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HR 4309 114th Congress House Taxation Caribbean area Income tax credits Northern Mariana Islands Poverty and welfare assistance Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Wages and earnings

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reimburse each possession of the United States for the cost of the earned income tax credit.

Introduced: April 20, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Dec 18, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 18, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Department of the Treasury to pay to the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands amounts of the earned income tax credit paid or payable to residents for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.

What's happening now December 18, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5163 Related bill Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Apr 20, 2016
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Dec 18, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4309: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reimburse each possession of the United States for the cost of the earned income tax credit.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4309/
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"H.R. 4309: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reimburse each possession of the United States for the cost of the earned income tax credit.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4309/.
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H.R. 4309, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4309/.
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[H.R. 4309: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reimburse each possession of the United States for the cost of the earned income tax credit.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4309/)
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