SENATE 929117th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 convicted of murder 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.
- Last Action
- 3/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-03-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-23 (00)
This bill prohibits the payment of a recovery rebate in 2021 to any prisoner convicted or confined for the crime of murder. The bill requires such rebate amounts to be paid to the Crime Victims Fund to compensate crime victims.
Subjects
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime victims
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government trust funds
- Income tax credits
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Violent crime
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