[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1234 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1234

 To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development 
                   Accounts, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2009

Mr. Pitts (for himself and Mr. Brady of Texas) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development 
                   Accounts, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Savings for Working Families Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to provide for the establishment of 
individual development account programs that will--
            (1) provide individuals and families with limited means an 
        opportunity to accumulate assets and to enter the financial 
        mainstream,
            (2) promote education, homeownership, and the development 
        of small businesses,
            (3) stabilize families and build communities, and
            (4) support continued United States economic expansion.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Eligible individual.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``eligible individual'' 
                means, with respect to any taxable year, an individual 
                who--
                            (i) has attained the age of 18 but not the 
                        age of 61 as of the last day of such taxable 
                        year,
                            (ii) is a citizen or lawful permanent 
                        resident (within the meaning of section 
                        7701(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                        1986) of the United States as of the last day 
                        of such taxable year,
                            (iii) was not a student (as defined in 
                        section 151(c)(4) of such Code) for the 
                        immediately preceding taxable year,
                            (iv) is not an individual with respect to 
                        whom a deduction under section 151 of such Code 
                        is allowable to another taxpayer for a taxable 
                        year of the other taxpayer ending during the 
                        immediately preceding taxable year of the 
                        individual,
                            (v) is not a taxpayer described in 
                        subsection (c), (d), or (e) of section 6402 of 
                        such Code for the immediately preceding taxable 
                        year,
                            (vi) is not a taxpayer described in section 
                        1(d) of such Code for the immediately preceding 
                        taxable year, and
                            (vii) is a taxpayer the modified adjusted 
                        gross income of whom for the immediately 
                        preceding taxable year does not exceed--
                                    (I) $20,000, in the case of a 
                                taxpayer described in section 1(c) of 
                                such Code,
                                    (II) $30,000, in the case of a 
                                taxpayer described in section 1(b) of 
                                such Code, and
                                    (III) $40,000, in the case of a 
                                taxpayer described in section 1(a) of 
                                such Code.
                    (B) Inflation adjustment.--
                            (i) In general.--In the case of any taxable 
                        year beginning after 2010, each dollar amount 
                        referred to in subparagraph (A)(vii) shall be 
                        increased by an amount equal to--
                                    (I) such dollar amount, multiplied 
                                by
                                    (II) the cost-of-living adjustment 
                                determined under section (1)(f)(3) of 
                                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
                                the calendar year in which the taxable 
                                year begins, by substituting ``2009'' 
                                for ``1992''.
                            (ii) Rounding.--If any amount as adjusted 
                        under clause (i) is not a multiple of $50, such 
                        amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple 
                        of $50.
                    (C) Modified adjusted gross income.--For purposes 
                of subparagraph (A)(v), the term ``modified adjusted 
                gross income'' means adjusted gross income--
                            (i) determined without regard to sections 
                        86, 893, 911, 931, and 933 of the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986, and
                            (ii) increased by the amount of interest 
                        received or accrued by the taxpayer during the 
                        taxable year which is exempt from tax.
            (2) Individual development account.--The term ``Individual 
        Development Account'' means an account established for an 
        eligible individual as part of a qualified individual 
        development account program, but only if the written governing 
        instrument creating the account meets the following 
        requirements:
                    (A) The owner of the account is the individual for 
                whom the account was established.
                    (B) No contribution will be accepted unless it is 
                in cash, and, except in the case of any qualified 
                rollover, contributions will not be accepted for the 
                taxable year in excess of $1,500 on behalf of any 
                individual.
                    (C) The trustee of the account is a qualified 
                financial institution.
                    (D) The assets of the account will not be 
                commingled with other property except in a common trust 
                fund or common investment fund.
                    (E) Except as provided in section 7(b), any amount 
                in the account may be paid out only for the purpose of 
                paying the qualified expenses of the account owner.
            (3) Parallel account.--The term ``parallel account'' means 
        a separate, parallel individual or pooled account for all 
        matching funds and earnings dedicated to an Individual 
        Development Account owner as part of a qualified individual 
        development account program, the trustee of which is a 
        qualified financial institution.
            (4) Qualified financial institution.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``qualified financial 
                institution'' means any person authorized to be a 
                trustee of any individual retirement account under 
                section 408(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                    (B) Rule of construction.--
                            (i) In general.--Nothing in this paragraph 
                        shall be construed as preventing a person 
                        described in subparagraph (A) from 
                        collaborating with 1 or more qualified 
                        nonprofit organizations or Indian tribes to 
                        carry out an individual development account 
                        program established under section 4.
                            (ii) Qualified nonprofit organization.--The 
                        term ``qualified nonprofit organization'' 
                        means--
                                    (I) any organization described in 
                                section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
                                Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
                                taxation under section 501(a) of such 
                                Code,
                                    (II) any community development 
                                financial institution certified by the 
                                Community Development Financial 
                                Institution Fund,
                                    (III) any credit union chartered 
                                under Federal or State law, or
                                    (IV) any public housing agency as 
                                defined in section 3(b)(6) of the 
                                United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
                                U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)).
