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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain taxpayers a 2-year carryback of net operating losses and to restore and make permanent the limitation on excess business losses of…

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain taxpayers a 2-year carryback of net operating losses and to restore and make permanent the limitation on excess business losses of non-corporate taxpayers.

Introduced: April 24, 2020 Introduced by: Doggett, Lloyd Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Apr 21, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 21, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill makes permanent the limitation on excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers and allows certain taxpayers a two-year carryback of net operating losses arising in 2020.

What's happening now April 21, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 54
All 54 Democratic 38
D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 15, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 15, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · May 15, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · May 1, 2020
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · May 1, 2020
 D
Chu, Judy
California · May 1, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 1, 2020
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 1, 2020
Eshoo, Anna
· May 1, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 1, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · May 1, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· May 1, 2020
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 1, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 1, 2020
Lowenthal, Alan
· May 1, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 1, 2020
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 24, 2020
Cicilline, David
· Apr 24, 2020
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Apr 24, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Apr 24, 2020
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 24, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Apr 24, 2020
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Apr 24, 2020
Lee, Barbara
· Apr 24, 2020
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Apr 24, 2020
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 24, 2020
Napolitano, Grace
· Apr 24, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Apr 24, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· Apr 24, 2020
Sarbanes, John
· Apr 24, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Apr 21, 2020
Blumenauer, Earl
· Apr 21, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 21, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Apr 21, 2020
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 21, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Apr 21, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Apr 21, 2020
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Apr 21, 2020
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 21, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6579: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain taxpayers a 2-year carryback of net operating losses and to restore and make permanent the limitation on excess business losses of non-corporate taxpayers.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6579/
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"H.R. 6579: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain taxpayers a 2-year carryback of net operating losses and to restore and make permanent the limitation on excess business losses of non-corporate taxpayers.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6579/.
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H.R. 6579, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6579/.
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