6-01-2022 12:30am

2021 Bill to Protect Ability to Pay With Cash Amended in Committee

Lorraine Mabbett Editor

Latest Action:

05/17/2022 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 17

Entire text BILLS-117hr4395ih.pdf (congress.gov)

Status: Sitting in House - Financial Services Committee

Sponsor:	Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (Introduced 07/09/2021)

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that every consumer has the right to use cash at retail businesses who accept in person payments.
SEC. 3. RETAIL BUSINESSES PROHIBITED FROM REFUSING CASH PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 51 of title31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 5104. Retail businesses prohibited from refusing1 cash payments
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person engaged in the business of selling or offering goods or services at retail to the public who accepts in-person payments at a physical location (including a person accepting payments for telephone, mail, or internet-based transactions who is accepting in-person payments at a physical location)—
‘‘(1) shall accept cash as a form of payment for sales made at such physical location in amounts less than $2,000; and
‘‘(2) may not charge cash-paying customers a higher price compared to the price charged to customers not paying with cash.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—

The Amending Process in the Senate (congress.gov)

In general....

An amendment which proposes to change the text of the bill;	First-degree amendment
An amendment to replace the entire text of a first-degree amendment	Substitute amendment
An amendment which proposes to change the text of a first-degree amendment that the Senate is considering.	Second-degree amendment
An amendment, especially in the second degree, that makes some lesser change	Perfecting amendment
Not allowed	Third-degree amendments
An amendment that proposes to replace the entire text of a bill	Amendment in the nature of a substitute
Senators can offer anywhere from three to 11 amendments before the Senate has to vote on any of them.	“Amendment trees” are the graphic ways of depicting these possible situations.

Co-Sponsors

Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]* 07/09/2021
Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] 07/20/2021

Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] 08/17/2021
Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] 08/27/2021
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] 09/10/2021
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] 09/10/2021
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] 10/15/2021
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] 11/04/2021
Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] 11/04/2021
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] 11/15/2021
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] 11/23/2021
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] 11/30/2021
Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] 12/08/2021
Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] 03/16/2022
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] 05/06/2022
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] 05/06/2022
Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] 05/06/2022
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] 05/06/2022
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] 05/06/2022
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] 05/06/2022
Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] 05/11/2022

* = Original cosponsor

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