Providing for Life Act of 2023
Latest action · Jan 25, 2023 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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing for Life Act of 2023
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 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 13, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Sep 13, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jan 25, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-697 | ASSESSING 25 YEARS OF THE CHILD TAX CREDIT (1997-2022)111 pages | Finance Committee | Jul 13, 2023 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48312 | Noncitizen Eligibility for the Child Tax Credit: In Brief | Report | Dec 16, 2024 |
Related bills 13
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 35 | New Parents Act of 2023 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2023 |
| S 48 | Community Mentors for Moms Act | Related bill | Jan 24, 2023 |
| S 75 | Lifting Local Communities Act | Related bill | Jan 25, 2023 |
| S 76 | Standing with Moms Act of 2023 | Related bill | Jan 25, 2023 |
| HR 477 | Community Mentors for Moms Act | Related bill | Feb 3, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide support and assistance to unborn children, pregnant women, parents, and families.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Providing for Life Act of 2023
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.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
