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HR 147 111th Congress House Taxation Government trust funds Homelessness and emergency shelter Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

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: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
 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
 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.

What's happening now March 4, 2009

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3