To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

6 January 2009

Last action

4 March 2009 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4], Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7], Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]

Subjects

Taxation

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Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund and to allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns $3.00 of income taxes ($6.00 in the case of joint returns) to be paid over to such Fund to provide assistance to homeless veterans.

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Timeline

6 January 2009
Introduced
Referred to House Ways and Means
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6 January 2009
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
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6 January 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 January 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
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9 January 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Source: Committee
4 March 2009
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/147
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