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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 See on congress.gov
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Sep 6, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 6, 1989
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 10, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1587: 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.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-1587/
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"S. 1587: 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.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-1587/.
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S. 1587, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-1587/.
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