US HB902 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 67-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-11 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the earned income tax credit, to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more qualifying children and the reduction in the amount of the marriage penalty for such credit; (2) allow such credit for an individual with no qualifying children who has attained the age of 21 but not 25 and is not a full-time student, and whose qualifying children do not have valid social security numbers; (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.

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Title

Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2015

Sponsors

Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-11HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-02-11HouseIntroduced in House

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