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HR 1640 106th Congress House Taxation Employee benefit plans Income tax Labor and Employment Law Legal services insurance Personal income tax Tax exclusion Tax-exempt organizations Trusts and trustees

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.

Introduced: April 29, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 29, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.

What's happening now April 29, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 7, 2000
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 15, 2000
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 16, 2000
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 16, 1999
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 7, 1999
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 9, 1999
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 8, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 3, 1999
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Aug 3, 1999
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Aug 3, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1640/
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"H.R. 1640: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1640/.
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H.R. 1640, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1640/.
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