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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, is a US$1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, to speed up the country's recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. [1]
At the time the legislation was enacted, more than 50,000 Americans had died from the virus and the pandemic had caused major economic damage, with 26 million people (about 20% of U.S. workers) filing for unemployment assistance over the preceding five weeks. [7] The bill is referred to as "Phase 3.5" of Congress's coronavirus response.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, [ b][ 1] also known as the CARES Act, [ 2] is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [ 3][ 4] The spending ...
August 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM. U.S. health officials on Friday approved a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, the first needle-free alternative to shots like EpiPen. The Food and Drug ...
The COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission ( COC) is an oversight body in the United States created by the CARES Act. They will report to Congress every 30 days on how the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board manage the funds until September 30, 2025. [ 1][ 2] These reports will assess: [ 2] The economic impact the ...
A total of 38.03% of men believe Trump’s policies would protect Social Security the best, while just 32.15% of women said the same. Alternatively, 47.28% of men think Harris’ policies would be ...
The Employee Retention Credit is equal to 50 percent of qualified wages paid to eligible employees between March 13, 2020, and December 31, 2020. [ 14] Eligible employee is defined differently depending on the size of the employer. If the employer averaged 100 or fewer full-time employees [ h] during 2019, then all of its employees are eligible ...
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is an independent oversight committee within the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 to ensure that the $2.2 trillion of the CARES act, plus 5 other pandemic-related pieces of legislation totaling over $5 trillion in government funds ...