3.0.0 3842 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2022-03-15 117 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-03-22T14:00:06Z ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-03-15T21:37:30Z 2022-03-22 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2022-03-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2022-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. N Government Operations and Politics Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Energy efficiency and conservation Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Natural disasters Prescription drugs Sales and excise taxes State and local finance State and local government operations State and local taxation Government Operations and Politics 00 2022-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2022-08-02T16:53:29Z Relief for Families Act of 2022

This bill permits state and local coronavirus fiscal recovery funds to be used to address increased costs of essential items.

Specifically, the bill authorizes a temporary suspension of sales taxes for essential items, including clothing that does not exceed $100 per item, food, diapers, feminine hygiene products, prescription and over-the-counter medicine, items to prepare for natural disasters or severe weather, school supplies, and energy efficient appliances.

]]> Relief for Families Act of 2022 Display Title Relief for Families Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Relief for Families Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to permit State and local coronavirus fiscal recovery funds to be used to address increased costs of essential items. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3842is/xml/BILLS-117s3842is.xml 2022-03-22 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. 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.