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HR 696 104th Congress House

Bartlett-Mfume Health Insurance Deduction Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for taxable years beginning in 1994.

Introduced: January 31, 1995 See on congress.gov
Taxation Finance and Financial SectorHealthHealth insuranceIncome tax
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Insurance premiumsLabor and EmploymentSelf-employedTax deductions
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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 26, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 26, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 6, 1995

See H.R.831.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bartlett-Mfume Health Insurance Deduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore the 25-percent deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for the taxable year 1994.

 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 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 21, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 7, 1995
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Jan 31, 1995
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jan 30, 1995
FROST, MARTIN
· Jan 30, 1995
CRANE, PHILIP
· Jan 26, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 696: Bartlett-Mfume Health Insurance Deduction Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-696/
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"H.R. 696: Bartlett-Mfume Health Insurance Deduction Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-696/.
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H.R. 696, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-696/.
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