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Timothy Kennedy (D-NY)

Helping Encourage Animal Rescue through Tax Credits Act of 2026

H.R. 11018 · House bill Taxation

A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Helping Encourage Animal Rescue through Tax Credits Act of 2026. It adds a new tax credit to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for people who pay adoption fees for certain animals. Regular individuals who are not nonresident aliens can claim this credit. The credit covers 50 percent of the qualified animal adoption fee paid during the taxable year. There is a strict limit of $500 per animal for this credit. The rules apply to adoption amounts paid or incurred after the date the Act is enacted.

Yes· 3 of 5

  • Scored +3

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The adoption tax credit is refundable, providing direct financial assistance to lower-income households adopting pets.

  • Scored +2

    Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?

    Young adults adopting pets may benefit from the new refundable adoption fee tax credit.

  • Scored +2

    Would people in middle age be better off under this?

    Middle-aged individuals adopting pets are eligible for the refundable tax credit.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.