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Financial Relief Noting The Large Impact Of Our Nation’s Essential Employees (FRNT LINE) Act

Introduced: July 20, 2020 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Financial Relief Noting The Large Impact Of Our Nation's Essential Employees (FRNT LINE) Act

This bill excludes from gross income wages of certain front-line employees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period (the period beginning on April 1, 2020, and ending on the earlier of the last day of the first month in which the COVID-19 emergency is no longer in effect, or December 31, 2020). The bill also suspends payment of payroll taxes during the emergency period for employees earning $50,000 or less.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4213: Financial Relief Noting The Large Impact Of Our Nation’s Essential Employees (FRNT LINE) Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4213/
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"S. 4213: Financial Relief Noting The Large Impact Of Our Nation’s Essential Employees (FRNT LINE) Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4213/.
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S. 4213, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4213/.
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