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United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President, in the case of any bill, order, resolution, or vote, to decline to approve in whole any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, any item of new direct spending, or any limited tax benefit.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 50 percent income tax deduction for business meal and entertainment expenses and replace it with an increasing percentage from 68 percent in calendar 2001 up to 80 percent in calendar 2003 and thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act of 2001 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to exempt from the embargo on trade with Cuba (including prohibitions under the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 against the unloading at a U.S. port of vessels that previously entered a Cuban port to engage in trade) the export of any agricultural commodity (including fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical instruments, or medical equipment, or any travel incident to delivery of such items. Exempts the same items from certain authorities limiting trade with Cuba, including the President's authority restricting exports to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to repeal specified sections prohibiting: (1) U.S. Government assistance, including foreign and export assistance, U.S. credit or guarantees for exports to Cuba or for commercial exports to Iran, Libya, North Korea, or Sudan; and (2) the export of agricultural commodities (including the financing of their sale), medicine, or medical devices, and travel, to Cuba (effectively allowing the export of such commodities and travel to such country). Amends the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 to exempt the export by a country of agricultural commodities to Cuba from the prohibition against U.S. assistance to any country that provides assistance to Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the denial of foreign tax credit with respect to income, war profits, or excess profits taxes paid to Cuba that are attributable to activities with respect to the permitted exports, or travel incident to such activities, under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from limiting the amount of remittances to Cuba that any U.S. person may make. Declares that this prohibition does not prohibit the prosecution or conviction of any person committing a criminal offense relating to the laundering of money or engagement in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Death Tax Sunset Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, gift tax, and tax on generation-skipping transfers.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Free Trade With Cuba Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including other specified laws) to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba. Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citizens or residents. Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba. Urges the President to take all necessary steps to conduct negotiations with the Government of Cuba to: (1) settle claims of U.S. nationals against Cuba for the taking of property; and (2) secure protection of internationally recognized human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for a limited time period, deductions and credits for commercial and residential properties using specified energy efficient construction or reconstruction materials or technologies, including solar energy. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) allocation of deductions for public property; and (2) property financed by subsidized energy financing. Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish specified certification and compliance procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Federal School Construction Act of 2001 - Schools for the 21st Century Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize provisions for school infrastructure improvement. Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants for the construction, repair, renovation, and modernization of public school facilities to eligible local educational agencies in specified categories based on numbers of students enrolled, and to set maximum award amounts for each such category. Requires reservation of one percent of program funds to provide assistance to schools operated predominantly for Native American or Alaska Native students. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited tax credit for holders of qualified public school modernization bonds. Repeals a restriction on zone academy bond holders. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to apply certain labor standards on construction projects financed under such public school modernization bond program and specified zone academy bond provisions. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish provisions concerning local employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the two percent excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Energy Security for American Consumers Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the production and sales eligibility dates respecting the credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source. Sets forth a credit phaseout and disallows it as of tax year 2016. Includes certain heavy oil as a qualified fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
IRA Charitable Rollover Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from inclusion as income individual retirement account (IRA) distributions used for qualified charitable purposes. Sets forth related rules for charitable remainder trusts, pooled income funds, and charitable gift annuities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Capital Gains Sunset Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate taxes on net capital gains as of tax year 2005.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Independent Energy Production Act of 2001 - Marginal Well Preservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth provisions relating to domestic oil and gas production which: (1) establish a credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; and (2) permit a taxpayer to expense geological and geophysical expenditures and to delay rental payments in connection with oil and gas development. Permits a five-year net operating loss carryback for losses attributable to operating mineral interests of independent oil and gas producers.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the creation of disaster protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from certain catastrophic events.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Charitable Giving Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit non-itemizers to deduct a portion of their charitable contributions.