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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 1308
55 To provide monthly payments for eligible pregnant women and parents to
66 improve the ability of families to provide for their children and other
77 family members, and for other purposes.
88 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
99 FEBRUARY13, 2025
1010 Mr. G
1111 OLDENof Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
1212 Committee on Ways and Means
1313 A BILL
1414 To provide monthly payments for eligible pregnant women
1515 and parents to improve the ability of families to provide
1616 for their children and other family members, and for
1717 other purposes.
1818 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1919 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2020 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2121 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Income Supple-4
2222 mental Credit Act’’ or the ‘‘FISC Act’’. 5
2323 SEC. 2. FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENTS. 6
2424 (a) A
2525 PPLICATIONS.— 7
2626 (1) I
2727 N GENERAL.— 8
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3131 (A) QUALIFIED PREGNANT WOMAN .—A 1
3232 pregnant woman may apply to the Commis-2
3333 sioner of Social Security (in this section re-3
3434 ferred to as the ‘‘Commissioner’’) for monthly 4
3535 payments under this section with respect to the 5
3636 pregnancy. 6
3737 (B) Q
3838 UALIFIED CAREGIVER .—A qualified 7
3939 caregiver of an eligible child may apply to the 8
4040 Commissioner for monthly payments under this 9
4141 section with respect to the eligible child. 10
4242 (2) C
4343 ONTENTS.—The application shall contain 11
4444 the following: 12
4545 (A) P
4646 REGNANT WOMAN .— 13
4747 (i) I
4848 N GENERAL.—An application sub-14
4949 mitted pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall 15
5050 contain— 16
5151 (I) the name, residential address, 17
5252 and social security account or tax 18
5353 identification number of the applicant; 19
5454 (II) the expected due date of the 20
5555 birth; 21
5656 (III) the name and address of the 22
5757 person who is providing pre-natal care 23
5858 with respect to the pregnancy; 24
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6262 (IV) a specification of the income 1
6363 of the applicant for the then most re-2
6464 cently ended taxable year of the appli-3
6565 cant; and 4
6666 (V) a statement as to whether 5
6767 the applicant is married. 6
6868 (ii) B
6969 EGINNING OF PREGNANCY .—For 7
7070 purposes of this section, the date a preg-8
7171 nancy began shall be determined on the 9
7272 basis commonly used by licensed physi-10
7373 cians. 11
7474 (B) Q
7575 UALIFIED CAREGIVER.—An applica-12
7676 tion submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) 13
7777 shall contain— 14
7878 (i) the name and residential address 15
7979 of the child and of each qualified caregiver 16
8080 of the child; 17
8181 (ii) the age of the child; 18
8282 (iii) the social security account or tax 19
8383 identification number of the child; 20
8484 (iv) the social security account num-21
8585 ber or tax identification number of each 22
8686 qualified caregiver of the child; 23
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9090 (v) a specification of the income of the 1
9191 applicant for the then most recently ended 2
9292 taxable year of the applicant; and 3
9393 (vi) a statement as to whether the ap-4
9494 plicant is married. 5
9595 (b) D
9696 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
9797 (1) E
9898 LIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘‘eligible 7
9999 child’’ means an individual who— 8
100100 (A) has not attained 18 years of age; 9
101101 (B) has provided not more than half of 10
102102 their own financial support during the most re-11
103103 cent taxable year of the child; and 12
104104 (C) is a citizen or national of the United 13
105105 States, or a permanent resident alien. 14
106106 (2) Q
107107 UALIFIED CAREGIVER.— 15
108108 (A) I
109109 N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 16
110110 caregiver’’ means, with respect to a child, an in-17
111111 dividual who— 18
112112 (i) has attained 18 years of age; 19
113113 (ii) resides with the child; and 20
114114 (iii) provides economic support for the 21
115115 child. 22
116116 (B) F
117117 RAUD DISQUALIFICATION .—Notwith-23
118118 standing subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘qualified 24
119119 caregiver’’ does not include an individual if— 25
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123123 (i) the Commissioner, after notice and 1
124124 an opportunity for hearing, finds that the 2
125125 individual committed fraud in relation to 3
126126 the program under this section; and 4
127127 (ii) the finding has not been reversed 5
128128 or vacated by a court of law. 6
129129 (c) E
130130 NTITLEMENT.—On approval by the Commis-7
131131 sioner of an application submitted pursuant to subsection 8
132132 (a), the applicant shall become a beneficiary entitled to 9
133133 monthly payments under this section— 10
134134 (1) for the calendar month in which the appli-11
135135 cation is so submitted and each subsequent calendar 12
136136 month, if at any time in the month the beneficiary 13
137137 is a pregnant woman whose pregnancy has lasted for 14
138138 at least 20 weeks; and 15
139139 (2) for each calendar month after the calendar 16
140140 month in which an eligible child is born, in which 17
141141 the beneficiary is a qualified caregiver of the eligible 18
142142 child. 19
143143 (d) A
144144 MOUNT OFMONTHLYPAYMENT.— 20
