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HR 563 107th Congress House Taxation Business income tax Commerce Families Income tax Married people Parent and child Personal income tax Tax deductions Transportation and Public Works Travel costs

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.

Introduced: February 13, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Feb 13, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 13, 2001
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to delete provisions prohibiting the deduction of the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on a business trip.
What's happening now February 13, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 29, 2002
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · May 23, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 563: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-563/
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"H.R. 563: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-563/.
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H.R. 563, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-563/.
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[H.R. 563: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-563/)
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