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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4372.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Working Families Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit up to $500 of unused dependent care benefits in a dependent care flexible spending plan or arrangement to be carried forward to the next year of such plan or arrangement without affecting its status as a tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plan.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Working Families Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit up to $500 of unused dependent care benefits in a dependent care flexible spending plan or arrangement to be carried forward to the next year of such plan or arrangement without affecting its status as a tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plan.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the carryforward of $500 of unused benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements for dependent care assistance.</title>
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