HR 4626 · 107th Congress · Taxation

Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act of 2002

Introduced 2002-05-01· Sponsored by Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2002-05-22)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2002-05-21
Roll #177
Yea 409Nay 1
Democrats
196 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
211 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2002-05-21
Roll #177
Yea 409Nay 1
Democrats
196 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
211 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard deduction for the married filing jointly category beginning in calendar year 2003. Modifies the work opportunity credit by: (1) repealing the requirement that a "qualified ex-felon" be a member of a low-income (as specified) family; (2) increasing the maximum age for eligibility of food stamp recipients to 30 years; (3) adding "long-term family assistance recipients" (as defined) to the definition of "targeted groups"; and (4) increasing the maximum allowable credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 4626, Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act of 2002

May 9, 2002

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 2, 2002</p>

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H.R. 4626, Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act of 2002

May 9, 2002

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 2, 2002

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican