S 1587
101th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Checkoff
Government trust funds
Income tax
Missing in action
Prisoners of war
Right of asylum
Southeast Asia
Tax returns
Vietnamese Conflict
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the designation on income tax forms of overpayments of tax and contributions to reward the return of a Vietnam POW/MIA.
Introduced: September 6, 1989
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Sep 6, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 6, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize individuals to designate one dollar of overpayment or a cash contribution on income tax forms to the Vietnam POW/MIA Rescue Fund. Establishes such Fund to make payments to individuals as rewards for delivering into the custody of the U.S. Government a living Vietnam POW/MIA. Authorizes the granting of political asylum to individuals receiving rewards.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1