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S 449 103th Congress Senate Taxation Budget deficits Checkoff Federal budgets Government paperwork Government securities Government spending reductions Government trust funds Income tax Public debt Tax returns

Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act

Introduced: February 25, 1993 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 25, 1993
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow every individual with adjusted income tax liability to designate on their tax returns that a portion of such liability (not to exceed ten percent) be used to reduce the public debt.

Establishes a Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund for the deposit of designated amounts. Makes amounts in such Trust Fund available only to pay at maturity, or to redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the Federal Government included in the public debt. Prohibits the reissuance of any obligation which is paid, redeemed, or bought with amounts from the Trust Fund.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for the sequestration of amounts designated to the Trust Fund. Specifies accounts exempt from such sequestration. Includes aggregated amounts designated to the Trust Fund and amounts sequestered to reduce the public debt in sequestration preview and final reports.

What's happening now February 25, 1993

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 429 Identical bill Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act
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All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 19, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 449: Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-S-449/
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