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S 2816 111th Congress Senate Taxation Adoption and foster care Income tax credits Income tax exclusion

Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act

Introduced: November 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Nov 21, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11972-11973)
Nov 21, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11972)
Nov 21, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act - Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provisions of that Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the tax credit for adoption expenses in the taxable year in which such expenses are paid or incurred.

What's happening now November 21, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11972-11973)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 213 Related bill Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Feb 23, 2010
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 9, 2010
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 21, 2009
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Nov 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2816: Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2816/
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"S. 2816: Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2816/.
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S. 2816, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2816/.
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