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HR 5196 114th Congress House

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016

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

Introduced: May 11, 2016 See on congress.gov
Taxation Adult day careAgingIncome tax credits
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Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
May 11, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
May 11, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016

This bill 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).

It also amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase and extend through FY2020 the authorization of appropriations for the National Family Caregiver Support Program, and (2) require the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a public or private nonprofit entity to establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 879 Related bill Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Peters, Scott H.
California · May 11, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5196: Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5196/
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"H.R. 5196: Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5196/.
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