145145 (1) I
146146 N GENERAL.— 21
147147 (A) W
148148 ITH RESPECT TO A PREGNANCY .— 22
149149 The amount of the monthly payment to a bene-23
150150 ficiary under this section with respect to a preg-24
151151 nancy shall be $800. 25
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155155 (B) WITH RESPECT TO AN ELIGIBLE 1
156156 CHILD.—The amount of the monthly payment 2
157157 to a beneficiary under this section with respect 3
158158 to each eligible child shall be— 4
159159 (i) $400, if the child has not attained 5
160160 6 years of age; or 6
161161 (ii) $250, if the child has attained 6 7
162162 years of age. 8
163163 (2) M
164164 ARRIAGE BONUS.—The total amount of 9
165165 the monthly payment to a beneficiary under para-10
166166 graph (1) shall be increased by 20 percent if the 11
167167 beneficiary is— 12
168168 (A) a married pregnant woman; or 13
169169 (B) married to a qualified caregiver of an 14
170170 eligible child of the beneficiary. 15
171171 (3) P
172172 HASE-OUT.—The total amount of the 16
173173 monthly payment to a beneficiary under the pre-17
174174 ceding provisions of this subsection shall be de-18
175175 creased (but not below zero) by $16.67 for each 19
176176 whole $1,000 by which— 20
177177 (A) the adjusted gross income of the bene-21
178178 ficiary for the then most recently ended taxable 22
179179 year of the beneficiary exceeds $125,000; or 23
180180 (B) if the beneficiary and the spouse of the 24
181181 beneficiary filed a joint return of Federal in-25
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185185 come tax for that taxable year, the total ad-1
186186 justed gross income of the beneficiary and the 2
187187 spouse of the beneficiary for the taxable year 3
188188 exceeds $250,000. 4
189189 (4) L
190190 IMITATION.—The total amount of the 5
191191 monthly payment to a beneficiary under the pre-6
192192 ceding provisions of this subsection shall not exceed 7
193193 1
194194 ⁄12of the total adjusted gross income of the bene-8
195195 ficiary and the spouse (if any) of the beneficiary for 9
196196 the then most recently ended taxable year of the 10
197197 beneficiary. 11
198198 (e) R
199199 ECIPIENT OFPAYMENT.—The Commissioner 12
200200 may make payments under the preceding provisions of this 13
201201 section with respect to an eligible child to only 1 qualified 14
202202 caregiver of the eligible child. 15
203203 (f) P
204204 ROVISIONALCONTINUATION OF BENEFITS FOR 16
205205 L
206206 IMITEDPERIOD INCERTAINCASES.—In the case of a 17
207207 beneficiary under this section with respect to a pregnancy 18
208208 that results in the birth of a child— 19
209209 (1) the entitlement of the beneficiary with re-20
210210 spect to the pregnancy is deemed to be converted 21
211211 into an entitlement to benefits under this section 22
212212 with respect to the child, subject to the submission 23
213213 by a qualified caregiver of the child, within 90 days 24
214214 after the birth, of an application pursuant to sub-25
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218218 section (a)(1)(B) and the approval by the Commis-1
219219 sioner of the application; and 2
220220 (2) the Commissioner— 3
221221 (A) shall ensure that benefit payments 4
222222 under this section to a qualified caregiver of the 5
223223 child are not interrupted during that 90-day pe-6
224224 riod; and 7
225225 (B) may not seek to recover any benefit 8
226226 payment made under this section to a qualified 9
227227 caregiver of the child on account of the entitle-10
228228 ment with respect to the child, if such a quali-11
229229 fied caregiver does not submit such an applica-12
230230 tion within that 90-day period or an application 13
231231 so submitted is disapproved. 14
232232 (g) A
233233 DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS.— 15
234234 (1) B
235235 UREAU OF FAMILY STATISTICS .—There is 16
236236 established in the Social Security Administration the 17
237237 Bureau of Family Statistics (in this section referred 18
238238 to as the ‘‘Bureau’’). 19
239239 (2) D
240240 UTIES.—The Bureau shall gather and 20
241241 provide to the Commissioner such statistical purpose 21
242242 (as defined in section 3561 of title 44, United States 22
243243 Code) information as is necessary to enable the 23
244244 Commissioner to carry out this section. 24
245245 (h) R
246246 EGULATIONS.— 25
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250250 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner shall pre-1
251251 scribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out 2
252252 this section. 3
253253 (2) S
254254 YSTEM FOR REPORTING CHANGE IN STA -4
255255 TUS.—The Commissioner shall develop and imple-5
256256 ment a system to allow an applicant or beneficiary 6
257257 pursuant to this section to report a change in the 7
258258 marital or caregiver status of the applicant or bene-8
259259 ficiary. 9
260260 (i) A
261261 NNUALREPORTS.—The Commissioner shall pre-10
262262 pare and submit to the Congress annual reports on the 11
263263 activities undertaken under this section. Each such report 12
264264 shall, with respect to the then most recently completed cal-13
265265 endar year— 14
266266 (1) specify the average length of time from the 15
267267 date the Commissioner received an application sub-16
268268 mitted pursuant to this section with respect to a 17
269269 pregnancy or an eligible child to the date the 1st 18
270270 payment is made under this section with respect to 19
271271 the pregnancy or the eligible child; 20
272272 (2) include recommendations to reduce the av-21
273273 erage; and 22
274274 (3) specify the total of the amounts paid under 23
