To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.

3.0.0 4214 2023-01-11T13:45:39Z 2023-01-11T13:45:39Z Senate S 2020-07-20 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-20T20:45:36Z To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19. 116 7615 HR 2020-07-16 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act 116 4318 S 2020-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS RECOVERY Act 116 4537 S 2020-09-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2020-07-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2020-07-23 False Taxation Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disability assistance Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment taxes Government trust funds Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods Social security and elderly assistance Worker safety and health Taxation

00 2020-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-31T13:27:40Z This bill allows employers a 50% payroll tax credit for the cost of qualified employee protection expenses and qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses paid in a calendar quarter. The bill defines

qualified employee protection expenses as the cost of testing employees for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), equipment to protect employees from COVID-19, and cleaning products or services for preventing the spread of COVID-19; and
qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses as amounts paid to design and reconfigure retail space, work areas, break areas, or other employee or customer areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 and such design and reconfiguration is completed pursuant to a plan in place before March 13, 2020, and completed before January 1, 2021.

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A bill to provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19. Display Title A bill to provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19. Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4214is/xml/BILLS-116s4214is.xml 2020-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.