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H.R. 9764 118th Congress House

Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2024

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow additional catch-up contributions for certain family caregivers.

Introduced: September 23, 2024 Introduced by: Brittany Pettersen Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 23, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 23, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 23, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2024

This bill allows qualified family caregivers to make catch-up contributions to a retirement account for up to five years. A qualified family caregiver is an unemployed or severely underemployed adult who provides 500 hours or more of in-home care, monitoring, management, supervision, or treatment of an adult with special needs or a child during one tax year and has less than 500 hours of paid employment during the same tax year. 

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 36

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Iowa · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for EMPOWER RETIREMENT LLC · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS · Missouri · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS · Missouri · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Oct 25, 2024
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Budzinski, Nikki
Illinois · Oct 11, 2024
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Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Sep 23, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9764: Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9764/
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"H.R. 9764: Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9764/.
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H.R. 9764, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9764/.
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