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COVID-19 and Direct Payments: Comparison of First and Second Round of “Stimulus Checks” to the Third Round in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA; P.L. 117-2)
Published Mar 25, 2021Updated Jun 21, 2025
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- HR 133116th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Dec 27, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-260.
- HR 748116th Congress
CARES Act
Jul 23, 2020 · Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
- HR 785117th Congress
For the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso.
Dec 27, 2022 · Became Private Law No: 117-2.
- HR 1319117th Congress
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Mar 11, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-2.