HR 1186
107th Congress
House
Taxation
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional Record
Congressional reporting requirements
Conscientious objectors
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Gift tax
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Income tax
Peace
Personal income tax
Religion
Religious liberty
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act
Introduced: March 22, 2001
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 22, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers: (1) who are designated conscientious objectors opposed to participation in war in any form based upon the taxpayer's deeply held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or training (within the meaning of the Military Selective Service Act); and (2) who have certified these beliefs in writing.
Requires that funds in the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund be allocated annually to any appropriation not for a military purpose.
Declares the sense of Congress that any increase in revenue to the Treasury resulting from the creation of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Fund.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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