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To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

Introduced: November 8, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2007
Became Public Law No: 110-141.
Dec 19, 2007
Signed by President.
Dec 11, 2007
Presented to President.
Dec 7, 2007
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 6, 2007
Cleared for White House.
Dec 6, 2007
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15000)
Dec 6, 2007
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15000)
Dec 5, 2007
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Dec 4, 2007
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Dec 4, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 4, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H14122)
Dec 4, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H14122)
Dec 4, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4118.
Dec 4, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H14122-14124)
Dec 4, 2007
Mr. McDermott moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 8, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 8, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2372-2373)
Nov 8, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 4, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Excludes from gross income, for federal income tax purposes, any payments made by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) out of the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic shootings at such school on April 16, 2007.

Increases the penalty for failure to file a partnership income tax return, for a taxable year beginning in 2008, by one dollar (from $85 to $86) per month (multiplied, as under current law, by the number of partners in the offending partnership during any part of the taxable year).

What's happening now December 19, 2007

Became Public Law No: 110-141.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Nov 8, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4118: To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4118/
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"H.R. 4118: To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4118/.
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H.R. 4118, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4118/.
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