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HR 1985 104th Congress House Taxation Adopted children Adoption Armed Forces and National Security Costs Disabled Employee benefit plans Families Income tax Individual retirement accounts Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Military dependents Military pay Military personnel Tax credits Tax exclusion Tax-deferred compensation plans

Adoption Incentives Act of 1995

Introduced: June 30, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Jun 30, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 30, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1383)
Jun 30, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Adoption Incentives Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income: (1) employee and military adoption assistance benefits; and (2) a withdrawal from an individual retirement account for qualified adoption expenses to the extent that such amount exceeds the sum of such benefits plus any credit allowable with respect to such expenses, as long as such amount does not exceed such expenses.

What's happening now June 30, 1995

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 18, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 30, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1985: Adoption Incentives Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1985/
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"H.R. 1985: Adoption Incentives Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1985/.
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H.R. 1985, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1985/.
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