About the bill
Approximately 43.5 million Americans are unpaid caregivers, usually for an elderly family member or a child. The estimated monetary value of those services is about $470 billion and rising, as the share of adults age 65 and older is expected to increase (from 15 percent of the U.S. population to 24 percent by 2060). At the same time, the share expected to live in nursing homes or similar facilities is expected to decline — meaning a rise in unpaid family caregivers.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has proposed creating a $6,000 tax credit for caregivers and expanding caregivers’ Social Security benefits. The congressional bill that comes closest to Clinton’s proposal is H.R. 3377 and S. 2721, the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act.
What it does …
Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
This bill was introduced on July 29, 2015, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
61 Cosponsors (61 Democrats)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Lowey Introduces Legislation to Provide Social Security Earnings Credit to Caregivers”
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Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY17, 2013-2020]
(Sponsor)
on Aug 27, 2015
History
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May 15, 2002
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Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4743 (107th). |
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Jan 29, 2003
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This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 473 (108th). |
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Jul 27, 2006
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This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5936 (109th). |
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Feb 16, 2007
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This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1161 (110th). |
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Jan 28, 2009
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This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 769 (111th). |
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Jun 22, 2011
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This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2290 (112th). |
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Jul 8, 2014
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5024 (113th). |
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Jul 29, 2015
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Sep 27, 2018
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 6952 (115th). |
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Jul 30, 2019
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4126 (116th). |
H.R. 3377 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 3377. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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