Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2024
Latest action · Apr 15, 2024 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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2024
This bill allows qualified family child care providers a refundable tax credit for up to $5,000 of their qualified child care startup expenses. The bill defines qualified family child care provider as a family child care provider that (1) provides child care services for compensation and is licensed or registered under state law and satisfies state and local requirements for providing child care; (2) primarily provides child care at its primary residence; and (3) has provided child care services to not less than two children for a significant portion of a taxable year.
The bill defines qualified child care startup expenses as amounts paid to establish and operate a qualified family child care provider. This includes child care licensing fees, liability insurance, and outdoor playground equipment, among other expenditures.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2024 to Sep 6, 2024; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Original | Apr 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Apr 15, 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 Apr 15, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2024Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2024Referred 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. 170, no. 64, April 15, 2024, page H2398.
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 establish a refundable credit for qualified child care startup expenses.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2024Introduced 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.
