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HOUSE 3247117th CongressReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

Last Action
5/14/2021

Actions

  • 2021-05-14Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2021-05-14Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2021-05-14Introduced in House
  • 2021-05-14Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2021-05-14 (00)

Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from reducing a taxpayer's tax refund for student loan debt to the extent that such reduction would cause the refund to be less than the sum of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.

Cosponsors (20)

  • ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
  • Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
  • Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
  • Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
  • Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
  • Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
  • BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
  • Marie Newman (D-IL)
  • JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
  • JOHN LARSON (D-CT)
  • Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
  • Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
  • Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
  • André Carson (D-IN)
  • Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
  • NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
  • Ro Khanna (D-CA)
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

Subjects

  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Income tax credits
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
  • Tax treatment of families
  • Wages and earnings
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