SRES 28 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

A resolution designating January 27, 2017, as "Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day".

Introduced Jan 30, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Tammy Baldwin D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 30, 2017 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

IntroducedJan 30, 2017
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Designates January 27, 2017, as Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day. Calls on federal, state, and local agencies; community organizations; nonprofit organizations; employers; and other partners to help increase awareness about the earned income tax credit and other refundable tax credits to ensure that all eligible workers have access to the full benefits of the credits.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 30, 2017.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Jan 30, 2017
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Jan 30, 2017
D-MA	Elizabeth Warren	Original	Jan 30, 2017
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Jan 30, 2017
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen	Original	Jan 30, 2017
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jan 30, 2017
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Jan 30, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
Jan 30, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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

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Jan 30, 2017Introduced in Senate

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