US Congress House Bill 3595 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on July 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Strong Families Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for a specified percentage (not to exceed 25%) of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on family and medical leave, (2) limit the allowable amount of such credit with respect to any employee to the product of the normal hourly wage rate of such employee for each hour (or fraction thereof) of actual services performed for the employer and the number of hours (or fraction thereof) for which family and medical leave is taken, and (3) terminate such credit five years after the enactment of this bill. The Government Accountability Office shall complete a study on the effectiveness of the tax credit for paid family and medical leave.

Strong Families Act

Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2017-07-28	House	Introduced in House

SB344 (Related) 2017-02-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1716 (Same As) 2017-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB3412 (Related) 2018-09-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3595/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3595/BILLS-115hr3595ih.pdf