S 1371 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017

Introduced Jun 15, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Sherrod Brown D-OH

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Latest action · Jun 15, 2017 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 15, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) increase the credit and reduce the phaseout percentage for taxpayers with no qualifying children, (2) reduce from 25 to 21 the qualifying age for individuals with no children, (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.

This bill modifies the child tax credit to: (1) increase the amount of the credit and the portion of the credit that is refundable for taxpayers with children under the age of six, and (2) require the dollar amounts of the credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2017.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 15, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 15, 2017
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 15, 2017
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-MTJon TesterOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJun 15, 2017
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-VATim KaineOriginalJun 15, 2017
D-NMTom UdallOriginalJun 15, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Jun 15, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 15, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S8116Sherrod Brown D-OHDec 19, 2017

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 strengthen the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.
Short Titles as Introduced
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 15, 2017Introduced in Senate

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