Better Future for American Families Act

Better Future for American Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the Credit for Elective Deferrals and IRA Contributions as the Saver's Credit. Revises the applicable percentage of an eligible individual's qualified retirement savings contributions for determining the amount of such credit. Makes the credit refundable and permanent.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2303 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2303

To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2004

  Mr. Edwards introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Better Future for American Families 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO SAVER'S CREDIT.

    (a) Saver's Credit.--Section 25B of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking the heading thereof and inserting ``THE 
SAVER'S CREDIT.''.
    (b) Modifications to Applicable Percentage.--Subsection (b) of 
section 25B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(b) Applicable Percentage.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The applicable percentage is 50 percent 
        reduced (but not below zero) by 1 percentage point for each 
        phaseout amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income 
        for the taxable year exceeds the threshold amount.
            ``(2) Phaseout amount; threshold amount.--The phaseout 
        amount and the threshold amount shall be determined as follows:

      

 
  ``In the case of an individual
              filing:                      The phaseout amount is:                The threshold amount is:
 
A joint return....................                   $400                                 $30,000
A head of household return........                   $300                                 $22,500
Any other return..................                   $200                                $15,000.''.
 

    (c) Repeal of Termination.--Section 25B of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (h).
    (d) Credit Refundable.--
            (1) In general.--Section 25B of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986, as amended by this Act, is hereby moved to subpart C 
        of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code (relating 
        to refundable credits) and inserted after section 35.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 24(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and 25B''.
                    (B) Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by 
                striking ``, 25B''.
                    (C) Section 26(a)(1) of such Code is amended by 
                striking ``24, and 25B'' and inserting ``and 24''.
                    (D) Section 25B of such Code, as moved by paragraph 
                (1), is redesignated as section 36.
                    (E) Section 904(h) of such Code is amended by 
                striking ``24, and 25B'' and inserting ``and 24''.
                    (F) Section 1400C of such Code is amended by 
                striking ``24, and 25B'' and inserting ``and 24''.
                    (G) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV 
                of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by 
                striking the item relating to section 36 and inserting 
                the following:

                              ``Sec. 36. The Saver's Credit.
                              ``Sec. 37. Overpayments of tax.''.
                    (H) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV 
                of such Code is amended by striking the item relating 
                to section 25B.
                    (I) Section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, 
                is amended by inserting ``, or enacted by the Better 
                Future for American Families Act'' before the period at 
                the end.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.
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