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Legislation Details
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'To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for adoption and to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase adoptive incentive payments.
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Congress: 109
State: Federal
Chamber: House
Bill Number: H.R. 1561
Sponsor:
Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN)
Last Sponsor Date: Apr. 27, 2006
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Official Title as Introduced: 'To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for adoption and to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase adoptive incentive payments.
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4/12/2005--Introduced.
Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000.
Amends title IV, part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act to increase: (1) levels of adoption incentive payments payable to States under the adoption assistance program; and (2) funding for adoption incentive payments for FY 2006 through 2008.
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| Sponsor/Co-sponsor(s) 30 |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) |
| Sep. 20, 2005 |
Rep. David Price (D-NC) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) |
| Sep. 20, 2005 |
Rep. Thomas Allen (D-ME) |
| Oct. 28, 2005 |
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) |
| Feb. 08, 2006 |
Rep. John Barrow (D-GA) |
| Sep. 29, 2005 |
Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) |
| Feb. 08, 2006 |
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR) |
| Feb. 08, 2006 |
Rep. James Moran (D-VA) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) |
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Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) |
| Oct. 20, 2005 |
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) |
| Sep. 20, 2005 |
Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-OH) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) |
| Oct. 20, 2005 |
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) |
| Sep. 20, 2005 |
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) |
| Sep. 20, 2005 |
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) |
| Apr. 27, 2006 |
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) |
| Feb. 08, 2006 |
Rep. Steven Rothman (D-NJ) |
| Sep. 29, 2005 |
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS) |
| Oct. 20, 2005 |
Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) |
| Mar. 01, 2006 |
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) |
| May. 19, 2005 |
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) |
| Sep. 06, 2005 |
Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) |
| Feb. 08, 2006 |
Rep. Robert Simmons (R-CT) |
| Oct. 28, 2005 |
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) |
| Apr. 12, 2005 |
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. |
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