United States · Bill · S
S. 859 (105th)
A bill to repeal the increase in tax on social security benefits.
Introduced
9 June 1997
Last action
9 June 1997 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4], Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA], Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Repeals the tax increase on social security benefits made by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993. Mandates application and administration of the Internal Revenue Code as if such increase had not been enacted.
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Timeline
9 June 1997
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
9 June 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5423)
Source: IntroReferral
9 June 1997
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 9 June 1997 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 June 1997
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 June 1997
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 June 1997
Sponsors
- Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/859
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/859
- us · 105-s-859 · source updated 7 April 2025