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Picket Line Protection Act of 2025
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude strike benefits from gross income.
Summary
The Picket Line Protection Act of 2025 amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude strike benefits from federal taxable income. Strike benefits are defined as compensation provided by labor unions to their members to replace wages lost due to a strike. Under the bill, union members would not count strike benefit payments as taxable income for federal tax purposes. The provision is effective for compensation received after January 1, 2025.
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- Sep 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Sep 23, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 23, 2025
Mr. Thanedar 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 exclude strike benefits from gross income.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Picket Line Protection Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. STRIKE BENEFITS.
(a) In General.—Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“SEC. 139J. COMPENSATION FOR LOST WAGES RELATING TO A STRIKE.
“In the case of an individual, gross income shall not include compensation provided to a member of a labor organization described in section 501(c)(5) if such compensation is provided as a replacement for compensation not received by such member from such member’s employer as the result of a strike.”.
(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting the following new item after the item relating to section 139I:
“Sec. 139J. Compensation for lost wages relating to a strike.”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to compensation received after January 1, 2025. <all>
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