Providing for Life Act
Latest action · Sep 15, 2022 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.
- IntroducedSep 15, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing for Life Act
This bill revises various programs and supports for families and children related to taxes, health, and other benefits.
First, the bill increases the child tax credit to a maximum of $3,500 per child ($4,500 per child under the age of six) and makes permanent the increased income threshold over which the credit phases out.
The bill further eliminates the federal deduction for certain state and local taxes (SALT deduction) and makes the adoption tax credit refundable.
The bill allows parents to use a portion of their Social Security benefits for up to three months of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child.
Additionally, the bill requires Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to cooperate with states in establishing child support orders. It also provides additional workforce training for noncustodial parents with child support obligations.
States must establish requirements for the biological father of a child to pay, at the mother's request, at least 50% of reasonable out-of-pocket medical expenses associated with the mother's pregnancy and delivery.
The bill requires institutions of higher education to provide students with certain information about the resources and services (excluding abortion services) available to pregnant students.
Additionally, the bill
- provides grants for community-based maternal mentoring programs and for pregnancy resource centers that do not provide abortions;
- requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publish a website with specified pregnancy-related information; and
- extends from one to two years the postpartum benefit eligibility period under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2022Introduced in Senate
- Sep 15, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 12
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1156 | Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2021 | Related bill | Apr 15, 2021 |
| S 2764 | New Parents Act of 2021 | Related bill | Sep 20, 2021 |
| HR 3031 | Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2021 | Related bill | May 7, 2021 |
| S 4277 | Pregnant Students’ Rights Act | Related bill | May 19, 2022 |
| S 4541 | Standing with Moms Act | Related bill | Jul 14, 2022 |
| S 4735 | Lifting Local Communities Act | Related bill | Aug 2, 2022 |
| S 4761 | Community Mentors for Moms Act | Related bill | Aug 3, 2022 |
| HR 5808 | New Parents Act of 2021 | Related bill | Nov 1, 2021 |
| HR 7294 | Pregnant Students’ Rights Act | Related bill | Mar 30, 2022 |
| HR 8384 | Standing with Moms Act | Related bill | Jul 14, 2022 |
| HR 8669 | Community Mentors for Moms Act | Related bill | Aug 5, 2022 |
| HR 8851 | Providing for Life Act | Identical bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Abortion
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Community life and organization
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency communications systems
- Employee leave
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Families
- Family planning and birth control
- Family relationships
- Family services
- First Amendment rights
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Higher education
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Intergovernmental relations
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Religion
- Separation, divorce, custody, support
- Sex and reproductive health
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
- State and local taxation
- Tax treatment of families
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2022Introduced in Senate
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