US Congress House Bill 6787 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows an employer a payroll tax credit for certain pandemic-related employee benefit expenses paid by such employer after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2021. The amount of such credit is 50% of the pandemic-related expenses of essential employees and 30% for other employees. The amount of expenses taken into account for purposes of the credit for any employee may not exceed $5,000 in any calendar quarter. The bill defines qualified pandemic-related employee benefit expenses as amounts paid to an employee that are excludible from gross income as disaster relief payments related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and that the employee has elected to treat as a pandemic-related expense. The credit is not allowed to the federal government or its agencies, except for tax-exempt organizations.

Providing Essentials for Frontline Workers Act

Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2020-05-08	House	Introduced in House

HB6800 (Related) 2020-07-23 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6787/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6787/BILLS-116hr6787ih.pdf