American Family Act of 2017
Latest action · Oct 26, 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.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Family Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) make the credit fully refundable, (2) increase the amount of the credit and allow an additional credit for children who are under six years of age, (3) require the amount of the credit to be adjusted annually for inflation after 2017, and (4) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of the credit on a monthly basis.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2017 to Dec 21, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Nov 26, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Dec 6, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Dec 12, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Dec 17, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Dec 19, 2018 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Dec 19, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Oct 26, 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7233 | Michael F. Bennet D-CO | Nov 15, 2017 |
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.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-744 | EXAMINING THE IMPORTANCE OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR AMERICAN WORKING FAMILIES184 pages | Finance Committee | Jul 11, 2018 |
| S. Hrg. 115-702 | RURAL HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES169 pages | Finance Committee | May 24, 2018 |
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 make the child tax credit fully refundable, establish an increased child tax credit for young children, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Family Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
