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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Creates a new monthly Social Security cash benefit for pregnant people and for caregivers of children and simultaneously repeals the federal Child Tax Credit. The Social Security payments provide fixed monthly amounts ($800 to qualified pregnant people; $400 per child under 6; $250 per child 6 and older), include income-based reductions and a limited 20% increase for certain married beneficiaries, and are administered by the Social Security Administration with new reporting and a Bureau of Family Statistics. The bill directs appropriations to operate the program and delays the start of benefits for at least one year after enactment.
Eliminates the Child Tax Credit from the Internal Revenue Code and makes multiple conforming tax-law changes; the tax change takes effect for taxable years beginning after the first taxable month specified in the bill, with a pro rata transition for the affected taxable year.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Jared Golden · Last progress February 13, 2025