Congress 111 - HR 2463 - Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2009

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Cancer Government trust funds Medical research Research administration and funding Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation Women's health

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Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a $5 contribution to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund ($10 for joint returns).

Establishes in the Treasury the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund to award grants for breast or prostate cancer research.

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May 19, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2009

Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 18, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 18, 2009

Referred to House Ways and Means
May 18, 2009

Introduced in House

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