United States · Bill · S
S. 261 (111th)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.
Introduced
15 January 2009
Last action
15 January 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the restrictions on the tax deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse, dependent, or other individual accompanying the taxpayer on business travel.
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Timeline
15 January 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
15 January 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 15 January 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/261
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/261
- us · 111-s-261 · source updated 5 December 2025