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S 5148 118th Congress Senate Taxation

Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act of 2024

Introduced: December 16, 2024 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Sep 24, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S6371)
Sep 24, 2024
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Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act of 2024

This bill allows qualified family caregivers to contribute up to $7,000 (in 2025) to a Roth IRA (or up to $8,000 (in 2025) for individuals who are age 50 or older). A qualified family caregiver is an unemployed or severely underemployed adult who provides 500 hours or more during one tax year of in-home care, monitoring, management, supervision, or treatment of an adult with special needs or a child.

What's happening now September 24, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S6371)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 32

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

  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS · Missouri · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for EMPOWER RETIREMENT LLC · Colorado · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Iowa · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    for ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE
    for INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Dec 16, 2024
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Sep 24, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5148: Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5148/
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"S. 5148: Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5148/.
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S. 5148, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5148/.
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