3.0.0 2203 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z Senate S 2015-10-22 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-22T21:07:50Z Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015 114 3552 HR 2015-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Earned Income Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Act of 2015 114 3553 HR 2015-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2015 114 4213 HR 2015-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Recovery Act of 2016 114 2675 S 2016-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1465-1466) Related bill CRS Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction Act 114 3044 S 2016-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2015-10-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-10-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-10-22 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-10-22 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-10-22 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-10-22 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-10-22 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2015-10-22 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-10-22 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-10-29 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2015-12-02 False Taxation Caribbean area Income tax credits Income tax exclusion Poverty and welfare assistance Puerto Rico Tax treatment of families Wages and earnings Taxation 00 2015-10-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-08T19:51:55Z Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make citizens of Puerto Rico eligible for the federal earned income tax credit and allow them to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit on the same basis as U.S. taxpayers.

]]> Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015 Display Title Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit and to provide equitable treatment for residents of Puerto Rico with respect to the refundable portion of the child tax credit. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2203is/xml/BILLS-114s2203is.xml 2015-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.