{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=0D64617D-C281-4BAC-A037-A1E4579A58C1", "Klobuchar, Cassidy, Jacobs Lead Bipartisan Bill to Help Families Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Natural Disaster", "2025-12-15", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "MN", "Amy Klobuchar", "K000367", "www.klobuchar.senate.gov", "klobuchar", "https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51) today introduced the Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act to allow disaster-impacted working families to use the previous year\u2019s income to claim the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) after a presidential major disaster declaration.\n\nThis will prevent families from losing access to these benefits due to temporary income loss. Congress has authorized similar temporary provisions for both the CTC and EITC following recent major disasters, and for all taxpayers nationwide during COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.\n\n\u201cIn the wake of major disasters, Americans should not have to worry about their taxes increasing while at the same time losing pay that causes them to no longer qualify for the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit,\u201d said Klobuchar. \u201cOur legislation allows taxpayers in federally declared major disaster areas to use their prior-year earned income when calculating eligibility, ensuring they don\u2019t get penalized for income drops that are caused by disasters and outside their control.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhen natural disasters hit, many working families lose their jobs, become furloughed, face business interruptions, or suffer property losses that can affect their ability to work. But unfortunately, existing law requires people to use their current year\u2019s income to claim the Child Tax Credit, meaning those who\u2019ve experienced natural disasters could suffer a double financial hit \u2013 losing both their income and their ability to claim the Child Tax Credit,\u201d said Jacobs. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to introduce the Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act alongside Senators Klobuchar and Cassidy to change this and ensure families can use the previous year\u2019s income to claim the Child Tax Credit and provide financial support for children\u2019s well-being during a Presidential-declared major disaster.\u201d\n\nThe Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act would:\n\nAmend the Internal Revenue Code to allow disaster-affected taxpayers to use a previous year\u2019s income for the Child Tax Credit when the President declares a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.\n\nDesignate disaster-affected taxpayers to include individuals whose principal place of abode or principal place of work is located in a disaster zone.\n\nThe bill is endorsed by the First Focus Campaign for Children, Americans for Tax Fairness, AICPA & CIMA, MomsRising, CLASP, and Chamber of Mothers, National Women\u2019s Law Center Action Fund, Network Lobby, Economic Security Project Action, Coalition of Human Needs, and Zero to Three.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=0D64617D-C281-4BAC-A037-A1E4579A58C1"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9408909827470779, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}