II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1371 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 15, 2017 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Durbin , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Casey , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Reed , Mr. Menendez , Ms. Harris , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Warren , Ms. Stabenow , Mrs. Feinstein , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Whitehouse , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Carper , Mrs. McCaskill , Mr. Booker , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Franken , Mr. Warner , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Markey , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Coons , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. King , Mr. Udall , Mr. Kaine , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Tester , Mr. Peters , Mr. Murphy , and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.