HR 1673
107th Congress
House
Taxation
Armed Forces and National Security
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to medical research
Gifts
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Medical research
Personal income tax
Prosthesis
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Medical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act
Introduced: May 2, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 2, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans Medical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to designate that all or part of an income tax overpayment shall be used for Department of Veterans Affairs medical research. States that any such amount shall be treated as: (1) a refund to the taxpayer; and (2) a contribution to the United States.
Amends Federal law to establish in the Treasury the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research Gift Fund.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committees of jurisdiction
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