S 557 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 6, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Susan M. Collins R-ME

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 6, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 6, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received by a claimant on account of claims based on unlawful discrimination (as defined). Permits income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2003 to Jun 3, 2004; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalMar 6, 2003
R-ORGordon H. SmithOriginalMar 6, 2003
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalMar 6, 2003
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesOriginalMar 6, 2003
R-MSThad CochranOriginalMar 6, 2003
D-SDThomas A. DaschleOriginalMar 6, 2003
D-NDByron L. DorganApr 11, 2003
D-NYCharles E. SchumerApr 11, 2003
R-VAJohn WarnerApr 11, 2003
D-ILRichard J. DurbinApr 11, 2003
R-AKTed StevensApr 11, 2003
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiMay 7, 2003
D-MICarl LevinMay 7, 2003
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaMay 7, 2003
R-MNNorm ColemanMay 7, 2003
D-WAPatty MurrayMay 7, 2003
D-NJJon S. CorzineMay 8, 2003
D-WAMaria CantwellMay 8, 2003
D-CADianne FeinsteinMay 14, 2003
D-MAJohn F. KerryMay 21, 2003
R-GASaxby ChamblissMay 21, 2003
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyMay 22, 2003
R-NHJohn E. SununuJun 10, 2003
D-NVHarry ReidJun 12, 2003
D-GAZell MillerJun 18, 2003
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVJun 23, 2003
D-IATom HarkinJul 7, 2003
D-MIDebbie StabenowJul 24, 2003
D-SDTim JohnsonJul 24, 2003
R-IDLarry E. CraigOct 29, 2003
R-ILPeter FitzgeraldOct 30, 2003
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergNov 4, 2003
R-UTOrrin G. HatchNov 12, 2003
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnNov 25, 2003
R-VTJames M. JeffordsNov 25, 2003
R-VAGeorge AllenJan 26, 2004
R-RILincoln ChafeeFeb 5, 2004
D-ARMark L. PryorFeb 24, 2004
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweFeb 24, 2004
D-CABarbara BoxerMay 7, 2004
D-NCJohn EdwardsMay 20, 2004
D-INEvan BayhJun 3, 2004

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Mar 6, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 6, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S3316Susan M. Collins R-MEMar 6, 2003

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2003Introduced in Senate

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