filing joint tax returns) and $1,400 for each dependent of the taxpayer. The rebate is phased out for individuals whose adjusted gross income exceeds $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns). To be eligible for the rebate, taxpayers must include a valid Social Security account number on their tax returns.
The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to conduct a public awareness campaign to inform taxpayers of the availability of the rebate.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide supplementary 
             2021 recovery rebates to eligible individuals.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus Assistance for American 
Families Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTARY 2021 RECOVERY REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of subtitle F of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 
6428A the following new section:

``SEC. 6428B. SUPPLEMENTARY 2021 RECOVERY REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS.

    ``(a) In General.--In addition to the credit allowed under section 
6428A, in the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as 
a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable 
year beginning in 2021 an amount equal to the sum of--
            ``(1) $1,400 ($2,800 in the case of eligible individuals 
        filing a joint return), plus
            ``(2) an amount equal to the product of $1,400 multiplied 
        by the number of dependents (as defined in section 152(a)) of 
        the taxpayer.
    ``(b) Treatment of Credit.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) 
shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of 
chapter 1.
    ``(c) Limitation Based on Adjusted Gross Income.--The amount of the 
credit allowed by subsection (a) (determined without regard to this 
subsection and subsection (e)) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 
5 percent of so much of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income as 
exceeds--
            ``(1) $150,000 in the case of a joint return,
            ``(2) $112,500 in the case of a head of household, and
            ``(3) $75,000 in the case of a taxpayer not described in 
        paragraph (1) or (2).
    ``(d) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`eligible individual' means any individual other than--
            ``(1) any nonresident alien individual,
            ``(2) any individual with respect to whom a deduction under 
        section 151 is allowable to another taxpayer for a taxable year 
        beginning in the calendar year in which the individual's 
        taxable year begins, and
            ``(3) an estate or trust.
    ``(e) Coordination With Advance Refunds of Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of credit which would (but 
        for this paragraph) be allowable under this section shall be 
        reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and 
        credits made or allowed to the taxpayer under subsection (f). 
        Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising 
        out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according 
        to section 6213(b)(1).
            ``(2) Joint returns.--In the case of a refund or credit 
        made or allowed under subsection (f) with respect to a joint 
        return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as 
        having been made or allowed to each individual filing such 
        return.
    ``(f) Advance Refunds and Credits.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (5), each 
        individual who was an eligible individual for such individual's 
        first taxable year beginning in 2020 shall be treated as having 
        made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such 
        taxable year in an amount equal to the advance refund amount 
        for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Advance refund amount.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the advance refund amount is the amount that would have 
        been allowed as a credit under this section for such taxable 
        year if this section (other than subsection (e) and this 
        subsection) had applied to such taxable year.
            ``(3) Timing and manner of payments.--
                    ``(A) Timing.--The Secretary shall, subject to the 
                provisions of this title, refund or credit any 
                overpayment attributable to this section as rapidly as 
                possible. No refund or credit shall be made or allowed 
                under this subsection after April 15, 2022.
                    ``(B) Delivery of payments.--Notwithstanding any 
                other provision of law, the Secretary may certify and 
                disburse refunds payable under this subsection 
                electronically to any account to which the payee 
                authorized, on or after January 1, 2018, the delivery 
                of a refund of taxes under this title or of a Federal 
                payment (as defined in section 3332 of title 31, United 
                States Code).
                    ``(C) Waiver of certain rules.--Notwithstanding 
                section 3325 of title 31, United States Code, or any 
                other provision of law, with respect to any payment of 
                a refund under this subsection, a disbursing official 
                in the executive branch of the United States Government 
                may modify payment information received from an officer 
                or employee described in section 3325(a)(1)(B) of such 
                title for the purpose of facilitating the accurate and 
                efficient delivery of such payment. Except in cases of 
                fraud or reckless neglect, no liability under sections 
                3325, 3527, 3528, or 3529 of title 31, United States 
                Code, shall be imposed with respect to payments made 
                under this subparagraph.
            ``(4) No interest.--No interest shall be allowed on any 
        overpayment attributable to this section.
            ``(5) Alternate taxable year.--In the case of an individual 
        who, at the time of any determination made pursuant to 
        paragraph (3), has not filed a tax return for the year 
        described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may--
                    ``(A) apply such paragraph by substituting `2019' 
