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S 818 115th Congress Senate Taxation Bank accounts, deposits, capital Disability and paralysis Employee benefits and pensions Income tax credits Income tax exclusion

ABLE to Work Act of 2017

Introduced: April 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Apr 4, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 4, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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ABLE to Work Act of 2017

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 additional 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.

What's happening now April 4, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1 Related bill An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fisc…
  • HR 1896 Identical bill ABLE to Work Act of 2017
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6 Republican 6
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Feb 26, 2018
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jan 29, 2018
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Dec 14, 2017
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Nov 6, 2017
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Nov 6, 2017
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Oct 26, 2017
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 5, 2017
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Oct 5, 2017
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 5, 2017
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Apr 6, 2017
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 4, 2017
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Apr 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 818: ABLE to Work Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-818/
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"S. 818: ABLE to Work Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-818/.
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