PACE Act
Latest action · Mar 12, 2019 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.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act
This bill modifies the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) to (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2019.
The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2020.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2019 to Oct 8, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Original | Mar 12, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 2, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | May 3, 2019 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-UT | Ben McAdams | May 14, 2019 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | May 14, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | May 22, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Oct 8, 2019 |
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 Mar 12, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 44, March 12, 2019, page H2681.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 749 | PACE Act | Identical bill | Mar 12, 2019 |
Titles 3
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 and make fully refundable the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, to increase the maximum amount excludable from gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PACE Act
- Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2019Introduced 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.
