Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act
Latest action · Jan 21, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, unemployment compensation paid under provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act relating to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. It also disregards such compensation for purposes of determining eligibility for federally-assisted programs.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2021 to Feb 5, 2021; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 5, 2021 |
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 Jan 21, 2021 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Jan 21, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
- Jan 21, 2021Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 12, January 21, 2021, page H227.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46789 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 117th Congress, First Session | Report | Feb 15, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To exclude from tax certain payments of Federal pandemic unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
