Providing for Life Act

Bill: 117-hr-8851
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2022-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption and foster care
Aging
Child care and development
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency communications systems
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
Family services
First Amendment rights
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex and reproductive health
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax treatment of families
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: 

Providing for Life Act

 
 This bill revises various programs and supports for families and children related to taxes, health, and other benefits.
 
 First, the bill increases the child tax credit to a maximum of $3,500 per child ($4,500 per child under the age of six) and makes permanent the increased income threshold over which the credit phases out.
 
The bill further eliminates the federal deduction for certain state and local taxes (SALT deduction) and makes the adoption tax credit refundable.
 
 The bill allows parents to use a portion of their Social Security benefits for up to three months of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child.
 
 Additionally, the bill requires Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to cooperate with states in establishing child support orders. It also provides additional workforce training for noncustodial parents with child support obligations.
 
 States must establish requirements for the biological father of a child to pay, at the mother's request, at least 50% of reasonable out-of-pocket medical expenses associated with the mother's pregnancy and delivery.
 
 The bill requires institutions of higher education to provide students with certain information about the resources and services (excluding abortion services) available to pregnant students.
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
provides grants for community-based maternal mentoring programs and for pregnancy resource centers that do not provide abortions;
 
requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publish a website with specified pregnancy-related information; and
 
extends from one to two years the postpartum benefit eligibility period under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2022-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Introduced in House