S. 664: Foster Care Tax Credit Act
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S. 664: Foster Care Tax Credit Act
114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-04 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Foster Care Tax Credit Act
Plain summary
Foster Care Tax Credit Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a partially refundable tax credit for each qualifying foster child who resides in the home of an eligible taxpayer for at least one calendar month during the taxable year. Defines "qualifying foster child" as a child in foster care who has not attained age 17, who is a citizen, national, or resident of the United States, and with respect to whom the child tax credit is not allowable. Requires the name and taxpayer identification number of a foster child to be included on the taxpayer's tax return. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to identify provisions in the Internal Revenue Code that can benefit foster families and increase outreach efforts to inform state and Indian tribal foster care agencies and foster families about such provisions.
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Official text
Foster Care Tax Credit Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · 1 cosponsors
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Tim Kaine (D-VA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s664.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s664 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114