HR 1561
109th Congress
House
Families
Adoption
Authorization
Child welfare
Cost of living adjustments
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax refunds
Taxation
Childhood Adoption Act of 2005
Introduced: April 12, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 12, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 12, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000.
Amends title IV, part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act to increase: (1) levels of adoption incentive payments payable to States under the adoption assistance program; and (2) funding for adoption incentive payments for FY 2006 through 2008.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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