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HR 442 104th Congress House Taxation Finance and Financial Sector Health Health insurance Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Self-employed Tax deductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retroactively restore and make permanent the limited deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

Introduced: January 9, 1995 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
Feb 6, 1995
See H.R.831.
Jan 9, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 9, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

What's happening now February 6, 1995

See H.R.831.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 831 Procedurally related To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-e…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1 Independent 1
R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Feb 2, 1995
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 2, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 9, 1995
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 442: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retroactively restore and make permanent the limited deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-442/
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"H.R. 442: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retroactively restore and make permanent the limited deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-442/.
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H.R. 442, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-442/.
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