HR 3247 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

Introduced May 14, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX

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Latest action · May 14, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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. IntroducedMay 14, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from reducing a taxpayer's tax refund for student loan debt to the extent that such reduction would cause the refund to be less than the sum of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-PADwight EvansOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-CAKaren BassOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-ILMarie NewmanOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-CARo KhannaOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-TXVicente GonzalezOriginalMay 14, 2021
D-WIMark PocanMay 17, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonJun 17, 2021

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred May 14, 2021
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 14, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 14, 2021Introduced in House
  2. May 14, 2021Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;'' Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 84, May 14, 2021, page H2357.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 31, United States Code, to limit the amount that the portion of a taxpayer's tax refund attributable to the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit may be reduced by reason of student loan debt.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 14, 2021Introduced in House

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