H.R. 7008: Family Savings Flexibility Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-22 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Family Savings Flexibility Act

Plain summary

Family Savings Flexibility Act This bill (1) increases to $2,750 the maximum amount of unused benefits or contributions remaining in a health flexible or dependent care spending arrangement that may be carried over from the 2020 to the 2021 plan year, (2) increases the maximum contribution amount for health savings accounts, and (3) increases for taxable years beginning in 2020, the exclusion from employee gross income of employer-paid dependent care assistance.

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Official text

Family Savings Flexibility Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] · 3 cosponsors

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Mike Kelly (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7008.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7008 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116