# 116-hr-8260: Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act

116-hr-8260, Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8260
- Congress: 116
- Title: Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2020-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit in each calendar quarter of 50% of the their qualified workplace training expenses paid or incurred after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2021. The bill defines qualified workplace training expenses as employer expenses for education and training for the health and safety of employees in the workplace with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2020-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-8260 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8260)

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- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1980)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8260 (as of 2025-11-18).