US Congress House Bill 5196 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016 This bill 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). It also amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase and extend through FY2020 the authorization of appropriations for the National Family Caregiver Support Program, and (2) require the Department 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 2016

Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2016-05-11	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2016-05-11	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2016-05-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-05-11	House	Introduced in House

SB879 (Related) 2015-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5196/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5196/BILLS-114hr5196ih.pdf