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HR 12 107th Congress House Taxation Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Individual retirement accounts Labor and Employment Personal income tax Tax deductions

IRA Fairness Act of 2001

Introduced: January 3, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Jan 3, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
IRA Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the annual limitation on deductible individual retirement account contributions to $5000.
What's happening now January 3, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 8 Republican 8
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 6, 2002
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 10, 2001
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Smith, Adam
Washington · May 1, 2001
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 8, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 6, 2001
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 28, 2001
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Feb 14, 2001
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Feb 14, 2001
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 14, 2001
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Feb 14, 2001
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Feb 6, 2001
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Feb 6, 2001
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 30, 2001
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jan 30, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 30, 2001
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 30, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 12: IRA Fairness Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-12/
MLA
"H.R. 12: IRA Fairness Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-12/.
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H.R. 12, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-12/.
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[H.R. 12: IRA Fairness Act of 2001](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-12/)
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