Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017
Latest action · May 24, 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.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $120,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which such credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limit on the allowable amount of such credit; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the adjusted gross income threshold and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2018; and (4) make such credit refundable.
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2017 to Jul 25, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 29, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Oct 4, 2017 |
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 May 24, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2017Introduced in House
- May 24, 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. 90, May 24, 2017, page H4570.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 470 | Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Feb 28, 2017 |
| S 1938 | Stronger Way Act | Related bill | Oct 5, 2017 |
| HR 2238 | Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017 | Related bill | Apr 28, 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 enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and make the credit fully refundable.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 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.
