US Congress Senate Bill 1371 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-2)
Status: Introduced on June 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) increase the credit and reduce the phaseout percentage for taxpayers with no qualifying children, (2) reduce from 25 to 21 the qualifying age for individuals with no children, (3) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member, and (4) repeal the denial of such credit for taxpayers with excess investment income. This bill modifies the child tax credit to: (1) increase the amount of the credit and the portion of the credit that is refundable for taxpayers with children under the age of six, and (2) require the dollar amounts of the credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2017.

Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2017

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1371/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1371/BILLS-115s1371is.pdf