A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past-due.
Latest action · Nov 30, 2010 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.
- IntroducedNov 30, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the chief justice of the highest court of any state that wishes to collect past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debts to designate a single state entity to communicate judicial debt information to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Directs the Secretary, upon receiving notice from such an entity that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person.
Defines "state judicial debt" to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 30, 2010 to Dec 6, 2010, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Nov 30, 2010 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Nov 30, 2010 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Nov 30, 2010 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Dec 6, 2010 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Nov 30, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Nov 30, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8299)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1956 | Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act | Related bill | Apr 2, 2009 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2010Introduced in Senate
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