Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012
Latest action · May 10, 2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who is an alien and who is claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to attach to his or her tax return a photocopy of: (1) each page of the taxpayer's passport; (2) the taxpayer's nonimmigrant visa; (3) the taxpayer's employment authorization; (4) the taxpayer's arrival-departure documentation; and (5) the passport, visa, and arrival-departure documentation for each qualifying alien child of the taxpayer.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2012 to Sep 11, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | John Thune | May 15, 2012 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | May 17, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | May 17, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | May 17, 2012 | |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-IN | Daniel Coats | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-NE | Mike Johanns | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | May 23, 2012 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | May 24, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Sep 11, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 10, 2012 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2012Introduced in Senate
- May 10, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44420 | Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) Filers and the Child Tax Credit: Overview and Legislation Archived | Report | Mar 22, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6165 | Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require certain nonresident aliens to provide valid immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 10, 2012Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
