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H.R. 5574 111th Congress House

Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2010

Official title: To establish the National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families.

Introduced: June 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Sep 13, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 13, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to House Financial Services
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to House Agriculture
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 22, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 22, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1160)
Jun 22, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2010 - Establishes the National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families to study, report, and make recommendations on policy changes to mitigate the impact of the effective marginal tax rate and of phaseouts in federal benefits on low-income earners and their families.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 22, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5574: Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5574/
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