# 116-hr-6695: Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act

116-hr-6695, Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6695
- Congress: 116
- Title: Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2020-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 31
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, addditional payments of unemployment compensation made in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. It also requires the disregard of such payments in determining eligibility for federal benefit programs and federally-assisted benefit programs.

## Cosponsors (31)

- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6695 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6695)

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