My American Family Act would provide more than $6,000 per year for a newborn and more than $3,000 a year to kids through the age of 18, it is paid monthly, and it makes the credit fully refundable...
I will keep fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit through my American Family Act, which would provide monthly payments, more than $6,000 per year for a newborn, more than $3,000 a year for children through age 18, and full refundability.
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Evidence
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"My American Family Act would provide more than $6,000 per year for a newborn and more than $3,000 a year to kids through the age of 18, it is paid monthly, and it makes the credit fully refundable..."
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Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (Introduced 04/09/2025) ... Latest Action: House - 04/09/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. ... Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced.
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The IRS states the Child Tax Credit is currently worth up to $2,200 per qualifying child, with up to $1,700 refundable through the Additional Child Tax Credit, and the page was last reviewed or updated on June 8, 2026.
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DeLauro's official Child Tax Credit issue page says the American Family Act would raise the credit to $3,000 per child age 6-17 and $3,600 per child under 6, pay it monthly, and make it fully refundable.
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Section 24 allows eligible taxpayers to claim the CTC of up to $2,200 for tax year 2025 (adjusted for inflation thereafter) for each qualifying child. The refundable portion of the CTC is referred to as the additional child tax credit (ACTC), which is calculated as 15 percent of the taxpayer’s earned income in excess of $2,500, up to $1,700 per qualifying child for tax year 2025 (adjusted for inflation thereafter).
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The proposed regulations apply PRWORA to four individual income tax credits: the adoption tax credit, the child tax credit, the American opportunity tax credit, and the earned income tax credit.
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Section 24(h) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, and before January 1, 2026'', (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$2,200'', and (3) by striking ``2018 Through 2025'' in the heading and inserting ``Beginning After 2017''.
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Maximum amount of refundable credit.--The amount determined under subsection (d)(1)(A) with respect to any qualifying child shall not exceed $1,400, and such subsection shall be applied without regard to paragraph (4) of this subsection.
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Last Action Date Listed April 9, 2025 Action Ms. DeLauro ... introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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Bill Version Introduced in House (IH) Short Title American Family Act Full Title To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.
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Section 24 allows eligible taxpayers to claim the CTC of up to $2,200 for tax year 2025
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The public hearing scheduled for October 14, 2026, at 10 a.m. ET is cancelled.
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This bill has the status Introduced
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Latest Action: House - 04/09/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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H.R. 2763 – the American Family Act, which would permanently expand the Child Tax Credit for middle-class and low-income families
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Permanently increases the Child Tax Credit claimed by tens of millions of households
Assessments
DeLauro materially pursued the promise by reintroducing the American Family Act in the 119th Congress and continuing to advocate for a monthly, fully refundable expanded Child Tax Credit. But the promised outcome was not delivered: the bill remained only introduced and referred to committee, and current federal law in 2026 still provides a smaller annual Child Tax Credit rather than the monthly, fully refundable structure she described. Under the federal office standard, this is a serious legislative effort that failed to achieve enactment, so it counts as never delivered with effort credit.
DeLauro did make a serious same-term effort: she sponsored H.R.2763, the American Family Act, in the 119th Congress and continued public advocacy for the expanded, monthly, fully refundable Child Tax Credit. However, the bill record shows it was only introduced and referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, with no evidence that the promised expansion was enacted or otherwise implemented. Because the substantive promised outcome was not delivered, but there was clear legislative effort, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.