A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the excise tax on handguns will be transferred to a trust fund to be used for purposes of providing compensation to victims of crime, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the "Crime Victims Compensation Trust Fund." Appropriates to such fund amounts equivalent to the excise taxes imposed on pistols and revolvers. Provides that amounts in such fund shall be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for purposes of providing compensation to victims of crime.

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Timeline

1. 20 April 1982

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 20 April 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 20 April 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 26 April 1982

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 April 1982

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Russo, Martin A. [D-IL-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing
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