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Tobacco Farmers' Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income certain payments to tobacco quota and allotment holders and growers pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the charitable contribution deduction from the (income-based) itemized deduction phaseout.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as of tax year 2001, to establish (in addition to existing brackets) a 12 percent individual tax bracket for each filing status. Caps taxable income levels for the 12 percent bracket at: (1) $12,000 for married individuals filing jointly; (2) $10,000 for heads of households; and (3) $6,000 for unmarried individuals or married individuals filing separately. Applies the current 15 percent bracket to income levels above the 12 percent caps but below current 15 percent caps. Prohibits minimum bracket amount inflation adjustments through tax year 2006. Revises the cost-of-living adjustment formula, as of tax year 2007. Provides, beginning in tax year 2002, for specified reductions in the 12, 28, 31, 36, and 39.6 percent individual (and estate) brackets. (Maintains the revised 15 percent bracket without further change.) Repeals mandatory reductions in the additional (three or more children) child tax credit and the earned income credit for taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Paul Coverdell Medical Research Investment Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a special limitation for charitable contributions for medical research. Permits the carryover (for ten succeeding years) of any excess of such contribution. Provides for the special treatment of medical research incentive stock options.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act of 2001 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to exempt from the embargo on trade with Cuba (including prohibitions under the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 against the unloading at a U.S. port of vessels that previously entered a Cuban port to engage in trade) the export of any agricultural commodity (including fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical instruments, or medical equipment, or any travel incident to delivery of such items. Exempts the same items from certain authorities limiting trade with Cuba, including the President's authority restricting exports to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to repeal specified sections prohibiting: (1) U.S. Government assistance, including foreign and export assistance, U.S. credit or guarantees for exports to Cuba or for commercial exports to Iran, Libya, North Korea, or Sudan; and (2) the export of agricultural commodities (including the financing of their sale), medicine, or medical devices, and travel, to Cuba (effectively allowing the export of such commodities and travel to such country). Amends the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 to exempt the export by a country of agricultural commodities to Cuba from the prohibition against U.S. assistance to any country that provides assistance to Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the denial of foreign tax credit with respect to income, war profits, or excess profits taxes paid to Cuba that are attributable to activities with respect to the permitted exports, or travel incident to such activities, under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from limiting the amount of remittances to Cuba that any U.S. person may make. Declares that this prohibition does not prohibit the prosecution or conviction of any person committing a criminal offense relating to the laundering of money or engagement in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Free Trade With Cuba Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including other specified laws) to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba. Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citizens or residents. Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba. Urges the President to take all necessary steps to conduct negotiations with the Government of Cuba to: (1) settle claims of U.S. nationals against Cuba for the taking of property; and (2) secure protection of internationally recognized human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Medical Research Investment Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a special limitation for charitable contributions for medical research. Permits the carryover (for 10 succeeding years) of any excess of such contribution. Provides for the special treatment of medical research incentive stock options.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to $5 million; and (2) repeal the estate and gift tax family-owned business interests provision.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Provides that the certification of Mexico's cooperation with U.S. counterdrug efforts shall not be required in FY 2001 in order that certain limitations on bilateral and multilateral development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to Mexico in that fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth provisions for: (1) a small employer (100 or fewer employees) retirement plan; (2) a credit for the expenses of establishing such a plan; and (3) a model small employer retirement plan.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2001
National Energy Security Act of 2001 - Mandates Federal studies and reports to Congress regarding specified national energy needs and resources. Prescribes research and development programs pertaining to designated energy technologies. Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water and Frontier Royalty Relief Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or eliminate the royalty or net profit share set forth in leases in the Western, Eastern and Central Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Mandates that: (1) Federal oil or gas royalties accruing to the United States under any lease or permit be paid in kind in oil or gas; and (2) such royalty-in-kind oil be transferred to the Secretary of Energy to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Act of 2000 (sic) - Mandates transfer to a State, upon its request, of Federal authority over oil and gas lease operations on Federal land within the State. Directs the Secretary, when the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil or natural gas reach certain levels, to grant a specified credit against the payment of royalties on oil and gas exploration and development on Federal land and the Outer Continental Shelf in order to encourage those activities. Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2001 - Establishes Federal grant programs for incentive payments for nuclear energy technology and research. Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2001 - Prescribes leasing guidelines for the Arctic Coastal Plain (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) for private sector oil and gas exploration, development, and production, including rights-of-way and easements for oil and gas transportation. Establishes Federal grant programs for: (1) local governmental use of alternative fuel vehicles; and (2) residential renewable energy. Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 2001 - Delineates mandatory factors for consideration by Federal agencies in connection with hydroelectric power licensing procedures. National Electric Reliability Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve an Electric Reliability Organization, which shall adopt standards for the reliable operation of a bulk power system. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Practices Act of 1978 to repeal the requirement that an electric utility enter into a new contract to purchase or sell electric energy or capacity pursuant to requirements governing cogeneration and small power production. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Deems State actions to support emission-free electricity sources to be control measures meeting Clean Air Act requirements and included in a State Implementation Plan. Energy Security Tax Policy Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax incentives, including tax credits, with respect to: (1) oil and gas production; (2) offshore oil and gas vessels and structures; (3) emission reductions and efficiency improvements in coal-based electricity generation facilities; (4) early commercial applications of advanced clean coal technologies; (5) prepayments for natural gas; (6) electric power; (7) spent nuclear fuel storage; (8) energy efficiency; (9) alternative fuels; and (10) renewable energy.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2001
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) repeal the mandate that the Secretary of Energy determine by rule whether nonprofit educational institutions should receive automatic remission of civil monetary penalties for violation of Department of Energy nuclear safety regulations; and (2) limit the liability of certain tax-exempt contractors, subcontractors or suppliers for a civil penalty for a nuclear safety violation to the amount of any discretionary fee paid to such person pursuant to the contract under which such violation occurred.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Repeals the Internal Revenue Code's nonrefundable income tax credit for employment-related dependent care expenses, replacing it with a corresponding refundable 50 percent credit, reduced (but not below 20 percent) as the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $15,000 (adjusted for inflation). Includes within the scope of the new credit up to $1,200 ($2,400 in the case of more than one qualifying individual) of respite care expenses incurred in the care of: (1) a dependent of the taxpayer who is at least 13 years old; or (2) a spouse or other dependent who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Main Street Business Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the $25, 000 (maximum) annual deduction of section 179 depreciable business property available in tax year 2001, rather than 2003. Expands the definition of such property.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $500,000 ($250,000 for a married individual filing separately) from the sale of qualified farm property, reduced by the aggregate amount of gain excluded for all preceding taxable years.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual an income tax deduction for qualified home health care and adult day and respite care expenses with respect to a dependent who: (1) resides with the taxpayer; (2) is a dependent of the taxpayer; and (3) suffers from Alzheimer's disease (or a related organic brain disorder) and is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Straight Talk on Social Security Act of 2001 - Amends the Social Security Act to require Social Security account statements to contain additional information, such as a statement of the current Social Security tax rates applicable to wages and self-employment income, including an indication of the combined total of such rates of employee and employer taxes with respect to wages.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to select up to 24 Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or consortia of tribes or organizations per fiscal year to participate in projects to foster community, economic, and business development in Native American communities through grants or other financial assistance provided through Federal programs or projects. Outlines procedures for processing requests for joint financing (financing by at least two Federal assistance programs). Authorizes the establishment of a joint assistance fund to ensure that amounts received from more than one Federal program or appropriation are more effectively administered. Provides for the financial management, accountability, and audits of the use of financial assistance provided. Authorizes the provision of technical assistance and personnel training under a project approved for joint financing. Authorizes the head of an executive agency to enter into an agreement with a State to extend the benefits of this Act to a project that involves assistance from at least one executive agency, the State, and at least one tribal agency or instrumentality.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Health Insurance Cost Tax Equity Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the deduction of 100 percent of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Provides that the certification of cooperation of Mexico with U.S. counterdrug efforts shall not be required in FY 2001 in order that certain limitations on bilateral and multilateral development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to Mexico in FY 2001.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify, for a three year period, certain procedures for the provision of development assistance to foreign countries not cooperating with U.S. counterdrug efforts. Requires the President, for each fiscal year during such period, to identify to the appropriate congressional committees any country the President proposes to subject (with enactment of a joint resolution by Congress) to the withholding of half of any allocated bilateral assistance, and to opposition to any multilateral assistance to such country, because it is not: (1) cooperating with the United States in achieving full compliance with the goals and objectives of the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances; (2) taking adequate steps on its own to achieve full compliance with the Convention; or (3) taking adequate steps to achieve full compliance with a bilateral agreement with the United States on illicit drug control. Requires the inclusion of the identity of major drug trafficking organizations in the President's annual international narcotics control strategy report.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain small issue agriculture bonds from the State volume cap.