Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2476
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-17
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Income tax credits
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 201</strong><b>7</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax credit for adoption expenses refundable. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2476 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2017 Mrs. Black (for herself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Franks of Arizona , and Ms. Bass ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a refundable adoption tax credit.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2017 . 2. Refundable adoption tax credit (a) Credit made refundable The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by redesignating section 23 as section 36C; and (2) by moving section 36C (as so redesignated) from subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 to the location immediately before section 37 in subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1. (b) Conforming Amendments (1) Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking sections 23, 25D, and 1400C and inserting sections 25D and 1400C . (2) Section 36C of such Code, as so redesignated, is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking (determined without regard to subsection (c)) ; (B) by striking subsection (c); and (C) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), respectively. (3) Section 137 of such Code is amended— (A) in subsection (d), by striking section 23(d) and inserting section 36C(c) ; and (B) in subsection (e), by striking subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 23 and inserting subsections (d), (e), and (f) of section 36C . (4) Section 1016(a)(26) is amended by striking 23(g) and inserting 36C(f) . (5) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting 36C, before 168(k)(4) . (6) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code of 1986 is amended by striking the item relating to section 23. (7) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting 36C, after 36B, . (8) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 36B the following new item: Sec. 36C. Adoption expenses. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.