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HR 2875 104th Congress House Taxation Breast cancer Cancer research Checkoff Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to medical research Government trust funds Health Income tax Prostate cancer Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Tax returns Women

Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 1996

Introduced: January 24, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jan 24, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 24, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to designate that five dollars (ten dollars in the case of joint returns) be paid over to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund. Establishes a trust fund to be known as the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund into which such designated amounts shall be deposited.

What's happening now January 31, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1573 Identical bill Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 1996
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 23, 1996
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 15, 1996
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 19, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 28, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2875: Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2875/
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"H.R. 2875: Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2875/.
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H.R. 2875, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2875/.
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