HR 431 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021

Introduced Jan 21, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Mike Thompson D-CA

Latest action · Jan 21, 2021 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.

IntroducedJan 21, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021

This bill allows a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer. Qualified access technology is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals.

The credit is limited to (1) costs that are not compensated by insurance or otherwise, and (2) an aggregate amount of $2,000 per blind individual in any period of three consecutive taxable years. The credit must be adjusted for inflation after 2021 and terminates after 2026.

Cosponsors 165

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2021 to Oct 25, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Jan 21, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Feb 2, 2021
R-UT	Blake D. Moore		Feb 2, 2021
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Feb 2, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Feb 2, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Feb 2, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Feb 2, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Feb 2, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Feb 2, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Feb 5, 2021
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Feb 5, 2021
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Feb 5, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Feb 24, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Feb 24, 2021
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Feb 24, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Feb 24, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Feb 24, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Feb 24, 2021
R-UT	Burgess Owens		Feb 24, 2021
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Feb 24, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Feb 24, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Feb 24, 2021
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Feb 24, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Feb 24, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow		Feb 24, 2021
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Feb 24, 2021
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Feb 24, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Feb 24, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Feb 24, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Feb 24, 2021
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Feb 24, 2021
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Feb 24, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Feb 24, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Feb 24, 2021
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Feb 24, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Feb 24, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Feb 24, 2021
R-OK	Tom Cole		Feb 24, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig		Mar 2, 2021
R-FL	Bill Posey		Mar 2, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Mar 2, 2021
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 2, 2021
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Mar 2, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Mar 2, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Mar 2, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Mar 10, 2021
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Mar 10, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Mar 10, 2021
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Mar 10, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone		Mar 10, 2021
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Mar 10, 2021
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Mar 10, 2021
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Mar 10, 2021
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Mar 10, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 10, 2021
R-MS	Michael Guest		Mar 10, 2021
R-IL	Mike Bost		Mar 10, 2021
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Mar 10, 2021
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Mar 10, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 17, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Mar 17, 2021
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Mar 17, 2021
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Mar 17, 2021
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 26, 2021
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Mar 26, 2021
R-FL	Michael Waltz		Mar 26, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Mar 26, 2021
R-AR	Steve Womack		Mar 26, 2021
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Apr 14, 2021
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Apr 14, 2021
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Apr 22, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman		May 7, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		May 18, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price		May 18, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 18, 2021
R-NY	John Katko		May 18, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley		May 18, 2021
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 18, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		May 18, 2021
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		May 18, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jun 1, 2021
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Jun 1, 2021
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jun 1, 2021
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jun 14, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jun 14, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jun 14, 2021
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn		Jun 14, 2021
R-FL	Scott Franklin		Jun 14, 2021
D-IN	André Carson		Jun 16, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Jun 16, 2021
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jun 16, 2021
R-PA	Fred Keller		Jun 16, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Jun 22, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jun 22, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jun 22, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jul 6, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Jul 6, 2021
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Jul 6, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Jul 6, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Jul 27, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jul 27, 2021
R-MI	Peter Meijer		Jul 27, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Aug 23, 2021
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Aug 23, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Aug 23, 2021
R-CA	Mike Garcia		Aug 23, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Sep 20, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus		Sep 20, 2021
D-HI	Ed Case		Sep 20, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Sep 20, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Sep 28, 2021
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Dec 8, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Dec 8, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Feb 2, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten		Feb 2, 2022
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Feb 11, 2022
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Feb 11, 2022
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Feb 11, 2022
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Feb 11, 2022
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Feb 11, 2022
R-NE	Don Bacon		Feb 11, 2022
D-CA	Jim Costa		Feb 11, 2022
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Feb 11, 2022
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Feb 11, 2022
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Feb 11, 2022
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Feb 11, 2022
D-WI	Ron Kind		Feb 11, 2022
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Feb 25, 2022
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Feb 25, 2022
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Feb 25, 2022
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Feb 25, 2022
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Mar 2, 2022
D-IL	Bill Foster		Mar 2, 2022
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Mar 2, 2022
D-CA	Josh Harder		Mar 2, 2022
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Mar 2, 2022
D-CA	Judy Chu		Mar 2, 2022
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Mar 2, 2022
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Mar 2, 2022
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 28, 2022
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Mar 30, 2022
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Mar 30, 2022
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Mar 30, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Mar 30, 2022
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Mar 30, 2022
D-TN	Jim Cooper		May 3, 2022
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		May 3, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips		May 24, 2022
R-TX	Lance Gooden		May 24, 2022
D-GA	Nikema Williams		May 24, 2022
D-MO	Cori Bush		Jun 21, 2022
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Jun 21, 2022
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Jul 12, 2022
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Aug 9, 2022
D-FL	Darren Soto		Sep 2, 2022
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Sep 2, 2022
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Sep 2, 2022
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Oct 4, 2022
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Oct 25, 2022

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 Jan 21, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
Jan 21, 2021Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 12, January 21, 2021, page H226.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 212	Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021	Related bill	Feb 3, 2021
HR 2086	Access Technology Affordability Act of 2019	Reintroduction of	Apr 4, 2019

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House

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