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HR 162 103th Congress House Taxation Health Health insurance Income tax Insurance premiums Self-employed Tax deductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for an indefinite period, and to increase the amount of such deduction.

Introduced: January 5, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 10, 1993
See H.R.2264.
Jan 5, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 5, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) make the deduction permanent; and (2) phase in an increase in the allowable deduction, reaching 100 percent for taxable years beginning in 1996 and thereafter.

What's happening now August 10, 1993

See H.R.2264.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2264 Procedurally related Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 4 Republican 4 Independent 1
R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Sep 21, 1994
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 4, 1993
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 4, 1993
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 4, 1993
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 16, 1993
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Feb 16, 1993
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 16, 1993
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 27, 1993
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 27, 1993
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 162: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for an indefinite period, and to increase the amount of such deduction.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-162/
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"H.R. 162: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for an indefinite period, and to increase the amount of such deduction.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-162/.
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H.R. 162, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-162/.
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