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HR 2714 117th Congress House Taxation Child care and development Employee benefits and pensions Games and hobbies Income tax exclusion

Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2021

Introduced: May 12, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Apr 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2021 or the WFCA Act of 2021

This bill allows certain additional expenses in a dependent care flexible spending arrangement (FSA), specifically qualified sports, tutoring, and music or art expenses. It also increases the eligibility age for dependent care benefits to 15, allows a carry forward of unused benefits to the next plan year, and increases to $15,000 the maximum amount of dependent care benefits excludible from employee gross income.

What's happening now April 20, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2121 Related bill Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2021
  • S 897 Related bill Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2021
  • HR 9514 Related bill WFCA Act of 2022
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 5
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Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · May 27, 2022
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Sep 10, 2021
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Sep 7, 2021
Rice, Tom
· May 12, 2021
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Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Apr 20, 2021
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Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Apr 20, 2021
Reed, Tom
· Apr 20, 2021
Wenstrup, Brad
· Apr 20, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2714: Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2714/
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"H.R. 2714: Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2714/.
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H.R. 2714, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2714/.
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