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H.R. 5823 (110th)

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

16 April 2008

Last action

16 April 2008 · Introduced

Status

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18], Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18], Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-13], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16], Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

5 December 2025

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

  1. 16 April 2008

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 April 2008

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 16 April 2008

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 April 2008

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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