H.R. 1959

Summary

H.R. 1959, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances, was introduced in the House on Mar 6, 2025 by Rep. Claudia Tenney (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Mar 6, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 1959 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 1959 IH: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-06
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1959  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 6, 2025   Ms. Tenney  (for herself and  Mr. Smucker ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances.
1.
Protection of small business from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances
(a)
In general
 Section 3302(c)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(4)
Credits of small businesses not reduced by reason of unrepaid advances
(A)
In general
Paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect to any specified small business.
(B)
Specified small business
For purposes of this paragraph, the term  specified small business  means any taxpayer if such taxpayer employs fewer than 500 employees as of the close of the third quarter of the calendar year immediately preceding the second consecutive January 1 referred to in paragraph (2)(A)(i).
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(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances.

Sponsors

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R) sponsors H.R. 1959, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025

Lloyd Smucker

Rep. · R–PA-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 6, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 1959 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Mar 6, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1959 has taken 2 actions since Mar 6, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1959 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1959 goes by 2 titles.

• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances. — Official Title as Introduced
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances. — Display Title

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1959 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Computer Industry, Small Business.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1959 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1959’s is Taxation.

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