Essential Pay for Essential Workers Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D Watson ColemanSponsor

13 cosponsors · 13 D

12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill requires employers to pay essential health care employees a premium amount in addition to their regular rate of pay during an emergency period. It also allows employers a payroll tax credit for the payment of such enhanced wages to essential employees.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 4, 2020

Essential Pay for Essential Workers Act

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Essential Pay for Essential Workers Act

Latest action (Jun 4, 2020): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 4, 2020

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.