HR 589 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Introduced Jan 28, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Thomas Massie R-KY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 28, 2015 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 28, 2015
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 for income tax purposes.

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 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2015 to Jul 1, 2016, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Jan 28, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly	Original	Jan 28, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine	Original	Jan 28, 2015
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jan 28, 2015
R-IA	Rod Blum	Original	Jan 28, 2015
R-FL	Ron DeSantis	Original	Jan 28, 2015
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Jan 28, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon		Feb 3, 2015
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Feb 27, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson		May 24, 2016
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jul 1, 2016

Actions 2

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Jan 28, 2015Introduced in House
Jan 28, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Jan 28, 2015Introduced in House

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