HR 4092 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Advocates Dedicated to Older Child Parental Tax Credit (ADOPT) Act of 2005

Introduced Oct 20, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Melissa L. Bean D-IL

Latest action · Oct 20, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 20, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Advocates Dedicated to Older Child Parental Tax Credit (ADOPT) Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a $2,000 tax credit for costs associated with the adoption of a child who has reached nine years of age before the adoption decree becomes final. Allows the credit each year until such child attains the age of 19.

Cosponsors 113

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2005 to Jun 7, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Oct 20, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Nov 4, 2005
D-TX	Al Green		Nov 4, 2005
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		Nov 4, 2005
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Nov 4, 2005
D-AL	Artur Davis		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Nov 4, 2005
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Nov 4, 2005
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Nov 4, 2005
D-NC	Brad Miller		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Nov 4, 2005
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Nov 4, 2005
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Nov 4, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Nov 4, 2005
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Nov 4, 2005
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Nov 4, 2005
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		Nov 4, 2005
D-OK	Dan Boren		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Nov 4, 2005
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Nov 4, 2005
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Nov 4, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Nov 4, 2005
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Nov 4, 2005
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Nov 4, 2005
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Nov 4, 2005
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Nov 4, 2005
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Nov 4, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Nov 4, 2005
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Nov 4, 2005
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Nov 4, 2005
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Nov 4, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Jane Harman		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Nov 4, 2005
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Nov 4, 2005
D-CT	John B. Larson		Nov 4, 2005
D-GA	John Barrow		Nov 4, 2005
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Nov 4, 2005
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Nov 4, 2005
D-MA	John W. Olver		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Lane Evans		Nov 4, 2005
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Nov 4, 2005
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Nov 4, 2005
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Nov 4, 2005
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Nov 4, 2005
D-CO	Mark Udall		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Nov 4, 2005
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 4, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Nov 4, 2005
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Nov 4, 2005
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Nov 4, 2005
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Nov 4, 2005
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		Nov 4, 2005
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Nov 4, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Nov 4, 2005
D-WI	Ron Kind		Nov 4, 2005
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Nov 4, 2005
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Nov 4, 2005
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr		Nov 4, 2005
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Nov 4, 2005
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Nov 4, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Nov 4, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Nov 4, 2005
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Nov 4, 2005
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Steve Israel		Nov 4, 2005
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Nov 4, 2005
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Nov 4, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Nov 4, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Nov 4, 2005
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Nov 4, 2005
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Nov 4, 2005
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Nov 4, 2005
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Nov 4, 2005
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Nov 4, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Nov 17, 2005
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Nov 17, 2005
D-CA	Joe Baca		Nov 17, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus		Nov 17, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Nov 17, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Dec 13, 2005
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Dec 13, 2005
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Dec 13, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Dec 13, 2005
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Dec 13, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Mar 8, 2006
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Mar 15, 2006
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Mar 15, 2006
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Mar 16, 2006
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Jun 7, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Oct 20, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 20, 2005Introduced in House
Oct 20, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an additional credit against income tax for the adoption of an older child.
Short Titles as Introduced: Advocates Dedicated to Older Child Parental Tax Credit (ADOPT) Act of 2005
Popular Titles: ADOPT bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

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Oct 20, 2005Introduced in House

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