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Stronger Start for Working Families Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the earned income threshold for the refundable child tax credit.

Introduced Jan 8, 2026

Latest action (Jan 8, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Taxation
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Lowers the earned income threshold for claiming the refundable child tax credit from $3,000 to $1.
  • Removes a conforming provision from the Internal Revenue Code related to the child tax credit.
  • Applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 8, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Jan 8, 2026 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 2763 — American Family Act · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HR 8305 — Working Parents Tax Relief Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 79%
  • S 1421 — Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 2994 — Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 4042 — Keep Your Pay Act · Introduced Mar 10, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 6634 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable childhood education tax credit with monthly advance payments. · Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Jan 8, 2026

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 8 (legislative day, January 7), 2026

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Young) 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 modify the earned income threshold for the refundable child tax credit.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Stronger Start for Working Families Act”.

SEC. 2. EARNED INCOME THRESHOLD FOR REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

(a) In General.—Section 24(d)(1)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “$3,000” and inserting “$1”.

(b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 24(h) of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (6).

(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025. <all>

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