The Biden recovery act refers to the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021. Designed to accelerate the U.S. recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it provided direct $1,400 stimulus checks, extended unemployment benefits, and funded vaccines, school reopenings, and state/local governments.
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 ...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), signed into law February 17, 2009, is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century.
Starting in 2009, Recovery Act funds were distributed to federal agencies, states, localities, for-profit corporations and nonprofit organizations, as well as to individuals through grants, contracts, loans, tax benefits, and other assistance. Many Recovery Act projects focused on immediately jumpstarting the economy.
This act provides continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies and supplemental appropriations for disaster relief. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities, including several public health and agriculture programs.
The American Relief Act, 2025, provides more than $16 billion in disaster relief payments to producers who suffered revenue, quality or production losses to crops, trees, bushes, or vines due to qualifying disaster events in calendar years 2023 and 2024.
On January 28, 2009, the House passed the bill by a 244–188 vote. All but 11 Democrats voted for the bill, but not a single Republican voted in favor: 177 Republicans voted against it, while one Republican (Ginny Brown-Waite) did not vote.
The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need.
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Generally speaking, NIRA legalized collective bargaining and exempted businesses from anti-trust laws that barred anticompetitive practices. The proposition and enforcement of Codes of Fair Competition were left to trade associations of specific industries.
Agency Reports
Reporting requirements under the Recovery Act ended on December 31, 2013.
The Recovery Act was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th United States 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.
Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law. This historic legislation was designed to enable all Americans to respond to and recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need."
In late 2022, Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and codified same-sex and interracial marriage in the United States.
You likely received $1400 from the IRS today as a supplemental payment for the 2021 Economic Impact Payment (EIP3), specifically the Recovery Rebate Credit, for people who missed it by not claiming it or leaving it blank on their 2021 tax return. These are "plus-up" payments for those eligible for the third stimulus but didn't get the full amount, often for dependents or due to income changes, with a deadline to claim it by April 2025 by filing a 2021 return if you hadn't already.
In an opinion authored by Chief Justice Hughes, the unanimous Court held that the Act was "without precedent" and was an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority. The President cannot be allowed to have unbridled control to make whatever laws he believes to be necessary to achieve a certain goal.
$500 Million for Addressing Disability and Retirement Workloads: The Recovery Act provided SSA with an additional $500 million to help address our increasing disability and retirement workloads caused by the combination of the economic downturn and the leading edge of the baby boomer retirement wave.
Courts identified three problems with the NIRA: "(i) was the subject matter sought to be regulated by the power of Congress; (ii) if the regulations violated the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and (iii) had Congress properly delegated its power to the executive."
The American Rescue Plan temporarily made individual and family health insurance more affordable for most Marketplace/exchange enrollees. It accomplished this in a variety of ways: It eliminated the “subsidy cliff” in 2021 and 2022 (the Inflation Reduction Act extended this through 2025).
Eligibility for the $1400 stimulus check (the third Economic Impact Payment) was based on 2020 or 2021 tax information, with full payments for single filers earning under $75k (or $150k for joint filers) and phased out above those amounts, requiring you to be a U.S. citizen/resident, have a Social Security number, and not be claimed as a dependent; while most payments went out in 2021, eligible individuals who missed theirs needed to file a 2021 tax return by April 15, 2025, to claim it as a Recovery Rebate Credit.
To apply: Register in Grants.gov • Download the corresponding Certificate and Agreement and Program Profile and complete offline and submit through grants.gov. Complete the Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424).