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H.R. 3632 115th Congress House

PACE Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit fully refundable, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 15, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Child care and developmentEmployee benefits and pensionsIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionInflation and prices
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Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 28, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit), to: (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2017.

The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2018.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 47
All 47 Democratic 11 Republican 10
McNerney, Jerry
· Apr 24, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Dec 15, 2017
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Dec 15, 2017
Blumenauer, Earl
· Nov 30, 2017
Lowenthal, Alan
· Nov 8, 2017
NOLAN, RICHARD
· Nov 8, 2017
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Nov 1, 2017
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Nov 1, 2017
Bustos, Cheri
· Oct 31, 2017
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Oct 31, 2017
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Oct 27, 2017
Crist, Charlie
· Oct 27, 2017
Cook, Paul
· Oct 25, 2017
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Oct 25, 2017
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 25, 2017
Young, David
· Oct 25, 2017
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Oct 24, 2017
Poliquin, Bruce
· Oct 24, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 11, 2017
Hurd, Will
· Oct 6, 2017
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Oct 6, 2017
Kilmer, Derek
· Oct 4, 2017
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Oct 4, 2017
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Oct 4, 2017
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 3, 2017
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Sep 28, 2017
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Sep 27, 2017
McSally, Martha
· Sep 27, 2017
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Sep 18, 2017
Costello, Ryan
· Sep 18, 2017
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 18, 2017
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Sep 18, 2017
Hunter, Duncan
· Sep 18, 2017
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Sep 18, 2017
Katko, John
· Sep 18, 2017
Lance, Leonard
· Sep 18, 2017
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Sep 18, 2017
Zeldin, Lee
· Sep 18, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Sep 14, 2017
Davis, Rodney
· Sep 13, 2017
Denham, Jeff
· Sep 13, 2017
Donovan, Daniel
· Sep 13, 2017
O'Halleran, Tom
· Sep 13, 2017
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Sep 13, 2017
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 13, 2017
Murphy, Stephanie
· Jul 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3632: PACE Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3632/
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H.R. 3632, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3632/.
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