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H.R. 1219: ABLE Age Adjustment Act

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H.R. 1219: ABLE Age Adjustment Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-23 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · 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

ABLE Age Adjustment Act

Plain summary

ABLE Age Adjustment Act This bill increases from 26 to 46 the age threshold for tax-favored ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts. (ABLE accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses. To establish an account, an individual must have a qualifying impairment that began before the individual attained the age threshold.)

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Official text

ABLE Age Adjustment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · 104 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Judy Chu (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Peter Welch (D-VT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Michael Guest (R-MS) and 44 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1219 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117