American Family Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 6, 2019 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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Family Act of 2019
This bill modifies 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, and (4) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of the credit on a monthly basis.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 11, 2019; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Mar 11, 2019 |
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 Mar 6, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 6, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11089 | How Would the American Family Act Change the Child Tax Credit? Archived | Insight | Mar 26, 2019 |
Also cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46460 | Fiscal Policy and Recovery from the COVID19 Recession Archived | Report | Feb 1, 2021 |
| R45971 | The Impact of the Federal Income Tax Code on Poverty | Report | Oct 19, 2020 |
| R46502 | The Child Tax Credit: Selected Legislative Proposals in the 116th Congress Archived | Report | Aug 28, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1560 | American Family Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 6, 2019 |
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- American Family Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced 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.
