Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
Latest action · Jan 6, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income.
Appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this Act. Expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this Act.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2009 to Apr 26, 2010, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Apr 26, 2010 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
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