# 114-hr-4867: Working Families Relief Act

114-hr-4867, Working Families Relief Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4867
- Congress: 114
- Title: Working Families Relief Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-03-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Working Families Relief Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and expand tax incentives for employer-provided dependent care assistance. The bill increases the limit on the amount excludible from the gross income of an employee for employer-provided dependent care assistance and requires annual inflation adjustments to such increased limit after 2017. The bill also establishes tax credits for: (1) small employer dependent care assistance program start-up costs, and (2) employer matching contributions for dependent care assistance programs.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2016-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2016-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4867 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4867)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4867 (as of 2025-11-18).