Congress calls for awareness push on tax credit millions miss
H.Res. 88 — Supporting the designation of January 31, 2025, as "Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day". · Filed by Terri Sewell (D-AL) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 31, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution designates January 31, 2025, as 'Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day' and calls on federal, state, local agencies, nonprofits, and employers to increase awareness about tax credits available to low- and moderate-income workers. The resolution highlights that the EITC lifts millions out of poverty annually but notes that about 20% of eligible workers do not claim it.
Why we flagged it
This is a non-binding congressional resolution expressing support for a designated awareness day and calling for voluntary outreach by government agencies, nonprofits, and employers. It contains no operative legislative mechanism, no appropriations, and no legal change.
Who it affects
The resolution itself changes no law and imposes no costs. It calls for increased awareness of a tax credit that demonstrably benefits low- and moderate-income workers, and highlights a real gap (20% of eligible workers not claiming the credit). The civic benefit is modest—a non-binding call for outreach—but there is no offsetting cost to citizens.
Named in the bill
House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Federal agencies, State and local agencies, Community organizations, Nonprofit organizations
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 11 Democrats.
- Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,902 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
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