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Holocaust Victims Tax Fairness Act of 2001

Introduced: April 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Apr 6, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3759)
Apr 6, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Apr 6, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Holocaust Victims Tax Fairness Act of 2001 - Excludes from gross income and from adjusted gross income computations which consider excluded income (including Social Security benefits) specified restitution payments received by persons (or heirs) persecuted for racial or religious reasons by Nazi Germany, its allied or controlled countries, or any other Axis regime.

Excludes such payments from eligibility and benefits determinations for purposes of Federal or federally assisted means-tested programs.

What's happening now April 6, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1940 Identical bill Holocaust Victims Tax Fairness Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 7, 2001
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 7, 2001
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Apr 6, 2001
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 6, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 749: Holocaust Victims Tax Fairness Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-749/
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