HR 6958 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

COVID-19 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangement Rollover Act of 2020

Introduced May 22, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Cynthia Axne D-IA

Latest action · May 22, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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IntroducedMay 22, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

COVID-19 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangement Rollover Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to issue regulations or other guidance that permit the unused balance as of the end of plan year 2020 of any dependent care flexible spending arrangement to be rolled over to plan year 2021.

Cosponsors 84

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MN	Pete Stauber	Original	May 22, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		May 27, 2020
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		May 27, 2020
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 4, 2020
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Jun 15, 2020
D-CA	Harley Rouda		Jun 18, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jun 25, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jul 1, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jul 1, 2020
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Jul 9, 2020
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Jul 9, 2020
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Jul 16, 2020
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jul 16, 2020
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jul 24, 2020
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jul 29, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Jul 29, 2020
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Sep 1, 2020
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Sep 1, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 29, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Sep 29, 2020
D-CT	John B. Larson		Sep 29, 2020
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 29, 2020
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 30, 2020
D-MN	Angie Craig		Sep 30, 2020
D-IL	Bill Foster		Sep 30, 2020
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Sep 30, 2020
D-NC	David E. Price		Sep 30, 2020
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Sep 30, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Sep 30, 2020
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Sep 30, 2020
D-IL	Sean Casten		Sep 30, 2020
D-CA	Tj Cox		Sep 30, 2020
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Sep 30, 2020
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Oct 1, 2020
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		Oct 1, 2020
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala		Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Oct 1, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Oct 1, 2020
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter		Oct 1, 2020
D-NY	Max Rose		Oct 1, 2020
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Oct 1, 2020
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Oct 1, 2020
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Oct 2, 2020
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Oct 2, 2020
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Oct 9, 2020
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Oct 9, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 9, 2020
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Oct 9, 2020
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Oct 9, 2020
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Oct 9, 2020
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Oct 9, 2020
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Oct 20, 2020
D-PA	Susan Wild		Oct 20, 2020
D-HI	Ed Case		Nov 9, 2020
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Nov 17, 2020
R-PA	Scott Perry		Nov 19, 2020
D-WA	Adam Smith		Nov 20, 2020
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Dec 3, 2020
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Dec 3, 2020
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Dec 3, 2020
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Dec 3, 2020
D-CA	Jim Costa		Dec 3, 2020
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Dec 3, 2020
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Dec 3, 2020
D-VT	Peter Welch		Dec 3, 2020
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Dec 3, 2020
R-OK	Tom Cole		Dec 3, 2020
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Dec 4, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck		Dec 7, 2020
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Dec 7, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Dec 7, 2020
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Dec 8, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Dec 8, 2020
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Dec 8, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Dec 8, 2020
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Dec 9, 2020
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Dec 9, 2020
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Dec 10, 2020
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Dec 10, 2020
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Dec 10, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Dec 15, 2020
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Dec 21, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred May 22, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 22, 2020Introduced in House
May 22, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 97, May 22, 2020, page H2277.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
IF11597	Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) Archived	Resource	Jul 8, 2020

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3972	COVID–19 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangement Rollover Act of 2020	Identical bill	Jun 17, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide that the unused balance of a dependent care flexible spending arrangement at the end of plan year 2020 may be rolled over to the following plan year.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: COVID-19 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangement Rollover Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 22, 2020Introduced in House

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