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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="5254" measure-id="id118s5254" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2024-09-25" update-date="2024-10-23">
        <title>Child Care for American Families Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s5254v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2024-10-23">
            <action-date>2024-09-25</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Child Care for American Families Act&nbsp;</strong></p><p>This bill increases and revises the employer-provided child care tax credit. It increases the rate of such credit from 25% to 40% (50% for certain small businesses and 60% for child care facilities located in an eligible census track).</p><p>The bill increases the limitation on the dollar amount of the credit to $1.2 million in any taxable year and imposes a $2 million limit on the aggregate amount of child care expenditures that may be taken into account for purposes of calculating the credit.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance regarding multi-employer facilities and to establish a public awareness program to inform taxpayers about the availability of the child care credit and filing procedures for such credit.&nbsp;</p>]]></summary-text>
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