ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Latest action · Apr 4, 2017 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.
- IntroducedApr 4, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
ABLE Age Adjustment Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified ABLE programs, to increase the age threshold for eligibility for such programs from 26 to 46. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.)
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2017 to Dec 21, 2018; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 1, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Jun 14, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 17, 2017 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 7, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Sep 7, 2017 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Dec 18, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 9, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jun 7, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 3, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 18, 2018 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Jul 18, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 13, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 20, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 26, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Dec 21, 2018 |
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 Apr 4, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 4, 2017Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 58, April 4, 2017, page H2697.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 817 | ABLE Age Adjustment Act | Identical bill | Apr 4, 2017 |
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 increase the age requirement with respect to eligibility for qualified ABLE programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2017Introduced in House
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.
