Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 2002

1/16/2023, 11:18 PM
Hope for Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the expenses allowable towards the adoption credit.

Renames such credit as the "Tom Bliley adoption credit."

Congress
107

Number
HR - 622

Introduced on
2001-02-14

# Amendments
124

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

2/14/2002

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Hope for Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the expenses allowable towards the adoption credit.

Renames such credit as the "Tom Bliley adoption credit."

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the adoption credit, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Taxation

Potential Impact
Accounting•
Adopted children•
Adoption•
Adoptive parents•
Agriculture and Food•
Aid to dependent children•
Alcohol tax•
Alcoholic beverages•
Alternative energy sources•
Alternative fuels•
Appropriations•
Architecture•
Arts, Culture, Religion•
Biomass energy•
Books•
Building construction•
Business income tax•
Business losses•
Cash welfare block grants•
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues•
Commemorations•
Commerce•
Computer software•
Computer-assisted instruction•
Computers in education•
Congress•
Congressional tributes•
Construction costs•
Consultants•
Corporate debt•
Corporation taxes•
Cost of living adjustments•
Costs•
Day care•
Depletion allowances•
Depreciation and amortization•
Diesel motor•
Disabled•
Disabled children•
Discrimination in insurance•
Discrimination in medical care•
Dislocated workers•
EBB Terrorism•
Economics and Public Finance•
Education•
Electric power production•
Electric vehicles•
Electronic data interchange•
Electronic government information•
Elementary and secondary education•
Elementary schools•
Employee benefit plans•
Employee health benefits•
Employment tax credits•
Energy•
Environmental Protection•
Ex-Members of Congress•
Families•
Farm manure•
Federal aid to child health services•
Federal-state relations•
Finance and Financial Sector•
Foreign tax credit•
Foster home care•
Gas industry•
Government Operations and Politics•
Government paperwork•
Government trust funds•
Grants-in-aid•
Health•
Health insurance•
Housing and Community Development•
Hydrogen as fuel•
Income•
Income tax•
Indexing (Economic policy)•
Indian economic development•
Infrastructure•
Insurance companies•
Insurance premiums•
Insurance rates•
International Affairs•
Labor and Employment•
Leases•
Life insurance•
Liquefied natural gas•
Liquefied petroleum gas•
Medical economics•
Medical savings accounts•
Medically uninsured•
Members of Congress (House)•
Mental health services•
Minimum tax•
Minorities•
Minority employment•
Names•
Natural gas vehicles•
New York City•
Office buildings•
Oil well drilling•
Pension trust guaranty insurance•
Performing arts•
Personal income tax•
Petroleum industry•
Poor children•
Population growth•
Poultry industry•
Public utilities•
Refuse as fuel•
School buildings•
Science, Technology, Communications•
Secondary education•
September 11, 2001•
Service stations•
Small business•
Social Welfare•
Stockholders•
Stocks•
Tax credits•
Tax cuts•
Tax deductions•
Tax exclusion•
Tax rates•
Tax rebates•
Tax refunds•
Tax returns•
Tax-exempt securities•
Teachers•
Teaching materials•
Terrorism•
Textbooks•
Transportation and Public Works•
Unemployment insurance•
Virginia•
Water Resources Development•
Water supply•
Welfare-to-work•
Wind power

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Recent Activity

Latest Summary11/28/2006
Hope for Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the expenses allowable towards the adoption credit.

Renames such credit as the "Tom Bliley adoption credit."


Latest Action3/6/2002
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.