Whether Congress could want to do something or not is irrelevant to the civil servant. Unless they're directed to make those preparations (and not just plans for the event, but actually start implementing which costs a lot more), they won't.
The distinction I'm making: A plan may take 1-4 weeks to form with 1-10 participants. They could tell you exactly what's needed in order to implement a stimulus check program like this safely and accurately. But the implementation is going to take weeks or months more work and 10-1000 participants to effect it.
The planning is "cheap" and done as a matter of course. That covers things like disaster recover and conops. But it doesn't, on its own, actually create a final "product". Only the plan for what to do when an emergency or directive comes down the pipe.
The implementation is expensive. And they need authority to execute it. If they're not funded for it, they aren't going to do it.
The distinction I'm making: A plan may take 1-4 weeks to form with 1-10 participants. They could tell you exactly what's needed in order to implement a stimulus check program like this safely and accurately. But the implementation is going to take weeks or months more work and 10-1000 participants to effect it.
The planning is "cheap" and done as a matter of course. That covers things like disaster recover and conops. But it doesn't, on its own, actually create a final "product". Only the plan for what to do when an emergency or directive comes down the pipe.
The implementation is expensive. And they need authority to execute it. If they're not funded for it, they aren't going to do it.