S. 928 · 117th Congress · Senate

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison inmates and that such sums shall be redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in the form of restitution to compensate victims of crime.

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced
Mar 23, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
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Sent to President
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Signed into Law
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Executive Summary

This bill prohibits payment of 2021 recovery rebates to prisoners, certain other inmates of publicly funded institutions, fugitives, probationers, and parolees. The bill requires that such rebates be paid instead to the Crime Victims Fund for the compensation of crime victims.

Action Timeline

2
  1. MAR 23, 2021•IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. MAR 23, 2021•IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

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Finance Committee

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Referred: Mar 23, 2021

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