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H.R. 3800 (98th)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the cost-of-living adjustment for the individual income tax rates and the personal exemption and to provide that no cost-of-living adjustment shall take effect on or after October 1, 1984, under certain entitlement programs.
Introduced
4 August 1983
Last action
14 September 1983 · Committee
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Sponsors
Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1], Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4], Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4], Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
4 February 2025
Summary
Repeals the provisions of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 which allow a cost-of-living adjustment to the individual income tax rates and the personal tax exemption. Provides that no cost-of-living adjustment shall take effect after September 30, 1984, with respect to: (1) old age, survivors and disability benefits; (2) armed service retirement and retainer pay; (3) retired pay and retainer pay of members and former members of the Coast Guard; (4) retired pay of commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Public Health Service; (5) civil service retirement benefits; (6) foreign service retirement benefits; (7) Central Intelligence Agency retirement benefits; (8) Federal workers' compensation; and (9) benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
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Timeline
4 August 1983
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
14 September 1983
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Source: Committee
14 September 1983
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, Treasury, Labor, HHS, State, OPM, CIA, GAO.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 4 August 1983
Sponsors
- Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsgo00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/3800
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/hr/3800
- us · 98-hr-3800 · source updated 4 February 2025