CARES Act
Official title: “To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage.”
Earlier name of the bill: “Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019”.
What this law changes
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How it passed
The Senate passed it 96 to 0 on March 25, 2020, with 4 senators who did not vote.
The House passed it by voice vote on March 27, 2020. A voice vote records no individual votes.
It became law on March 27, 2020.
The question on the official record: Senate, “On Passage of the Bill H.R. 748”.
| Chamber and party | Yes | No | Present | Did not vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Republicans | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Senate Democrats | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Senate independents | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Dollars under this law's emergency funds
Confirmed from the official recordAgencies report committing $358,552,907,735.76 of the $365,165,446,552.17 set aside under this law's emergency funds, and paying out $303,084,307,772.32, through August 31, 2026. Counted from April 2020, when agencies began reporting by fund.
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