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HR 539 104th Congress House Taxation Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health Health insurance Income tax Insurance companies Medically uninsured Tax-exempt organizations

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax exemption for health risk pools.

Introduced: June 7, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Jan 17, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 17, 1995
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to recognize as a tax-exempt organization any legal entity created by a State or political subdivision to establish a risk pool to provide health insurance coverage for certain persons who are unable to obtain private health insurance.

What's happening now January 17, 1995

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · Jun 7, 1995
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 11, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 539: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax exemption for health risk pools.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-539/
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"H.R. 539: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax exemption for health risk pools.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-539/.
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H.R. 539, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-539/.
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