Tribal Adoption Parity Act

Bill: 115-s-876
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2017-04-06
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Child safety and welfare

Disability and paralysis

Income tax credits

Indian social and development programs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>
Tribal Adoption Parity Act</strong> </p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Indian tribal governments to determine whether a child has special needs for the purposes of the adoption tax credit.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 876 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 6 (legislative day, April 4), 2017 Ms. Heitkamp (for herself, Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Heller , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Hoeven , Ms. Klobuchar , and Mr. Udall ) 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 recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Adoption Parity Act . 2. Recognizing Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs (a) In general Paragraph (3) of section 23(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or Indian tribal government after the words a State , and (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting or Indian tribal government after the words such State . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.