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S 2702 114th Congress Senate

ABLE to Work Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals with disabilities to save additional amounts in their ABLE accounts above the current an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals with disabilities to save additional amounts in their ABLE accounts above the current annual maximum contribution if they work and earn income.

Introduced: September 26, 2016 See on congress.gov
Taxation Bank accounts, deposits, capitalDisability and paralysisEmployee benefits and pensionsIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusion
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Mar 17, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 17, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 17, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ABLE to Work Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to ABLE accounts (tax-exempt savings accounts for persons with a disability), to allow: (1) an ABLE account beneficiary to make contributions to an ABLE account equal to the lesser of such beneficiary's compensation or an amount equal to the federal poverty line for a one-person household, and (2) a retirement savings tax credit for contributions to an ABLE account.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4795 Identical bill ABLE to Work Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 3
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 9, 2016
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 26, 2016
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 8, 2016
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Sep 6, 2016
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 11, 2016
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 27, 2016
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Apr 26, 2016
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 19, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2702: ABLE to Work Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2702/
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"S. 2702: ABLE to Work Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2702/.
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S. 2702, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2702/.
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