Social Security Tax Hike Phaseout Act of 2004
Latest action · Jul 21, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6542)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Social Security Tax Hike Phaseout Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 85 to 60 percent the maximum applicable percentage of social security benefits includable in the gross income of a taxpayer. Phases in this reduction between 2005 and 2008. Appropriates to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by reason of the enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6542)
- Mar 2, 2004Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Appropriations
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Medicare
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Railroad retirement plans
- Social security beneficiaries
- Social Welfare
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Transportation and Public Works
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