US Congress Senate Bill 836 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-0)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-25 - 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 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the income threshold (from $10,000 to $3,000) for determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit, (2) eliminate the inflation adjustment to such amount, and (3) allow an annual inflation adjustment after 2012 to the $1,000 maximum credit amount and the adjusted gross income threshold amounts used to reduce the allowable amount of such credit. Modifies the earned income tax credit to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more children, (2) increase the credit for taxpayers with no qualifying children, (3) reduce from 25 to 21 the qualifying age for such credit, (4) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member, and (5) repeal the denial of such credit for taxpayers with excess investment income.

Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. William Cowan [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB2116 (Related) 2013-05-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/836/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s836/BILLS-113s836is.pdf