Bill Text: MI HR0153 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to extend the expanded federal Child Tax Credit enacted under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-14 - Referred To Committee On Tax Policy [HR0153 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HR0153-Introduced.html
house resolution no.153
Reps. Shannon, Hood, Sowerby, Haadsma, Coleman, Sabo, Aiyash and Tyrone Carter offered the following resolution:
Whereas, The federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) provides significant support to American families. The credit provides resources for working families that lift children out of poverty and expand the opportunities available to them; and
Whereas, The American Rescue Plan Act significantly raised the credit amount, made the credit fully refundable, and expanded eligibility to families earning less than $2,500 per year; and
Whereas, These changes have been estimated to reduce child poverty by more than 40 percent. The cascading and transformative impact that this will have on these children, their families, and our country is incalculable; and
Whereas, The American Rescue Plan Act's Child Tax Credit provisions are set to expire after 2021. Allowing the expiration of this historic expansion would be a historic failure, plunging millions of children back into poverty. President Joe Biden and members of Congress have already proposed extending the provisions; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we urge the Congress of the United States to extend the expanded federal Child Tax Credit enacted under the American Rescue Plan Act; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States Senate, and the members of the Michigan congressional delegation.
