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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1755
5	5	To require an income verification platform for certain Federal benefit funds,
6	6	and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY27, 2025
9	9	Mr. T
10	10	IMMONS(for himself, Ms. GREENEof Georgia, and Mr. FALLON) intro-
11	11	duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
12	12	sight and Government Reform
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To require an income verification platform for certain
15	15	Federal benefit funds, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timely and Accurate 4
20	20	Benefits Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS OF STATES; ENHANCED INCOME 6
22	22	VERIFICATION PLATFORM REQUIRED. 7
23	23	To be eligible to receive Federal funds for a covered 8
24	24	Federal benefit program, a State, not later than 1 year 9
25	25	after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall procure, 10
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29	29	contract, and use an Enhanced Income Verification Plat-1
30	30	form. 2
31	31	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 3
32	32	In this Act: 4
33	33	(1) C
34	34	OVERED FEDERAL BENEFIT PROGRAM .— 5
35	35	The term ‘‘covered Federal benefit program’’ means 6
36	36	any program administered by the Federal govern-7
37	37	ment, or by a State or local government using Fed-8
38	38	eral funds, in which eligibility for benefits, or the 9
39	39	amount of benefits, is determined, in whole or in 10
40	40	part, based on the income of an individual or house-11
41	41	hold. 12
42	42	(2) E
43	43	NHANCED GROSS INCOME .—The term ‘‘en-13
44	44	hanced gross income’’ means— 14
45	45	(A) wages, salaries, tips included and not 15
46	46	included on pay stubs, and other compensation 16
47	47	from all forms of employment, including tradi-17
48	48	tional W–2 employment not provided by exist-18
49	49	ing data sources, contract work, self-employ-19
50	50	ment, and participation in the gig economy; 20
51	51	(B) unemployment compensation; 21
52	52	(C) Social Security benefits, including re-22
53	53	tirement, disability, and survivor benefits; 23
54	54	(D) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 24
55	55	payments; 25
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59	59	(E) interest and dividends; 1
60	60	(F) short-term and long-term rental in-2
61	61	come; 3
62	62	(G) royalties; 4
63	63	(H) child support and alimony payments 5
64	64	received; 6
65	65	(I) cash assistance from government pro-7
66	66	grams; 8
67	67	(J) regular or recurring gifts or contribu-9
68	68	tions from individuals or organizations; 10
69	69	(K) distributions from trusts or estates; 11
70	70	(L) any other source of income, whether 12
71	71	taxable or non-taxable, that is available to the 13
72	72	individual or household to meet their needs, as 14
73	73	determined by the Secretary; and 15
74	74	(M) other income identified and verified 16
75	75	through consumer-permissioned direct access to 17
76	76	deposit account transaction data. 18
77	77	(3) E
78	78	NHANCED INCOME VERIFICATION PLAT -19
79	79	FORM.—The term ‘‘Enhanced Income Verification 20
80	80	Platform’’ means— 21
81	81	(A) services incorporating automated, real- 22
82	82	time data matching and analytics to proactively 23
83	83	identify and verify potential instances of unre-24
84	84	ported or underreported enhanced gross income, 25
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88	88	inconsistent income reporting, or other indica-1
89	89	tors of potential ineligibility or improper pay-2
90	90	ments; 3
91	91	(B) receiving and analyzing applicant- 4
92	92	permissioned deposit account transactional data 5
93	93	that identifies and verifies sources of enhanced 6
94	94	gross income not currently obtained through ex-7
95	95	isting data sources that provide for payroll, 8
96	96	new-hire and latent State and Federal tax data, 9
97	97	with the option for the claimant to review and 10
98	98	attest to the accuracy of the data; and 11
99	99	(C) the ability to identify and consolidate 12
100	100	overlapping data to avoid double-counting of fi-13
101	101	nancial records. 14
102	102	(4) S
103	103	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 15
104	104	the several States, the District of Columbia, and 16
105	105	each territory and possession of the United States. 17
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