                            (iii) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian 
                        tribe'' means any Indian tribe as defined in 
                        section 4(12) of the Native American Housing 
                        Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
                        (25 U.S.C. 4103(12)), and includes any tribally 
                        designated housing entity (as defined in 
                        section 4(21)) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 
                        4103(21)), tribal subsidiary, subdivision, or 
                        other wholly owned tribal entity.
            (5) Qualified individual development account program.--The 
        term ``qualified individual development account program'' means 
        a program established upon approval of the Secretary under 
        section 4 after December 31, 2009, under which--
                    (A) Individual Development Accounts and parallel 
                accounts are held in trust by a qualified financial 
                institution, and
                    (B) additional activities determined by the 
                Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
                and Human Services, as necessary to responsibly develop 
                and administer accounts, including recruiting, 
                providing financial education and other training to 
                Account owners, and regular program monitoring, are 
                carried out by the qualified financial institution.
            (6) Qualified expense distribution.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``qualified expense 
                distribution'' means any amount paid (including through 
                electronic payments) or distributed out of an 
                Individual Development Account or a parallel account 
                established for an eligible individual if such amount--
                            (i) is used exclusively to pay the 
                        qualified expenses of the Individual 
                        Development Account owner or such owner's 
                        spouse or dependents,
                            (ii) is paid by the qualified financial 
                        institution--
                                    (I) except as otherwise provided in 
                                this clause, directly to the unrelated 
                                third party to whom the amount is due,
                                    (II) in the case of any qualified 
                                rollover, directly to another 
                                Individual Development Account and 
                                parallel account, or
                                    (III) in the case of a qualified 
                                final distribution, directly to the 
                                spouse, dependent, or other named 
                                beneficiary of the deceased Account 
                                owner, and
                            (iii) is paid after the Account owner has 
                        completed a financial education course if 
                        required under section 5(b).
                    (B) Qualified expenses.--
                            (i) In general.--The term ``qualified 
                        expenses'' means any of the following expenses 
                        approved by the qualified financial 
                        institution:
                                    (I) Qualified higher education 
                                expenses.
                                    (II) Qualified first-time homebuyer 
                                costs.
                                    (III) Qualified business 
                                capitalization or expansion costs.
                                    (IV) Qualified rollovers.
                                    (V) Qualified final distribution.
                            (ii) Qualified higher education expenses.--
                                    (I) In general.--The term 
                                ``qualified higher education expenses'' 
                                has the meaning given such term by 
                                section 529(e)(3) of the Internal 
                                Revenue Code of 1986, determined by 
                                treating the Account owner, the owner's 
                                spouse, or one or more of the owner's 
                                dependents as a designated beneficiary, 
                                and reduced as provided in section 
                                25A(g)(2) of such Code.
                                    (II) Coordination with other 
                                benefits.--The amount of expenses which 
                                may be taken into account for purposes 
                                of section 135, 529, or 530 of such 
                                Code for any taxable year shall be 
                                reduced by the amount of any qualified 
                                higher education expenses taken into 
                                account as qualified expense 
                                distributions during such taxable year.
                            (iii) Qualified first-time homebuyer 
                        costs.--The term ``qualified first-time 
                        homebuyer costs'' means qualified acquisition 
                        costs (as defined in section 72(t)(8)(C) of the 
                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986) with respect to 
                        a principal residence (within the meaning of 
                        section 121 of such Code) for a qualified 
                        first-time homebuyer (as defined in section 
                        72(t)(8)(D)(i) of such Code).
                            (iv) Qualified business capitalization or 
                        expansion costs.--
                                    (I) In general.--The term 
                                ``qualified business capitalization or 
                                expansion costs'' means qualified 
                                expenditures for the capitalization or 
                                expansion of a qualified business 
                                pursuant to a qualified business plan.
                                    (II) Qualified expenditures.--The 
                                term ``qualified expenditures'' means 
                                expenditures normally associated with 
                                starting or expanding a business and 
                                included in a qualified business plan, 
                                including costs for capital, plant, and 
                                equipment, inventory expenses, and 
                                attorney and accounting fees.
                                    (III) Qualified business.--The term 
                                ``qualified business'' means any 
                                business that does not contravene any 
                                law.
                                    (IV) Qualified business plan.--The 
                                term ``qualified business plan'' means 
                                a business plan which has been approved 
                                by the qualified financial institution 
                                and which meets such requirements as 
                                the Secretary may specify.
                            (v) Qualified rollovers.--The term 
                        ``qualified rollover'' means the complete 
                        distribution of the amounts in an Individual 
                        Development Account and parallel account to 
                        another Individual Development Account and 
                        parallel account established in another 
                        qualified financial institution for the benefit 
                        of the Account owner.
                            (vi) Qualified final distribution.--The 
                        term ``qualified final distribution'' means, in 
                        the case of a deceased Account owner, the 
                        complete distribution of the amounts in the 
                        Individual Development Account and parallel 
                        account directly to the spouse, any dependent, 
                        or other named beneficiary of the deceased.
            (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Treasury.

