Keep Employees’ Earnings Protected Act of 2020
Latest action · May 19, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keep Employees' Earnings Protected Act of 2020
This bill allows employers to suspend payment of payroll taxes (i.e., employer and employee taxes and self-employment taxes) for the period beginning on the enactment of this bill and ending either 90 days later, or upon the termination of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period, whichever is shorter. The bill authorizes transfers to specified Social Security trust funds to cover the loss of revenue to such funds resulting from this payroll tax suspension.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 9, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Jul 9, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in House
- May 19, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in House
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