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a specified percentage of the total amount of any Federal Perkins loan, Federal Family Education loan, or direct student loan for each year of employment (up to five) as a full-time teacher at a tribal college or university if the borrower is not in default on such loan. Prohibits a borrower from receiving, for the same service, such a benefit and a national service educational award. Provides that the amount of any loan forgiven under this Act shall not be treated as gross income for Federal tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exclude net earnings from a lease agreement (currently, an arrangement) from income with respect to farmland.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Rural America Prosperity Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1)allow self-employed individuals a full deduction for self-employed health insurance costs; (2) exclude from gross income gain from the sale of qualified farmland; (3) provide that income averaging by farmers shall not increase alternative minimum tax liability; (4) establish a Farm and Risk Management Account into which an individual engaged in an eligible farming business may deposit and deduct up to 20 percent of taxable income; (5) provide for a phased-in repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a a study of the costs of regulations on farmers, ranchers, and foresters. Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President, upon a determination that import restrictions are unduly burdening U.S. foreign trade, to enter into foreign trade agreements which: (1) open and expand U.S. market access; (2) reduce or eliminate trade barriers for U.S. exports; and (3) free investment fund transfers. Agricultural Trade Freedom Act - Amends the Agricultural trade Act of 1978 to exempt, with exceptions, agricultural commodities, livestock, and products made available as a result of commercial sales from a unilateral trade sanction imposed by the United States on another country.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Cash Accounting for Small Business Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit an eligible taxpayer from being required to use an accrual method of accounting for a taxable year if the such taxpayer's average annual gross receipts for the preceding three-year period does not exceed $5 million (to be adjusted for inflation). States that eligible small business taxpayers shall not be required to use inventories, and that property shall be treated as a material which is not incidental.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Setting Aside for a Valuable Education (SAVE) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit private higher educational institutions, in addition to currently permitted State institutions, to establish qualified tuition programs; (2) exclude from gross income program distributions used for qualified higher education expenses; (3) permit an annual rollover to a different tuition program on behalf of the same beneficiary; (4) include first cousins as a qualifying family member; and (5) revise the room and board limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Conservation and Reinvestment Act - Establishes the Conservation and Reinvestment Act Fund (CRAF). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into the CRAF certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues, undisbursed impact assistance and coastal conservation amounts, and interest earned on CRAF investments. Allocates CRAF funds among coastal States for impact assistance and coastal conservation, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and Federal aid to a certain wildlife restoration fund. Provides for CRAF funding of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994, Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Agreements, and a specified program for payments in lieu of taxes and refuge revenue sharing. Expresses the intent of Congress that amounts made available under this Act are to supplement, and not to detract from, annual appropriations for the National Park Service. Prohibits the expenditure of funds under this Act if such an expenditure diminishes benefit obligations of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, or the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act - Prohibits any Federal agency from making a decision to privatize, outsource, contract out, or contract for the performance of a function currently performed by the agency or to conduct a study to convert a function from Federal to contractor performance. Allows an agency to contract out a function not then performed by Federal employees if such function would be performed under contract by the blind or handicapped. Authorizes any agency to apply to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for a waiver of such prohibition on specified grounds. Requires each agency to establish a centralized system for reporting on its contracting efforts during the preceding and current fiscal years. Requires any agency decision to privatize, outsource, or contract out for the performance of a function, after expiration of the prohibition enacted by this Act, to be based on the results of a public-private competition process meeting specified requirements. Requires an agency either to conduct a new public-private competition or to convert a function to performance by Federal employees if a report indicates that: (1) contracting out costs exceed costs of performance by Federal employees; or (2) contracting out fails to meet quality control standards. Directs the Secretary of Labor to survey and report to specified congressional committees on the wages and quantifiable benefits provided by contractors to non-Federal personnel working under contract.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Hope for Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the expenses allowable towards the adoption credit. Renames such credit as the "Tom Bliley adoption credit."
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 to authorize appropriations through FY 2007 to carry out such Act. Limits the amount that may be used each fiscal year for administrative expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the African Elephant Conservation Act to authorize appropriations through FY 2007 to carry out such Act. Limits the amount that may be used for administrative expenses each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 to authorize appropriations through FY 2007 to carry out such Act. Limits the amount that may be used each fiscal year for administrative expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the standard deduction on a joint (married) return equal to twice the deduction on a single (not married) return.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the 60-month limit on student loan interest deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Education IRA Plus Act of 2001 - Amends the education individual retirement account provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to increase the contribution limit from $500 to: (1) $1,000 beginning in taxable year 2002; (2) $1,500 beginning in taxable year 2003; and (3) $2,000 beginning in taxable year 2004.