SEC. 4. STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL 
              DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Establishment of Qualified Individual Development Account 
Programs.--Any qualified financial institution may apply to the 
Secretary for approval to establish 1 or more qualified individual 
development account programs which meet the requirements of this Act.
    (b) Basic Program Structure.--
            (1) In general.--All qualified individual development 
        account programs shall consist of the following 2 components 
        for each participant:
                    (A) An Individual Development Account to which an 
                eligible individual may contribute cash in accordance 
                with section 5.
                    (B) A parallel account to which all matching funds 
                shall be deposited in accordance with section 6.
            (2) Tailored ida programs.--A qualified financial 
        institution may tailor its qualified individual development 
        account program to allow matching funds to be spent on 1 or 
        more of the categories of qualified expenses.
    (c) Coordination With Public Housing Agency Individual Savings 
Accounts.--Section 3(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(e)(2)) is amended by inserting ``or in any Individual 
Development Account established under the Savings for Working Families 
Act of 2009'' after ``subsection''.
    (d) Tax Treatment of Parallel Accounts.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986 (relating to miscellaneous provisions) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 7529. TAX INCENTIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PARALLEL 
              ACCOUNTS.

    ``For purposes of this title--
            ``(1) any account described in section 4(b)(1)(B) of the 
        Savings for Working Families Act of 2009 shall be exempt from 
        taxation,
            ``(2) except as provided in section 45G, no item of income, 
        expense, basis, gain, or loss with respect to such an account 
        may be taken into account, and
            ``(3) any amount withdrawn from such an account shall not 
        be includible in gross income.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The table of sections for 
        chapter 77 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 7529. Tax incentives for individual development parallel 
                            accounts.''.
    (e) Coordination of Certain Expenses.--Section 25A(g)(2) of such 
Code is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C), by 
striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting ``, 
and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) a qualified expense distribution with respect 
                to qualified higher education expenses from an 
                Individual Development Account or a parallel account 
                under section 7(a) of the Savings for Working Families 
                Act of 2009.''.

