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HR 961 105th Congress House Taxation Election administration Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Local employees State employees Unemployment insurance Withholding tax

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the requirement that States pay unemployment compensation on the basis of services performed by election workers.

Introduced: March 5, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 5, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the requirement that States pay unemployment compensation on the basis of services performed by election officials or workers if remuneration for a calendar year is expected to be less than $1,000.

What's happening now March 5, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Republican 1
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jun 4, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 961: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the requirement that States pay unemployment compensation on the basis of services performed by election workers.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-961/
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"H.R. 961: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the requirement that States pay unemployment compensation on the basis of services performed by election workers.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-961/.
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H.R. 961, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-961/.
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