                for `2020', and
                    ``(B) if the individual has not filed a tax return 
                for such individual's first taxable year beginning in 
                2018, use information with respect to such individual 
                for calendar year 2019 provided in--
                            ``(i) Form SSA-1099, Social Security 
                        Benefit Statement, or
                            ``(ii) Form RRB-1099, Social Security 
                        Equivalent Benefit Statement.
            ``(6) Notice to taxpayer.--Not later than 15 days after the 
        date on which the Secretary distributed any payment to an 
        eligible taxpayer pursuant to this subsection, notice shall be 
        sent by mail to such taxpayer's last known address. Such notice 
        shall indicate the method by which such payment was made, the 
        amount of such payment, and a phone number for the appropriate 
        point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service to report any 
        failure to receive such payment.
    ``(g) Identification Number Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxpayer who does not 
        include the valid identification number of such taxpayer on the 
        return of tax for the taxable year, subsection (a)(1) shall be 
        applied by substituting `$0' for `$1,400'.
            ``(2) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return--
                    ``(A) if the valid identification number of only 1 
                spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable 
                year--
                            ``(i) subsection (a)(1) shall be applied by 
                        substituting `$1,400' for `$2,800', and
                            ``(ii) subsection (c)(1) shall be applied 
                        by substituting `$75,000' for `$150,000', or
                    ``(B) if the valid identification number of neither 
                spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable 
                year, subsection (a)(1) shall be applied by 
                substituting `$0' for `$2,800'.
            ``(3) Dependent.--A dependent of a taxpayer shall not be 
        taken into account under subsection (a)(2) unless--
                    ``(A) the taxpayer includes the valid 
                identification number of such taxpayer (or, in the case 
                of a joint return, the valid identification number of 
                at least 1 spouse) on the return of tax for the taxable 
                year, and
                    ``(B) the valid identification number of such 
                dependent is included on the return of tax for the 
                taxable year.
            ``(4) Valid identification number.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                the term `valid identification number' means a social 
                security number (as such term is defined in section 
                24(h)(7)).
                    ``(B) Adoption taxpayer identification number.--For 
                purposes of paragraph (3)(B), in the case of a 
                dependent who is adopted or placed for adoption, the 
                term `valid identification number' shall include the 
                adoption taxpayer identification number of such 
                dependent.
            ``(5) Special rule for members of the armed forces.--
        Paragraph (2) shall not apply in the case where at least 1 
        spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at 
        any time during the taxable year and the valid identification 
        number of at least 1 spouse is included on the return of tax 
        for the taxable year.
            ``(6) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Any 
        omission of a correct valid identification number required 
        under this subsection shall be treated as a mathematical or 
        clerical error for purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to 
        such omission.
    ``(h) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations 
or other guidance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
section, including any such measures as are deemed appropriate to avoid 
allowing multiple credits or rebates to a taxpayer.''.
    (b) Definition of Deficiency.--Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``6428, and 
6428A'' and inserting ``6428, 6428A, and 6428B''.
    (c) Treatment of Possessions.--Rules similar to the rules of 
subsection (c) of section 2201 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
shall apply for purposes of this section.
    (d) Exception From Reduction or Offset.--Any credit or refund 
allowed or made to any individual by reason of section 6428B of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) or by reason 
of subsection (c) of this section shall not be--
            (1) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to section 3716 
        or 3720A of title 31, United States Code,
            (2) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to subsection 
        (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402 of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986, or
            (3) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal taxes that 
        would otherwise be subject to levy or collection.
    (e) Public Awareness Campaign.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or 
the Secretary's delegate) shall conduct a public awareness campaign, in 
coordination with the Commissioner of Social Security and the heads of 
other relevant Federal agencies, to provide information regarding the 
availability of the credit and rebate allowed under section 6428B of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), including 
information with respect to individuals who may not have filed a tax 
return for taxable year 2019 or 2020.
    (f) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United 
        States Code, is amended by inserting ``6428B,'' after 
        ``6428A,''.
            (2) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of 
        subtitle F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
        inserting after the item relating to section 6428A the 
        following:

``Sec. 6428B. Supplementary 2021 Recovery Rebates for individuals.''.
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