Build Health Care Equipment in America Act
Latest action · May 19, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Build Health Care Equipment in America Act
This bill provides for certain tax incentives to combat COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Specifically, it (1) allows a bonus depreciation allowance for property used solely for the production or manufacturing of medical equipment to combat COVID-19, (2) a new payroll tax credit related to the employment of certain skilled health care workers who previously worked in a declining field, (3) requires the Department of the Treasury to publish a list of any occupation or field of work that qualifies as a medical short supply field, (4) increases education-related tax benefits for medical professionals in short supply, and (5) establishes the 21st Century Technology Fund for State and Local Governments Looking to Draw Businesses to Their Rural Regions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
- May 19, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Economic development
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employment taxes
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Health personnel
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax exclusion
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Labor market
- Manufacturing
- Medical education
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local finance
- Student aid and college costs
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
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