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HR 3596 108th Congress House Taxation Costs Drugs Health Income tax Medical economics Tax deductions

OTC Medicine Tax Fairness Act of 2003

Introduced: November 21, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Nov 21, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 21, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

The OTC Medicine Tax Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirement that the deduction for medicine and drugs is limited to prescribed drugs and insulin.

What's happening now November 21, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 19, 2004
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 17, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3596: OTC Medicine Tax Fairness Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3596/
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"H.R. 3596: OTC Medicine Tax Fairness Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3596/.
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