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H.R. 6047 116th Congress House

Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation of the exclusion for dependent care assistance programs.

Introduced: July 6, 2020 See on congress.gov
Taxation Child care and developmentEmployee benefits and pensionsIncome tax exclusion
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Mar 2, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 2, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 2, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2020

This bill increases the limitation on the exclusion from employee gross income for employer-paid dependent care assistance from $5,000 to $10,000.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7327 Child Care for Economic Recovery Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 2
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 6, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 22, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · May 12, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 9, 2020
Hagedorn, Jim
· Mar 5, 2020
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Mar 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6047: Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6047/
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"H.R. 6047: Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6047/.
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