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Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] · R–NY
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would exempt qualifying businesses with fewer than 500 employees from unemployment-insurance tax-credit reductions tied to unpaid state loans. Eligibility would depend on employee count at a specified earlier date. The proposed exemption would apply to tax years beginning after enactment; the supplied evidence does not establish that it became law.
Credits of small businesses not reduced by reason of unrepaid advances
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).
The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
The bill would add an exception to Section 3302(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: paragraph (2) would not apply to a qualifying small business. The existing paragraph is not reproduced, so the supplied text does not show its full rules or how the credit reduction is calculated.
Section 3302(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect to any specified small business.
Eligibility would cover any taxpayer employing fewer than 500 employees at the close of the third quarter of the calendar year immediately before the “second consecutive January 1” referenced in existing law. A taxpayer with exactly 500 employees at that measurement date would not qualify under this definition. The source does not reproduce the rule identifying that January 1.
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).
The exemption would apply to tax years beginning after enactment. The bill supplies no fixed calendar start date or expiration date.
(b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
The official-actions snapshot updated August 27, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 6, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-08-27T16:27:16Z. 2025-03-06: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 2025-03-06: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-03-06. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Findings to examine
The text contains a size-based exception to an otherwise applicable tax-credit rule. The exception is the bill’s main policy; identifying it does not imply impropriety.
Taxpayers employing fewer than 500 employees at the specified measurement date would receive an exemption from paragraph (2), described by the bill as protecting credits from reductions caused by unpaid advances. Taxpayers at or above that threshold would not receive this proposed exception.
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.
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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