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S 3226 112th Congress Senate Taxation Adult day care Aging Income tax credits

Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2012

Introduced: May 23, 2012 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 23, 2012
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Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2012 - 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 and extend funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program through FY2015, and (2) establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs.

What's happening now May 23, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3226: Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3226/
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"S. 3226: Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3226/.
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S. 3226, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3226/.
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