Senate-Passed Covid Aid Reconciliation Bill: BGOV Summary (1)

Mandatory funding, program changes, and tax policies aimed primarily at mitigating the continuing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are included in the Senate-passed budget reconciliation package (H.R. 1319).

The $1.9 trillion package includes provisions that would:

• Provide $1,400 in direct payments to individuals and dependents.
• Extend pandemic unemployment programs.
• Expand tax credits for families and for employers who offer paid leave.
• Fund state and local government aid, testing and vaccine activities, schools, mass transit systems, restaurants and other small businesses, child care, housing, nutrition, and more.
• Expand subsidies to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act for ...