Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2026 has not moved since its introduction on Apr 14, 2026, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
IntroducedApr 14, 2026
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 78 words.
Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2026 This bill allows qualified family caregivers to make catch-up contributions to a retirement account for up to five years. A qualified family caregiver is an unemployed or severely underemployed adult who provides 500 hours or more of in-home care, monitoring, management, supervision, or treatment of an adult with special needs or a child during one tax year and has less than 500 hours of paid employment during the same tax year.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Taxation: 20 of 6,214 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.3%)
- Sponsor
- 10 of 252 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 532 words
- Latest action
- Apr 14, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1741-1742)
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 8273 Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2026 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]