Responsible Relief for Americans Act

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Introduced

26 March 2020

Last action

30 September 2020 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Responsible Relief for Americans Act This bill revises and establishes economic assistance measures in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill provides funding for and authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee paycheck protection loans made to small businesses. Recipients of such loans are eligible for forgiveness of amounts expended for specified costs such as payroll. Small businesses may request an advance of up $10,000 on an SBA disaster loan for which they have applied in response to COVID-19. Further the bill requires the SBA to temporarily pay the principal, interest, and any associated fees that are owed on certain SBA loans; repeals provisions that require an employer to provide paid sick leave for employees who are unable to work due to COVID-19; repeals provisions authorizing the use of certain funds to provide educational assistance and training for U.S. workers; provides additional time for federal contractors to carry out their responsibilities and guarantees payment continuation for federal contractors who are delayed or interrupted because of COVID-19; increases and expands the tax deduction for certain trade or business income; authorizes borrowers with federally backed mortgages who are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19 to request forbearance; revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs), including to allow increased participation in HSAs and to increase the limit on contributions to HSAs; expands reporting requirements for pharmaceutical manufacturers; and extends the deadline for filing 2019 individual income tax returns from April 15, 2019, to November 15, 2019.

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Timeline

26 March 2020
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Energy and Commerce, Small Business, the Judiciary, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 August 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Source: Committee
30 September 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6396
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6396
us · 116-hr-6396 · source updated 21 July 2025