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H.R. 821: Child Tax Credit Improvement Act

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H.R. 821: Child Tax Credit Improvement Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-02 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Child Tax Credit Improvement Act

Plain summary

Child Tax Credit Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) allow taxpayers an increased $3,600 tax credit for each young child under the age of six (young child tax credit), subject to specified limitations based on adjusted gross income; (2) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to make advance payments of the young child tax credit; (3) modify the refundable portion of the child tax credit; and (4) require annual inflation adjustments for both the child tax credit and the young child tax credit.

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Official text

Child Tax Credit Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · 113 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), John B. Larson (D-CT), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and 53 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr821 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115