S 779
106th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability (International law)
Government trust funds
History
Income tax
International Affairs
International claims
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Nazism
Personal income tax
Switzerland
Tax exclusion
A bill to provide that no Federal income tax shall be imposed on amounts received by Holocaust victims or their heirs.
Introduced: April 13, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 1999
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Apr 13, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 13, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3641-3642)
Apr 13, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from Federal income tax any amounts received by Holocaust victims or their heirs: (1) from the Swiss Humanitarian Fund established by the Government of Switzerland or from any similar fund established by any foreign country; or (2) as a result of the settlement of the action entitled "In re Holocaust Victims' Asset Litigation", (E.D. NY), C.A. No. 96-4849, or as a result of any similar action.
What's happening now
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Committees of jurisdiction
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