United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5257 (113th)
Empowering Families at Home and at Work Act
Introduced
30 July 2014
Last action
30 July 2014 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Cathy Rodgers, Shelley Capito, Ann Wagner, Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2], Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6], David Valadao, Rodney Davis, Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8], Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Empowering Families at Home and at Work Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a married taxpayer who files a joint tax return a tax deduction for 20% of the first $60,000 of the wages and self-employment income of the lesser earning spouse. Disallows such deduction for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $110,000.
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Timeline
30 July 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
30 July 2014
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
30 July 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 30 July 2014 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 July 2014
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 July 2014
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 30 July 2014
Sponsors
- Cathy Rodgers · R · Sponsor
- Shelley Capito · R · Sponsor
- Ann Wagner · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] · R · Sponsor
- David Valadao · R · Sponsor
- Rodney Davis · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2] · R · Cosponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5257
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5257
- us · 113-hr-5257 · source updated 12 August 2025