I call up my amendment No. 968 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cruz] proposes an amendment numbered 968 to amendment No. 891. The amendment is as follows (Purpose: To ensure that the 2021 Recovery Rebates are not provided to illegal immigrants) On [page 345, strike lines 12 through 16] and insert the following: ``(2) any alien who is not lawfully present (as such term is used in section 36B(e)(1)), ``(3) any individual who is a dependent of another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which the individual's taxable year begins, and ``(4) an estate or trust.''.
On the recordMarch 5, 2021
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