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HR 6695 116th Congress House Taxation Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Poverty and welfare assistance Unemployment

Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act

Introduced: May 1, 2020 Introduced by: Velázquez, Nydia M. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act

This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, addditional payments of unemployment compensation made in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. It also requires the disregard of such payments in determining eligibility for federal benefit programs and federally-assisted benefit programs.

What's happening now May 1, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 19
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 5, 2020
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 5, 2020
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 5, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · May 1, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 1, 2020
Demings, Val
· May 1, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 1, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · May 1, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· May 1, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · May 1, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· May 1, 2020
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · May 1, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 1, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 1, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · May 1, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 1, 2020
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · May 1, 2020
Speier, Jackie
· May 1, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 1, 2020
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 1, 2020
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Tonko, Paul
New York · May 1, 2020
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Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · May 1, 2020
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · May 1, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6695: Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6695/
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"H.R. 6695: Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6695/.
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