HR 3971 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Introduced Jul 25, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Thomas Massie R-KY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 25, 2019 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.

  1. IntroducedJul 25, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

This bill 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. The bill also: (1) appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this bill, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this bill.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2019 to Jun 25, 2020, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-TXChip RoyOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-MOJason SmithOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-CAPaul CookOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-PAScott PerryOriginalJul 25, 2019
R-OHTroy BaldersonOriginalJul 25, 2019
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 25, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Jul 25, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

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

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  1. Jul 25, 2019Introduced in House

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