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Senate Bill 3696
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Health Insurance Relief for Unemployed Individuals and Families
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Introduced in Senate on May 12, 2020
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S. 3696 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3696


To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disregard additional unemployment compensation for purposes of premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 12, 2020

Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disregard additional unemployment compensation for purposes of premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Health Insurance Relief for Unemployed Individuals and Families”.

SEC. 2. Disregard of additional unemployment compensation for purposes of premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidies.

(a) In general.—Section 36B(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—

(1) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and by moving such subclauses 2 ems to the right;

(2) by striking “adjusted gross income increased by” and inserting “adjusted gross income—

“(i) decreased by the amount of any Federal pandemic unemployment compensation paid to an individual under section 2104 of division A of the CARES Act during the taxable year, and; and

“(ii) increased by—”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:

“Clause (i) shall not apply to the extent that such decrease results in a household income for the taxpayer which is less than 100 percent of the poverty line for a family of the size involved.”.

(b) Temporary suspension of recapture of excess advance payments.—Section 36B(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR 2020 AND 2021.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any taxable year beginning in 2020 or 2021.”.

(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.