HR 4684 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2007

Introduced Dec 13, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Ron Paul R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 13, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedDec 13, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2007- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive the employee portion of the Social Security tax for any period in which a taxpayer has been certified by a physician as having cancer or a terminal illness or is the primary caregiver for a spouse, parent, or child with cancer or a terminal disease.

Reduces by 50 percent the rates of tax levied on a self-employed individual for old age, survivors and disability insurance and hospital insurance if a physician has certified that such individual has a terminal disease or cancer throughout the taxable year or is the primary caregiver for a spouse, parent, or child with a terminal disease or cancer.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 13, 2007Introduced in House
  2. Dec 13, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  3. Dec 13, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2569)

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Dec 13, 2007Introduced in House

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