SEC. 5. PROCEDURES FOR OPENING AND MAINTAINING AN INDIVIDUAL 
              DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT AND QUALIFYING FOR MATCHING FUNDS.

    (a) Opening an Account.--An eligible individual may open an 
Individual Development Account with a qualified financial institution 
upon certification that such individual has never maintained any other 
Individual Development Account (other than an Individual Development 
Account to be terminated by a qualified rollover).
    (b) Required Completion of Financial Education Course.--
            (1) In general.--Before becoming eligible to withdraw funds 
        to pay for qualified expenses, owners of Individual Development 
        Accounts must complete 1 or more financial education courses 
        specified in the qualified individual development account 
        program.
            (2) Standard and applicability of course.--The Secretary, 
        in consultation with representatives of qualified individual 
        development account programs and financial educators, shall not 
        later than January 1, 2010, establish minimum quality standards 
        for the contents of financial education courses and providers 
        of such courses described in paragraph (1) and a protocol to 
        exempt individuals from the requirement under paragraph (1) in 
        the case of hardship, lack of need, the attainment of age 65, 
        or a qualified final distribution.
    (c) Proof of Status as an Eligible Individual.--Federal income tax 
forms for the immediately preceding taxable year and any other evidence 
of eligibility which may be required by a qualified financial 
institution shall be presented to such institution at the time of the 
establishment of the Individual Development Account and in any taxable 
year in which contributions are made to the Account to qualify for 
matching funds under section 6(b)(1)(A).
    (d) Special Rule in the Case of Married Individuals.--For purposes 
of this Act, if, with respect to any taxable year, 2 married 
individuals file a Federal joint income tax return, then not more than 
1 of such individuals may be treated as an eligible individual with 
respect to the succeeding taxable year.

SEC. 6. DEPOSITS BY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Parallel Accounts.--The qualified financial institution shall 
deposit all matching funds for each Individual Development Account into 
a parallel account at a qualified financial institution.
    (b) Regular Deposits of Matching Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the qualified 
        financial institution shall deposit into the parallel account 
        with respect to each eligible individual the following amounts:
                    (A) A dollar-for-dollar match for the first $500 
                contributed by the eligible individual into an 
                Individual Development Account with respect to any 
                taxable year of such individual.
                    (B) Any matching funds provided by State, local, or 
                private sources in accordance with the matching ratio 
                set by those sources.
            (2) Timing of deposits.--A deposit of the amounts described 
        in paragraph (1) shall be made into a parallel account--
                    (A) in the case of amounts described in paragraph 
                (1)(A), not later than 30 days after the end of the 
                calendar quarter during which the contribution 
                described in such paragraph was made, and
                    (B) in the case of amounts described in paragraph 
                (1)(B), not later than 2 business days after such 
                amounts were provided.
            (3) Cross reference.--For allowance of tax credit for 
        Individual Development Account subsidies, including matching 
        funds, see section 45R of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (c) Deposit of Matching Funds Into Individual Development Account 
of Individual Who Has Attained Age 65.--In the case of an Individual 
Development Account owner who attains the age of 65, the qualified 
financial institution shall deposit the funds in the parallel account 
with respect to such individual into the Individual Development Account 
of such individual on the later of--
            (1) the day which is the 1-year anniversary of the deposit 
        of such funds in the parallel account, or
            (2) the first business day of the taxable year of such 
        individual following the taxable year in which such individual 
        attained age 65.
    (d) Uniform Accounting Regulations.--To ensure proper recordkeeping 
and determination of the tax credit under section 45R of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations with 
respect to accounting for matching funds in the parallel accounts.
    (e) Regular Reporting of Accounts.--Any qualified financial 
institution shall report the balances in any Individual Development 
Account and parallel account of an individual on not less than an 
annual basis to such individual.

