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HR 8394 116th Congress House Taxation Child care and development Child health Health care costs and insurance Health technology, devices, supplies Income tax deductions Sales and excise taxes State and local taxation

Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2020

Introduced: October 16, 2020 Introduced by: Watson Coleman, Bonnie Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 24, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2020

This bill includes diapers as deductible medical expenses and allows payments for diapers from certain tax-preferred spending and reimbursement accounts. The bill prohibits state or local governments from imposing a sales tax on the retail purchase of diapers.

What's happening now September 24, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 11
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 16, 2020
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 16, 2020
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 16, 2020
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Oct 16, 2020
Lawson, Al
· Oct 16, 2020
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 16, 2020
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 16, 2020
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 2020
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Oct 16, 2020
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 16, 2020
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Vargas, Juan
California · Oct 16, 2020
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 16, 2020
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 24, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8394: Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8394/
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"H.R. 8394: Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8394/.
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