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Childhood Adoption Act of 2005

Introduced: April 12, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 12, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 12, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 12, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 28, 2005
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Oct 20, 2005
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Sep 20, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1561: Childhood Adoption Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1561/
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"H.R. 1561: Childhood Adoption Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1561/.
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H.R. 1561, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1561/.
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