SEC. 7. WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES.

    (a) Withdrawals for Qualified Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--An Individual Development Account owner 
        may withdraw funds in order to pay qualified expense 
        distributions from such individual's--
                    (A) Individual Development Account, but only from 
                funds which have been on deposit in such Account for at 
                least 1 year, and
                    (B) parallel account, but only--
                            (i) from matching funds which have been on 
                        deposit in such parallel account for at least 1 
                        year,
                            (ii) from earnings in such parallel 
                        account, after all matching funds described in 
                        clause (i) have been withdrawn, and
                            (iii) to the extent such withdrawal does 
                        not result in a remaining balance in such 
                        parallel account which is less than the 
                        remaining balance in the Individual Development 
                        Account after such withdrawal.
            (2) Procedure.--Upon receipt of a withdrawal request which 
        meets the requirements of paragraph (1), the qualified 
        financial institution shall directly transfer the funds 
        electronically to the distributees described in section 
        3(6)(A)(ii). If a distributee is not equipped to receive funds 
        electronically, the qualified financial institution may issue 
        such funds by paper check to the distributee.
    (b) Withdrawals for Nonqualified Expenses.--An Individual 
Development Account owner may withdraw any amount of funds from the 
Individual Development Account for purposes other than to pay qualified 
expense distributions, but if, after such withdrawal, the amount in the 
parallel account of such owner (excluding earnings on matching funds) 
exceeds the amount remaining in such Individual Development Account, 
then such owner shall forfeit from the parallel account the lesser of 
such excess or the amount withdrawn.
    (c) Withdrawals From Accounts of Noneligible Individuals.--If the 
individual for whose benefit an Individual Development Account is 
established ceases to be an eligible individual, such account shall 
remain an Individual Development Account, but such individual shall not 
be eligible for any further matching funds under section 6(b)(1)(A) for 
contributions which are made to the Account during any taxable year 
when such individual is not an eligible individual.
    (d) Effect of Pledging Account as Security.--If, during any taxable 
year of the individual for whose benefit an Individual Development 
Account is established, that individual uses the Account, the 
individual's parallel account, or any portion thereof as security for a 
loan, the portion so used shall be treated as a withdrawal of such 
portion from the Individual Development Account for purposes other than 
to pay qualified expenses.

SEC. 8. CERTIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL 
              DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Certification Procedures.--Upon establishing a qualified 
individual development account program under section 4, a qualified 
financial institution shall certify to the Secretary at such time and 
in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary and accompanied by 
any documentation required by the Secretary, that--
            (1) the accounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
        section 4(b)(1) are operating pursuant to all the provisions of 
        this Act, and
            (2) the qualified financial institution agrees to implement 
        an information system necessary to monitor the cost and 
        outcomes of the qualified individual development account 
        program.
    (b) Authority To Terminate Qualified IDA Program.--If the Secretary 
determines that a qualified financial institution under this Act is not 
operating a qualified individual development account program in 
accordance with the requirements of this Act (and has not implemented 
any corrective recommendations directed by the Secretary), the 
Secretary shall terminate such institution's authority to conduct the 
program. If the Secretary is unable to identify a qualified financial 
institution to assume the authority to conduct such program, then any 
funds in a parallel account established for the benefit of any 
individual under such program shall be deposited into the Individual 
Development Account of such individual as of the first day of such 
termination.

SEC. 9. REPORTING, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION.

