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HR 1894 108th Congress House Taxation Administrative procedure Congress Congressional-executive relations Department of the Treasury Earned income tax credit Government Operations and Politics Income tax Law Legislation Social Welfare Tax administration Tax refunds Taxpayers Welfare eligibility

To prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit.

Introduced: April 30, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 30, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
States that the Internal Revenue Service shall not implement any system of earned income tax credit precertification for taxpayers who have not made prior improper claims unless such a system is specifically authorized by law.
What's happening now April 30, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 19, 2003
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 30, 2003
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 30, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1894: To prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1894/
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"H.R. 1894: To prohibit the implementation of discriminatory precertification requirements for the earned income tax credit.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1894/.
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H.R. 1894, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1894/.
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