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H.R. 6772 118th Congress House

Expanding Access to Retirement Savings for Caregivers Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the age for making catch-up contributions to retirement accounts to take into account time out of the workforce to provide dependent care services.

Introduced: December 19, 2024 Introduced by: Claudia Tenney Republican · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 13, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 13, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Access to Retirement Savings for Caregivers Act

This bill allows an individual to make annual catch-up contributions to a retirement account before reaching age 50 if the individual leaves the workforce to provide dependent care services.

Specifically, the individual must have been unemployed, and have had no earned income, as a result of providing care to (1) a dependent under the age of 13, or (2) a spouse physically or mentally incapable of self-care.

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All 4 Democratic 2
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Dec 19, 2024
Kuster, Ann
· Jan 30, 2024
Lesko, Debbie
· Dec 13, 2023
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Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Dec 13, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6772: Expanding Access to Retirement Savings for Caregivers Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6772/
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"H.R. 6772: Expanding Access to Retirement Savings for Caregivers Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6772/.
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H.R. 6772, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6772/.
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