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Child Tax Credit Improvement Act

Introduced: February 2, 2017 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Child Tax Credit Improvement Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) allow taxpayers an increased $3,600 tax credit for each young child under the age of six (young child tax credit), subject to specified limitations based on adjusted gross income; (2) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to make advance payments of the young child tax credit; (3) modify the refundable portion of the child tax credit; and (4) require annual inflation adjustments for both the child tax credit and the young child tax credit.

What's happening now February 2, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 66
All 66 Democratic 61
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Oct 31, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 25, 2017
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Oct 12, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Oct 3, 2017
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Jul 27, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 24, 2017
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 25, 2017
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · May 23, 2017
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 23, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 19, 2017
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · May 19, 2017
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 18, 2017
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 18, 2017
Kihuen, Ruben
· May 18, 2017
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 18, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 17, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 10, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 7, 2017
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 16, 2017
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Feb 16, 2017
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 16, 2017
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 16, 2017
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Feb 14, 2017
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 14, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Feb 14, 2017
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Feb 14, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 14, 2017
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 14, 2017
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Feb 14, 2017
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2017
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 6, 2017
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 821: Child Tax Credit Improvement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-821/
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"H.R. 821: Child Tax Credit Improvement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-821/.
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H.R. 821, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-821/.
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