US Congress Senate Bill 208 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

PACE Act Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit), to: (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2018.

PACE Act Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act

Sen. Angus King [I-ME]

Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]

Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]

Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB782 (Related) 2017-02-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB2238 (Related) 2017-04-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB3632 (Same As) 2017-07-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/208/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s208/BILLS-115s208is.pdf