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US HR3632

PACE Act Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act


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Introduced
07/28/2017
In Committee
07/28/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

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.

AI Summary

This bill, the Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone (PACE) Act, amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit fully refundable, increase the credit rate, and require the credit amounts to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that can be excluded from an employee's gross income and requires this exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2018. These changes are aimed at making childcare more affordable for working families.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (48)

Kevin Yoder (R)* Mark Amodei (R),  Don Bacon (R),  Andy Barr (R),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Cheri Bustos (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Paul Cook (R),  Jim Costa (D),  Ryan Costello (R),  Charlie Crist (D),  Rodney Davis (R),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Jeff Denham (R),  Daniel Donovan (R),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),  Duncan Hunter (R),  Will Hurd (R),  Dave Joyce (R),  John Katko (R),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Leonard Lance (R),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Martha McSally (R),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Stephanie Murphy (D),  Richard Nolan (D),  Tom O'Halleran (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Bruce Poliquin (R),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Brad Schneider (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Darren Soto (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Claudia Tenney (R),  Mike Turner (R),  David Valadao (R),  David Young (R),  Lee Zeldin (R), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (on 07/28/2017)

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