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HR 147 111th 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: November 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Government trust fundsHomelessness and emergency shelterTax administration and collection, taxpayersVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jan 6, 2009
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.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 4, 2009

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 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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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 19 Republican 1
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Aug 10, 2010
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 13, 2010
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 26, 2010
Cao, Anh
· Nov 6, 2009
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Sep 22, 2009
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 22, 2009
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jul 16, 2009
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jul 13, 2009
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 9, 2009
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jul 8, 2009
Halvorson, Deborah
· Jun 19, 2009
McMahon, Michael
· Jun 16, 2009
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 3, 2009
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 3, 2009
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jun 3, 2009
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Mar 23, 2009
Teague, Harry
· Mar 4, 2009
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 25, 2009
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Feb 13, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2009
Nye, Glenn
· Feb 13, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 9, 2009
Space, Zachary
· Feb 9, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 6, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 6, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 147: 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.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-147/
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"H.R. 147: 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.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-147/.
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H.R. 147, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-147/.
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[H.R. 147: 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/111-HR-147/)
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