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HR 819 109th Congress House Taxation Annuities Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Labor and Employment Life insurance Tax exclusion

Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005

Introduced: February 15, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 15, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 15, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for 50 percent of the amount otherwise includible in gross income as guaranteed payments from certain annuity or life insurance contracts. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $20,000 in any taxable year. Provides for an inflation adjustment of the $20,000 limitation beginning in 2007.

What's happening now February 15, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3912 Related bill Flexible Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005
  • S 381 Related bill Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6 Republican 2
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 10, 2006
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 21, 2005
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 26, 2005
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · May 4, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 5, 2005
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 5, 2005
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 15, 2005
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 15, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 819: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-819/
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"H.R. 819: Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-819/.
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H.R. 819, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-819/.
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