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Tax Cut for Striking Workers Act of 2026
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude strike benefits from gross income.
Summary
This bill would exclude strike benefits from taxable income for workers who receive compensation from labor organizations during strikes, lockouts, or work stoppages. Strike benefits provided by tax-exempt labor organizations to replace wages lost due to labor disputes under the National Labor Relations Act or work stoppages under the Railway Labor Act would not be counted as gross income for federal tax purposes. The benefits would be treated similarly to other excluded compensation for purposes of calculating eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit. The provision would be effective for compensation received after December 31, 2026.
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Actions (2)
- May 14, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- May 14, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 14, 2026
Mr. Horsford (for himself, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, and Ms. Titus) 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 “Tax Cut for Striking Workers Act of 2026”.
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 inserting after section 139L the following new section:
“SEC. 139M. COMPENSATION FOR LOST WAGES RELATING TO A STRIKE, LOCKOUT, OR WORK STOPPAGE.
“(a) In General.—In the case of an individual, gross income shall not include qualified strike benefits.
“(b) Qualified Strike Benefits.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified strike benefits’ means compensation provided by a labor organization described in section 501(c)(5) and exempt from tax under section 501(a) to a member of such organization if such compensation is provided as a replacement, in whole or in part, for compensation not received by such member from such member’s employer as the result of a strike or lockout arising from a labor dispute (as defined in section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act), or a work stoppage under the Railway Labor Act.”.
(b) Treatment Under Earned Income Tax Credit.—Section 32(c)(2)(B)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting “or 139M” after “by reason of section 112”.
(c) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 139L the following new item:
“Sec. 139M. Compensation for lost wages relating to a strike, lockout, or work stoppage.”.
(d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to compensation received after December 31, 2026. <all>
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