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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the health care tax credit to workers in certain critical industries.

Introduced: March 25, 2020 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 25, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill extends the tax credit for health insurance costs to eligible national defense or infrastructure workers. An eligible national defense or infrastructure worker is an individual who was employed in a critical industry as of January 31, 2020, filed for unemployment compensation after such date, and is covered by health insurance. A critical industry is an industry related to critical national infrastructure or national defense and is severely distressed due to COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019).

The bill also extends the tax credit through 2022.

What's happening now March 25, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6379 Related bill Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 25, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3582: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the health care tax credit to workers in certain critical industries.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3582/
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"S. 3582: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the health care tax credit to workers in certain critical industries.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3582/.
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