HR 2778 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2013

Introduced Jul 22, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Jack Kingston R-GA

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

Progress

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IntroducedJul 22, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification numbers on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2013 to Nov 17, 2014; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-AZ	Matt Salmon	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Jul 22, 2013
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Jul 31, 2013
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Oct 30, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Oct 30, 2013
R-MO	Billy Long		Nov 18, 2013
R-PA	Scott Perry		Nov 17, 2014

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 Jul 22, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 22, 2013Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4857.

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 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 91	Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2013	Identical bill	Jan 23, 2013
HR 5316	Safely Exacting Cautious Useful Rules for Immigration This Year (SECURITY) Act	Related bill	Sep 26, 2014

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify eligibility for the child tax credit.
Short Titles as Introduced: Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 22, 2013Introduced in House

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