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S 879 114th Congress Senate

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015

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

Introduced: March 26, 2015 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Taxation Adult day careAgingIncome tax credits
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 26, 2015
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 Latest action March 26, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015

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 FY2019, and (2) require the Secretary 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
  • HR 5196 Related bill Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 879: Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-879/
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"S. 879: Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-879/.
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