HR 2116 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013

Introduced May 22, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Richard E. Neal D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 22, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 22, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more qualifying children and the reduction in the amount of the marriage penalty for such credit; (2) allow such credit for an individual with no qualifying children who has attained the age of 21 but not 25 and is not a full-time student, and whose qualifying children do not have valid social security numbers; (3) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member; and (4) repeal the denial of such credit for taxpayers with excess investment income.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2013 to Nov 17, 2014, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalMay 22, 2013
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-WIRon KindOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMay 22, 2013
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalMay 22, 2013
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2013Introduced in House
  2. May 22, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 836Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013Related billApr 25, 2013

Subjects

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  1. May 22, 2013Introduced in House

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