S 1287
110th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Collection of accounts
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Legal fees
State courts
Tax refunds
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 3, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from a state judicial agency that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1287: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1287/
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