To protect stimulus checks from garnishment and fees and from being used as an offset by a credit union or depository institution, and for other purposes.
USA116th CongressHR-6850| House
| Updated: 5/13/2020
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic Representative
New York
Cosponsors (2)
Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Protect our Checks Act of 2020 This bill prohibits the transference or assignment of a 2020 recovery rebate by legal process, including attachment, levy, or garnishment. Additionally, credit unions and depository institutions are prohibited from seizing a rebate to pay an amount due to them. A 2020 recovery rebate is a stimulus payment made to individual taxpayers and their dependents who have been affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Finance and Financial Sector
Bank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationCardiovascular and respiratory healthCivil actions and liabilityDebt collectionEmergency medical services and trauma careIncome tax creditsInfectious and parasitic diseasesTax administration and collection, taxpayers
To protect stimulus checks from garnishment and fees and from being used as an offset by a credit union or depository institution, and for other purposes.
USA116th CongressHR-6850| House
| Updated: 5/13/2020
Protect our Checks Act of 2020 This bill prohibits the transference or assignment of a 2020 recovery rebate by legal process, including attachment, levy, or garnishment. Additionally, credit unions and depository institutions are prohibited from seizing a rebate to pay an amount due to them. A 2020 recovery rebate is a stimulus payment made to individual taxpayers and their dependents who have been affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic Representative
New York
Cosponsors (2)
Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee
Finance and Financial Sector
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Bank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationCardiovascular and respiratory healthCivil actions and liabilityDebt collectionEmergency medical services and trauma careIncome tax creditsInfectious and parasitic diseasesTax administration and collection, taxpayers