3.0.0 2649 2022-02-09T03:26:25Z 2022-02-09T03:26:25Z House HR 2019-05-09 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 77 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PASCRELL:H.R. 2649.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H3681]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-09T14:01:25Z 2019-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2019-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 N B001292 Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] Donald Beyer D VA S. 8 2019-05-09 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2019-05-09 True H001038 Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] Brian Higgins D NY 26 2019-05-09 True S001200 Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] Darren Soto D FL 9 2019-05-09 True W000822 Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ 12 2019-05-09 True V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 7 2019-05-09 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2019-05-09 True G000582 Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon R PR 0 2019-05-09 True O000172 Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D NY 14 2019-05-15 False D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 2019-05-22 False Taxation Caribbean area Income tax credits Inflation and prices Poverty and welfare assistance Puerto Rico State and local finance U.S. territories and protectorates Wages and earnings Taxation 00 2019-05-09 Introduced in House 2020-05-26T14:14:20Z Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to make specified annual federal matching payments to Puerto Rico for expanding its earned income tax credit as specified in the bill.

After the tax credit is expanded, Treasury must also provide a one-time grant to Puerto Rico for taxpayer education efforts relating to the earned income tax credit, including education of paid tax preparers.

The bill also provides appropriations to carry out the programs established by this bill.

]]> Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2019 Display Title Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To provide for a Federal match for earned income credit expansion for Puerto Rico. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Tax Equity and Prosperity for Puerto Rican Families Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2649ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2649ih.xml 2019-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 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.