    (a) Responsibilities of Qualified Financial Institutions.--Each 
qualified financial institution that operates a qualified individual 
development account program under section 4 shall report annually to 
the Secretary within 90 days after the end of each calendar year on--
            (1) the number of individuals making contributions into 
        Individual Development Accounts and the amounts contributed,
            (2) the amounts contributed into Individual Development 
        Accounts by eligible individuals and the amounts deposited into 
        parallel accounts for matching funds,
            (3) the amounts withdrawn from Individual Development 
        Accounts and parallel accounts, and the purposes for which such 
        amounts were withdrawn,
            (4) the balances remaining in Individual Development 
        Accounts and parallel accounts, and
            (5) such other information needed to help the Secretary 
        monitor the effectiveness of the qualified individual 
        development account program (provided in a non-individually-
        identifiable manner).
    (b) Responsibilities of the Secretary.--
            (1) Monitoring protocol.--Not later than 12 months after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
        shall develop and implement a protocol and process to monitor 
        the cost and outcomes of the qualified individual development 
        account programs established under section 4.
            (2) Annual reports.--For each year after 2010, the 
        Secretary shall submit a progress report to Congress on the 
        status of such qualified individual development account 
        programs. Such report shall, to the extent data are available, 
        include from a representative sample of qualified individual 
        development account programs information on--
                    (A) the characteristics of participants, including 
                age, gender, race or ethnicity, marital status, number 
                of children, employment status, and monthly income,
                    (B) deposits, withdrawals, balances, uses of 
                Individual Development Accounts, and participant 
                characteristics,
                    (C) the characteristics of qualified individual 
                development account programs, including match rate, 
                economic education requirements, and permissible uses 
                of accounts, and
                    (D) process information on program implementation 
                and administration, especially on problems encountered 
                and how problems were solved.
            (3) Use of accounts in rural areas encouraged.--The 
        Secretary shall develop methods to encourage the use of 
        Individual Development Accounts in rural areas.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and for each fiscal year 
through 2015, for the purposes of implementing this Act, including the 
reporting, monitoring, and evaluation required under section 9, to 
remain available until expended.
    (b) Grants.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $120,000,000--
            (1) to make grants to qualified nonprofit organizations and 
        Indian tribes to help defray the administrative costs 
        associated with the operation of individual development account 
        programs, including the required financial education courses, 
        and
            (2) to provide technical assistance to qualified nonprofit 
        organizations and Indian tribes in meeting such program 
        requirements.

SEC. 11. MATCHING FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS PROVIDED 
              THROUGH A TAX CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED FINANCIAL 
              INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related 
credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 45R. INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT INVESTMENT CREDIT.

