A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide additional incentives to taxpayers to provide home care for dependents who have attained age 60 or are incapable of caring for themselves.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the requirement of providing half the support of an individual shall not apply to persons age 60 or over who are incapable of caring for themselves and reside with the taxpayer, for purposes of the tax deduction of medical expenses and the personal tax exemption. Extends the tax credit for dependent care services to taxpayers caring for dependents age 60 or older. Increases the limitation on such credit in the case of such individuals and persons incapable of caring for themselves. Increases the earned income limitation for purposes of determining eligibility for such credit in the case of such qualifying individuals.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 29, 1982. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 29, 1982: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 97th Congress (1981-82), 473 of the 11,489 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.1 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
GEORGE BROWN (R-CO) introduced it on September 29, 1982. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 29, 1982, 16052 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16052 days ago, on September 29, 1982.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 97th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1983 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers