H.R. 508: Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011
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H.R. 508: Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-26 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011
Plain summary
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011- Makes permanent the increases in the child tax credit enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, and the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004. Provides for an annual inflation adjustment to child tax credit amounts, beginning in 2011.
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Official text
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15] · 7 cosponsors
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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr508.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr508 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112