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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)][House][Pages H638-H639]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. TENNEY:H.R. 7360.[[Page H639]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:This bill would enhance the Child and Dependent Care TaxCredit and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts to makeboth policies more generous and index them to inflation.</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act </b></p> <p>This bill modifies the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) to (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation. </p> <p>The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make fully refundable the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, to increase the maximum amount excludable from gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance, and for other purposes.</title>
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