# 116-hr-5377: Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act

116-hr-5377, Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5377
- Congress: 116
- Title: Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced: 2019-12-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 52
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act This bill increases the tax deduction for state and local taxes in 2019 to $20,000 for persons filing a joint tax return. It eliminates the current $10,000 cap on the deduction in 2020 and 2021. The bill increases the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6% beginning in 2020, and reduces the dollar amount at which the increased tax rate begins.

## Cosponsors (52)

- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5377 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5377)

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