HR 7327 · 116th Congress · Families

Child Care for Economic Recovery Act

Introduced 2020-06-25· Sponsored by Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]· 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 Appropriations.(2020-07-30)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2020-07-29
Roll #172
Yea 250Nay 161
Democrats
230 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
20 Yea·160 Nay
PassedHouse · 2020-07-29
Roll #172
Yea 250Nay 161
Democrats
230 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
20 Yea·160 Nay

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Child Care for Economic Recovery Act This bill provides additional funding in FY2020 for taxpayer services, social services block grants, and infrastructure grants to improve child care safety, including needs assessments. The bill adds and modifies certain tax provisions to increase and make refundable the child and dependent care tax credit; increase the exclusion from employee income for employer-provided dependent care assistance; allow employers payroll tax credits for certain fixed expenses of child care facilities closed due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), certain employer-paid employee dependent care expenses, and the employment of workers who perform domestic service in the private home of an employer; and allow a carryover of unused benefits or contributions remaining in a dependent care flexible spending arrangement from the 2020 plan year to the 2021 plan year. The bill increases funding (1) in FY2020-FY2024 for the general child care entitlement under the Social Security Act, and (2) for child care services for the children of essential workers. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct an immediate needs assessment of…

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H.R. 7327, Child Care for Economic Recovery Act

Jul 17, 2020

As introduced on June 25, 2020

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Democrats