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S 1604 111th Congress Senate

Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit for eldercare expenses.

Introduced: March 10, 2010 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Taxation Adult day careAgingIncome tax credits
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 6, 2009
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 Latest action August 6, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow caregivers a tax credit for up to $6,000 of the eldercare expenses incurred for their parents (or ancestors of such parents).

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program through FY2013; and (2) establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 10, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1604: Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1604/
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"S. 1604: Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1604/.
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