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HR 897 109th Congress House Taxation Employee benefit plans Group insurance Income tax Labor and Employment Law Legal services Tax exclusion

To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.

Introduced: February 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore, make permanent, and eliminate the dollar limitation for the tax exclusion for amounts received under a qualified group legal services plan.

What's happening now February 17, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1231 Related bill Legal Benefits Tax Fairness Act of 2005
  • S 1160 Related bill Legal Services Benefit Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 26, 2005
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 17, 2005
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 17, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 897: To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-897/
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"H.R. 897: To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-897/.
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H.R. 897, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-897/.
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