Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-937
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2017-04-25
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Income tax credits
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 937 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 25, 2017 Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Blunt , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Markey , Mr. Rounds , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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 (1) Credit moved to subpart relating to refundable credits The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (A) by redesignating section 23 as section 36C; and (B) 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. (2) Conforming Amendments (A) Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking 23, 25D, and inserting 25D . (B) Section 36C of such Code, as so redesignated, is amended— (i) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking (determined without regard to subsection (c)) ; (ii) by striking subsection (c); and (iii) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), respectively. (C) Section 137 of such Code is amended— (i) in subsection (d), by striking section 23(d) and inserting section 36C(c) ; and (ii) in subsection (e), by striking subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 23 and inserting subsections (d), (e), and (f) of section 36C . (D) Section 1016(a)(26) is amended by striking 23(g) and inserting 36C(f) . (E) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting 36C, after 36B . (F) 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. (G) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting 36C, after 36B, . (H) 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. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.