US Congress Senate Bill 879 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow caregivers a tax credit for up to $6,000 of the eldercare expenses incurred for their parents (or ancestors of such parents). Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase and extend funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program through FY2019, and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a public or private nonprofit entity to establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs.

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB5196 (Related) 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/879/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s879/BILLS-114s879is.pdf