# 116-hr-8418: STARTS Act of 2020

116-hr-8418, STARTS Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8418
- Congress: 116
- Title: STARTS Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2020-09-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Safe Teachers Assistance and Return To School Act of 2020 or the STARTS Act of 2020 This bill allows an increase in the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers in 2020 or 2021 for the purchase of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national health emergency. Specifically, the amount of the deduction is increased from $250 to $1,500, and $1,200 of such increase may only be used to purchase personal protective equipment or cleaning supplies to combat the spread of COVID-19. Any unused deduction amount for taxable year 2020 may be carried over to taxable year 2021.

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- 116-hr-8378: Securities Clarity Act
- 116-hr-8373: Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-8418 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8418)

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- [116-hr-8891: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Mi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8891)
- [116-hr-8584: Retirement Inflation Protection Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8584)
- [116-hr-8489: PRICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8489)
- [116-hr-8378: Securities Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8378)
- [116-hr-8373: Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8373)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8418 (as of 2025-11-18).