legislation: 109-hr-1561

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109-hr-1561 109 hr 1561 Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 Families 2005-04-12 2005-04-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] TN D F000262 29 Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000. Amends title IV, part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act to increase: (1) levels of adoption incentive payments payable to States under the adoption assistance program; and (2) funding for adoption incentive payments for FY 2006 through 2008. 2022-02-03T05:34:12Z  

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