To prohibit certain signatures on checks and notices issued by the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8448
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-09-30
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital

Income tax credits

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits signatures of certain government officials, including the President, Vice-President, and cabinet officials, on 2020 recovery rebate checks issued to a taxpayer. A <i>recovery rebate</i> is a stimulus payment made to individual taxpayers to compensate them for losses due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8448 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2020 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit certain signatures on checks and notices issued by the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

1. Signatures on checks and notices, etc., by the Department of the Treasury Any check issued to an individual by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 6428 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and any notice issued pursuant to section 6428(f)(6) of such Code, may not be signed by or otherwise bear the name, signature, image or likeness of the President, the Vice President or any elected official or cabinet level officer of the United States, or any individual who, with respect to any of the aforementioned individuals, bears any relationship described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 152(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.