275275 this section in the calendar year. 24
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279279 (j) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any amounts in the 1
280280 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 2
281281 there are appropriated such sums as are necessary to 3
282282 carry out this section. 4
283283 (k) E
284284 FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 5
285285 on the 1st day of the 1st calendar month that begins 1 6
286286 year or more after the date of the enactment of this sec-7
287287 tion. 8
288288 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CHILD TAX CREDIT. 9
289289 (a) I
290290 NGENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-10
291291 chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 11
292292 1986 is amended by striking section 24 (and by striking 12
293293 the item relating to such section in the table of sections 13
294294 for such subpart). 14
295295 (b) C
296296 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 15
297297 (1) Section 26(b)(2) of such Code is amended 16
298298 by striking subparagraph (Z). 17
299299 (2) Section 45R(f)(3)(B) of such Code is 18
300300 amended to read as follows: 19
301301 ‘‘(B) S
302302 PECIAL RULE.—Any amounts paid 20
303303 pursuant to an agreement under section 3121(l) 21
304304 (relating to agreements entered into by Amer-22
305305 ican employers with respect to foreign affiliates) 23
306306 which are equivalent to the taxes referred to in 24
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310310 subparagraph (A) shall be treated as taxes re-1
311311 ferred to in such subparagraph.’’. 2
312312 (3) Section 48D(d)(4) of such Code is amend-3
313313 ed— 4
314314 (A) by striking ‘‘
315315 POSSESSIONS.—In the 5
316316 case of’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘
317317 POSSES-6
318318 SIONS.— 7
319319 ‘‘(A) I
320320 N GENERAL.—In the case of’’, 8
321321 (B) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 9
322322 24(k)’’, and 10
323323 (C) by adding at the end the following new 11
324324 subparagraph: 12
325325 ‘‘(B) M
326326 IRROR CODE TAX SYSTEM .—For 13
327327 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘mirror 14
328328 code tax system’ means, with respect to any 15
329329 possession of the United States, the income tax 16
330330 system of such possession if the income tax li-17
331331 ability of the residents of such possession under 18
332332 such system is determined by reference to the 19
333333 income tax laws of the United States as if such 20
334334 possession were the United States.’’. 21
335335 (4) Section 152(f)(6)(B) of such Code is 22
336336 amended by striking clause (ii). 23
337337 (5) The second sentence of section 501(c)(26) 24
338338 of such Code is amended— 25
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342342 (A) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 1
343343 24(c))’’, and 2
344344 (B) by adding at the end the following: 3
345345 ‘‘For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 4
346346 term ‘qualifying child’ has the meaning given 5
347347 such term by section 152(c), except such term 6
348348 shall not include any individual who has at-7
349349 tained the age of 17 or who would not be a de-8
350350 pendent if subparagraph (A) of section 9
351351 152(b)(3) were applied without regard to all 10
352352 that follows ‘resident of the United States’.’’. 11
353353 (6) Section 3402(f)(1) of such Code is amended 12
354354 by striking subparagraph (C). 13
355355 (7) Section 6402(m) of such Code is amended 14
356356 by striking ‘‘section 24 (by reason of subsection (d) 15
357357 thereof) or’’. 16
358358 (8) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is 17
359359 amended by striking ‘‘24 by reason of subsections 18
360360 (d) and (i)(1) thereof,’’. 19
361361 (9) Section 6417(f) of such Code is amended by 20
362362 striking ‘‘(as defined in section 24(k))’’ and insert-21
363363 ing ‘‘(as defined in section 48D(d)(4)(B))’’. 22
364364 (10)(A) Chapter 77 of such Code is amended by 23
365365 striking section 7527A (and by striking the item re-24
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369369 lating to such section in the table of sections for 1
370370 such chapter). 2
371371 (B) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is 3
372372 amended by striking ‘‘7527A,’’. 4
373373 (11) Section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amend-5
374374 ed by striking subparagraphs (I) and (P). 6
375375 (12) Section 6695(g)(2) of such Code is amend-7
376376 ed by striking ‘‘24,’’. 8
377377 (13) Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United 9
378378 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, 24’’. 10
379379 (c) E
380380 FFECTIVEDATE.— 11
381381 (1) I
382382 N GENERAL.—The amendments made by 12
383383 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning 13
384384 after the first taxable year during which the 1st cal-14
385385 endar month described in section 2(l) begins. 15
386386 (2) T
387387 RANSITION RULE.—In the case of any 16
388388 such first taxable year which does not begin with 17
389389 such 1st calendar month, the credit otherwise deter-18
390390 mined under section 24 of the Internal Revenue 19
391391 Code of 1986 shall be reduced to an amount which 20
392392 bears the same ratio to the amount of such credit 21
393393 (determined without regard to this paragraph) as— 22
394394 (A) the number of calendar months ending 23
395395 during such taxable year before such 1st cal-24
396396 endar month, bears to 25
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