HR 2037 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

Introduced May 8, 2003 Originated House Sponsor John Lewis D-GA

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

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 8, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2003 to Oct 7, 2004; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMay 8, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMay 8, 2003
R-IAJames A. LeachOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalMay 8, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalMay 8, 2003
R-TXRon PaulOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-CASam FarrOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 8, 2003
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIJun 4, 2003
D-PAChaka FattahJun 12, 2003
D-NJRush HoltJul 18, 2003
D-CADiane E. WatsonOct 8, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelFeb 3, 2004
D-MOKaren McCarthyFeb 3, 2004
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Mar 3, 2004
R-KSJerry MoranMar 10, 2004
D-NYJose E. SerranoMay 4, 2004
D-FLCorrine BrownMay 12, 2004
D-MDElijah E. CummingsMay 20, 2004
D-OHTed StricklandJun 3, 2004
D-NCMelvin L. WattJun 17, 2004
D-CAMichael M. HondaOct 5, 2004
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOct 7, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 8, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2003Introduced in House
  2. May 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To affirm the religious freedom of taxpayers who are conscientiously opposed to participation in war, to provide that the income, estate, or gift tax payments of such taxpayers be used for nonmilitary purposes, to create the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments, to improve revenue collection, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2003Introduced in House

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