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Providing for Life Act of 2023

Introduced: January 25, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Providing for Life Act of 2023

This bill revises various programs and supports for families and children related to taxes, health, and other benefits.

First, the bill increases the child tax credit to a maximum of $3,500 per child ($4,500 per child under the age of six) and makes permanent the increased income threshold over which the credit phases out.

The bill further eliminates the federal deduction for certain state and local taxes (SALT deduction) and makes the adoption tax credit refundable.

The bill allows parents to use a portion of their Social Security benefits for up to three months of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child.

Additionally, the bill requires Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to cooperate with states in establishing child support orders. It also provides additional workforce training for noncustodial parents with child support obligations.

States must establish requirements for the biological father of a child to pay, at the mother's request, at least 50% of reasonable out-of-pocket medical expenses associated with the mother's pregnancy and delivery.

The bill requires institutions of higher education to provide students with certain information about the resources and services (excluding abortion services) available to pregnant students.

Additionally, the bill

  • provides grants for community-based maternal mentoring programs and for pregnancy resource centers that do not provide abortions;
  • requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publish a website with specified pregnancy-related information; and
  • extends from one to two years the postpartum benefit eligibility period under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
What's happening now January 25, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  • S 35 Related bill New Parents Act of 2023
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  • HR 517 Related bill Standing with Moms Act
  • S 75 Related bill Lifting Local Communities Act
  • S 76 Related bill Standing with Moms Act of 2023
  • HR 3662 Related bill Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2023
  • S 2895 Related bill Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2023
  • S 2974 Related bill Pregnant Students’ Rights Act of 2023
  • HR 6755 Related bill Supporting Healthy Pregnancy Act
  • S 3485 Related bill Supporting Healthy Pregnancy Act of 2023
  • HR 4789 Identical bill Providing for Life Act of 2023
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Sep 13, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 74: Providing for Life Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-74/
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"S. 74: Providing for Life Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-74/.
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S. 74, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-74/.
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