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S 686 114th Congress Senate Taxation Border security and unlawful immigration Foreign labor Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Income tax credits Marriage and family status Poverty and welfare assistance Social security and elderly assistance Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax treatment of families Wages and earnings

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a limitation on certain aliens from claiming the earned income tax credit.

Introduced: March 10, 2015 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1386-1387)
Mar 10, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the earned income tax credit to an alien who has been granted deferred action from removal in any taxable year in which such alien was not lawfully present in the United States or not authorized to work. The bill requires the Commissioner of Social Security to provide the Internal Revenue Service with information on social security account numbers granted to aliens under the deferred action from removal program.

What's happening now March 10, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1386-1387)

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 7
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Mar 18, 2015
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 10, 2015
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 10, 2015
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 10, 2015
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Johnson, Ron
Wisconsin · Mar 10, 2015
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Mar 10, 2015
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Mar 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 686: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a limitation on certain aliens from claiming the earned income tax credit.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-686/
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