    ``(a) Determination of Amount.--For purposes of section 38, the 
individual development account investment credit determined under this 
section with respect to any eligible entity for any taxable year is an 
amount equal to the individual development account investment provided 
by such eligible entity during the taxable year under an individual 
development account program established under section 4 of the Savings 
for Working Families Act of 2009.
    ``(b) Applicable Tax.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
`applicable tax' means the excess (if any) of--
            ``(1) the tax imposed under this chapter (other than the 
        taxes imposed under the provisions described in subparagraphs 
        (C) through (Q) of section 26(b)(2)), over
            ``(2) the credits allowable under subpart B (other than 
        this section) and subpart D of this part.
    ``(c) Individual Development Account Investment.--For purposes of 
this section, the term `individual development account investment' 
means, with respect to an individual development account program in any 
taxable year, an amount equal to the sum of--
            ``(1) the aggregate amount of dollar-for-dollar matches 
        under such program under section 6(b)(1)(A) of the Savings for 
        Working Families Act of 2009 for such taxable year, plus
            ``(2) $50 with respect to each Individual Development 
        Account maintained--
                    ``(A) as of the end of such taxable year, but only 
                if such taxable year is within the 7-taxable-year 
                period beginning with the taxable year in which such 
                Account is opened, and
                    ``(B) with a balance of not less than $100 (other 
                than the taxable year in which such Account is opened).
    ``(d) Eligible Entity.--For purposes of this section, except as 
provided in regulations, the term `eligible entity' means a qualified 
financial institution.
    ``(e) Other Definitions.--For purposes of this section, any term 
used in this section and also in the Savings for Working Families Act 
of 2009 shall have the meaning given such term by such Act.
    ``(f) Denial of Double Benefit.--
            ``(1) In general.--No deduction or credit (other than under 
        this section) shall be allowed under this chapter with respect 
        to any expense which--
                    ``(A) is taken into account under subsection 
                (c)(1)(A) in determining the credit under this section, 
                or
                    ``(B) is attributable to the maintenance of an 
                Individual Development Account.
            ``(2) Determination of amount.--Solely for purposes of 
        paragraph (1)(B), the amount attributable to the maintenance of 
        an Individual Development Account shall be deemed to be the 
        dollar amount of the credit allowed under subsection (c)(l)(B) 
        for each taxable year such Individual Development Account is 
        maintained.
    ``(g) Credit May Be Transferred.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity may transfer any 
        credit allowable to the eligible entity under subsection (a) to 
        any person other than to another eligible entity which is 
        exempt from tax under this title. The determination as to 
        whether a credit is allowable shall be made without regard to 
        the tax-exempt status of the eligible entity.
            ``(2) Consent required for revocation.--Any transfer under 
        paragraph (1) may be revoked only with the consent of the 
        Secretary.
    ``(h) Regulations.--The Secretary may prescribe such regulations as 
may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section, including--
            ``(1) such regulations as necessary to insure that any 
        credit described in subsection (g)(1) is claimed once and not 
        retransferred by a transferee, and
            ``(2) regulations providing for a recapture of the credit 
        allowed under this section (notwithstanding any termination 
        date described in subsection (i)) in cases where there is a 
        forfeiture under section 7(b) of the Savings for Working 
        Families Act of 2009 in a subsequent taxable year of any amount 
        which was taken into account in determining the amount of such 
        credit.
    ``(i) Application of Section.--
            ``(1) In general.--This section shall apply to any 
        expenditure made in any taxable year ending after December 31, 
        2009, and beginning on or before January 1, 2017, with respect 
        to any Individual Development Account which--
                    ``(A) is opened before January 1, 2015, and
                    ``(B) as determined by the Secretary, when added to 
                all of the previously opened Individual Development 
                Accounts, does not exceed 2,700,000 Accounts.
        Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this section shall 
        apply to amounts which are described in subsection (c)(1) and 
        which are timely deposited into a parallel account during the 
        30-day period following the end of the last taxable year 
        beginning on or before January 1, 2015.
            ``(2) Determination of limitation.--The limitation on the 
        number of Individual Development Accounts under paragraph 
        (1)(B) shall be allocated by the Secretary among eligible 
        individuals as such individuals open such Accounts under 
        qualified individual development account programs, except that, 
        in the case of 300,000 Accounts, such limitation shall be 
        equally allocated among the States.''.
    (b) Credit Treated as Business Credit.--Section 38(b) of such Code 
(relating to current year business credit) is amended by striking 
``plus'' at the end of paragraph (34), by striking the period at the 
end of paragraph (35) and inserting ``, plus'', and by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(36) the individual development account investment credit 
        determined under section 45R(a).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart C of 
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 45R. Individual development account investment credit.''.
    (d) Report Regarding Account Maintenance Fees.--The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall study the adequacy of the amount specified in 
section 45R(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by 
this section). Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall report the findings of the study described in the 
preceding sentence to Congress.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2009.

SEC. 12. ACCOUNT FUNDS DISREGARDED FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN MEANS-TESTED 
              FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law (other than the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that requires consideration of 1 or more 
financial circumstances of an individual, for the purpose of 
determining eligibility to receive, or the amount of, any assistance or 
benefit authorized by such provision to be provided to or for the 
benefit of such individual, any amount (including earnings thereon) in 
any Individual Development Account of such individual and any matching 
deposit made on behalf of such individual (including earnings thereon) 
in any parallel account shall be disregarded for such purpose with 
respect to any period during which such individual maintains or makes 
contributions into such Individual Development Account.
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