# 116-hr-7735: ENCORES Act

116-hr-7735, ENCORES Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7735
- Congress: 116
- Title: ENCORES Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
- Introduced: 2020-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Entertainments New Credit Opportunity for Relief & Economic Sustainability Act or the ENCORES Act This bill allows certain businesses and tax-exempt entities that conduct live events for which tickets are sold to the general public a tax credit for 50% of any refund made during the period beginning on January 31, 2020, and ending on the enactment date of this bill. The bill defines live event as any live concert, comedy show, sporting event, or theatrical production for which tickets were made available to the general public not less than six weeks prior to the event. The credit does not apply to an entity engaged in professional football, basketball, baseball, or other professional sport. The ticket refund paid by the entity to a ticket purchaser for a live event includes events cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2020-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act
- 116-hr-7481: RESTART Act
- 116-hr-5172: NOPAIN Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3742: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019
- 116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7735 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7735)

## Related
- [116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7642)
- [116-hr-7481: RESTART Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7481)
- [116-hr-5172: NOPAIN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5172)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-3742: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3742)
- [116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3589)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7735 (as of 2025-11-18).