Congress 108 - HR 2037 - Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

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Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional Record Congressional reporting requirements Conscientious objectors Defense budgets Economics and Public Finance Estate tax Gift tax Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government trust funds Income tax Peace Religion Religious liberty Tax administration Tax returns Taxation War and religion

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Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers: (1) who are designated conscientious objectors opposed to participation in war in any form based upon the taxpayer's deeply held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or training (within the meaning of the Military Selective Service Act); and (2) who have certified these beliefs in writing.

Requires that funds in the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund be allocated annually to any appropriation not for a military purpose.

Declares the sense of Congress that any Treasury increase resulting from the creation of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Fund.

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May 8, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 8, 2003

Introduced in House

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