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HR 5823 110th Congress House

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 9, 2008 See on congress.gov
Taxation Armed Forces and National SecurityCheckoffEconomics and Public FinanceGovernment trust funds
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Apr 16, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Apr 16, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 16, 2008

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund and to allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns $3.00 of income taxes ($6.00 in the case of joint returns) to be paid over to such Fund to provide assistance to homeless veterans.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 9
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 25, 2008
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 17, 2008
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 9, 2008
Mahoney, Tim
· Sep 9, 2008
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 31, 2008
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 30, 2008
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2008
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 13, 2008
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 29, 2008
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 16, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5823: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5823/
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"H.R. 5823: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5823/.
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H.R. 5823, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5823/.
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[H.R. 5823: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5823/)
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