Title: 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.
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the federal government should create and provide an emergency Universal Basic Payment of $1,000 per month for all Americans until the Department of Health and Human Services declares that the COVID-19 (a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus) outbreak no longer presents a public health emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 897 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2020

 Ms. Gabbard submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                               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;
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
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the Federal Government should create and provide an 
        emergency Universal Basic Payment of $1,000 per month available 
        to all Americans until the Department of Health and Human 
        Services declares that the COVID-19 outbreak no longer presents 
        a public health emergency;
            (2) the Universal Basic Payment should be a temporary 
        economic stimulus package aimed to empower Americans directly 
        and immediately; and
            (3) the Payment should be made to every United States 
        citizen above the age of 18 years and should be nontaxable.
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