WRCR Act of 2023
Latest action · Mar 8, 2023 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 8, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act of 2023 or the WRCR Act of 2023
This bill modifies the earned income tax credit to (1) make the credit available to certain students, (2) modify the age requirement for the credit, (3) include care-giving and learning as compensated work for purposes of the credit, (4) revise the definition of qualifying dependents eligible for the credit, (5) increase the credit for certain unmarried individuals with two or more qualifying children, and (6) require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a program for making direct advance monthly payments of the credit to eligible taxpayers.
The bill directs the IRS to establish a program to educate taxpayers about the availability of the earned income tax credit and the advance monthly payments of such credit.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2023 to Jan 12, 2024; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Mar 8, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 9, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Mar 21, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | May 10, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Oct 26, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 30, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jan 12, 2024 |
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 8, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 44, March 8, 2023, page H1208.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4665 | WRCR Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Jul 22, 2021 |
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 expand and improve the earned income tax credit.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- WRCR Act of 2023
- Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2023Introduced 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.
