WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Grandparents

P.L. 110-351, The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3.75

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6893 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption....

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H.R. 7233, The Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7233 would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine family medical needs and to assist elderly relatives....

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H.R. 7036, The Elder Care Tax Credit Act of 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7036 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer....

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S. 3487, The Serve America Act

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3487 would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service....

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H.R. 2343, The Education Begins at Home Act - Cost per Average Family: $7.01

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2343 would expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns....

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H.R. 6390, The Caregiver Financial Relief Act of 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6390 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for certain caregivers, it would expand the dependent care credit, and it would increase the exclusion limitation for dependent care assistance programs....

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H.R. 6307, The Fostering Connections to Success Act

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6307 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school....

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H.R. 5563, The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5563 would reauthorize and reform the national service laws....

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H.R. 2857, The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act - Cost per Average Family: $39.27

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2857 would reauthorize and reform the national service laws....

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H.R. 2902, The Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2007

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2902 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to double the child tax credit for the first year, it would expand the credit for dependent care services, and it would provide relief from the alternative minimum tax....

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H.R. 2792, The Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2792 would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition....

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P.L. 110-134, The Improving Head Start Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $320.46

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1429 would reauthorize the Head Start Act, improve program quality, and expand access....

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H.R. 2392, The Balancing Act of 2007

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2392 would improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces....

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H.R. 2188, The Kinship Caregiver Support Act

Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2188 would establish kinship navigator programs, and it would establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children....

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H.R. 1911, The Tax Relief for Working Caregivers Act of 2007

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1911 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment....

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H.R. 1437, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1437 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses....

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H.R. 1115, To amend section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide additional options regarding the designation of the person to receive the death gratuity paid with respect to a member of the Armed Forces who dies without a surviving spouse, but who is survived by a minor child

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1115 would amend section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide additional options regarding the designation of the person to receive the death gratuity paid with respect to a member of the Armed Forces who dies without a surviving spouse, but who is survived by a minor child....

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S. 659, A bill to amend section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of the death gratuity with respect to members of the Armed Forces without a surviving spouse who are survived by a minor child

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 659 would amend section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of the death gratuity with respect to members of the Armed Forces without a surviving spouse who are survived by a minor child....

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S. 661, The Kinship Caregiver Support Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 661 would establish kinship navigator programs and establish guardianship assistance payments for children....

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H.R. 1161, The Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2007

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1161 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service....

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S. 614, The Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 614 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to double the child tax credit for the first year, expand the credit for dependent care services, and provide relief from the alternative minimum tax....

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H.R. 750, The Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 750 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law....

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H.R. 242, The Social Security KidSave Accounts Act

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 242 would amend the Social Security Act to provide each American child with a KidSave Account....

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H.R. 1041, The Social Security KidSave Accounts Act - Cost per Average Family: $721.19

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Under H.R. 1041, the government would create a $2,000 account for each child born in 2006 or later when he or she receives a Social Security number. That initial deposit would come from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund, an off-budget account. The $2,000 would increase after 2013 in step with Social Security cost-of-living adjustments. The bill would also permit voluntary contributions of up to $500 a year through age 18, including rollovers from Individual Retirement Account...

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