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Sacrifice and Responsibility Act

Introduced: September 9, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
Sep 9, 2003
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Sacrifice and Responsibility Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) raise the top two individual income tax rates back to 36 percent and 39.6 percent; and (2) repeal the amendments made by section 302 (Dividends of Individuals Taxed at Capital Gain Rates) of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

Appropriates, as emergency supplemental appropriations, for FY 2004 specified sums for: (1) military operations in Iraq and in support of the global war on terrorism; and (2) the relief and reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan.

What's happening now September 9, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 1, 2003
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