H.R. 4722: Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016
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H.R. 4722: Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-10 · Taxation · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 362.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 362. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016
Plain summary
Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include their social security account number on their tax return.
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Official text
Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · 2 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016 (2016-03-23)
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Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4722.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr4722 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114