Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
This bill amends Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to include Social Security numbers (SSNs) for themselves and qualifying children to claim the Child Tax Credit. The SSN must be one issued to a U.S. citizen or under the specific Social Security Act provision referenced, and must be issued before the tax return due date.
Progressives emphasize harm to citizen children and immigrant families.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that specifies an SSN requirement for the child tax credit and includes an effective date and some conforming edits.
This bill amends Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to include Social Security numbers (SSNs) for themselves and qualifying children to claim the Child Tax Credit.
The SSN must be one issued to a U.S. citizen or under the specific Social Security Act provision referenced, and must be issued before the tax return due date.
There is an exception for members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Technically simple but ideologically charged; may clear committee-level review but faces substantial floor and legal resistance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that specifies an SSN requirement for the child tax credit and includes an effective date and some conforming edits. The draft includes concrete statutory language but contains formatting/clarity problems in several amendment clauses and omits fiscal acknowledgment, broader interaction with existing identification regimes (e.g., ITINs), and oversight provisions.
Progressives emphasize harm to citizen children and immigrant families.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize harm to citizen children and immigrant families.
Likely strongly opposed.
The bill would deny the Child Tax Credit to many immigrant families and possibly to U.S. citizen children whose parents lack SSNs.
It appears punitive toward vulnerable households and could increase child poverty.
Mixed/conditional.
Values program integrity but worries about collateral harm and implementation details.
Would seek safeguards to avoid denying benefits to U.S. citizen children and to limit litigation or administrative disruption.
Likely supportive.
Sees the SSN requirement as a reasonable measure to prevent ineligible noncitizens from claiming the Child Tax Credit and to protect taxpayer funds and program integrity.
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Technically simple but ideologically charged; may clear committee-level review but faces substantial floor and legal resistance.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize harm to citizen children and immigrant families.
Technically simple but ideologically charged; may clear committee-level review but faces substantial floor and legal resistance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that specifies an SSN requirement for the child tax credit and includes an effective date and…
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