Timely and Accurate Benefits Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1755 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1755 To require an income verification platform for certain Federal benefit funds, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Timmons (for himself, Ms. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Fallon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require an income verification platform for certain Federal benefit funds, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Timely and Accurate Benefits Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS OF STATES; ENHANCED INCOME VERIFICATION PLATFORM REQUIRED. To be eligible to receive Federal funds for a covered Federal benefit program, a State, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall procure, contract, and use an Enhanced Income Verification Platform. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Covered federal benefit program.--The term ``covered Federal benefit program'' means any program administered by the Federal government, or by a State or local government using Federal funds, in which eligibility for benefits, or the amount of benefits, is determined, in whole or in part, based on the income of an individual or household. (2) Enhanced gross income.--The term ``enhanced gross income'' means-- (A) wages, salaries, tips included and not included on pay stubs, and other compensation from all forms of employment, including traditional W-2 employment not provided by existing data sources, contract work, self- employment, and participation in the gig economy; (B) unemployment compensation; (C) S