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HR 3035 111th Congress House

Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination and to a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 24, 2010 See on congress.gov
Taxation Civil actions and liabilityEmployment discrimination and employee rightsIncome tax exclusionWages and earnings
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Jun 25, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 25, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 25, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an exclusion from gross income for amounts received (either backpay or frontpay or punitive damages) on account of an unlawful discrimination claim; (2) income averaging for backpay and frontpay amounts received from such claims, and (3) an exemption from the alternative minimum tax for any tax benefit resulting from the income averaging of amounts received from an unlawful discrimination claim.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1360 Related bill Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 13 Republican 2
Driehaus, Steve
· Sep 29, 2010
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 24, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 24, 2010
Ellsworth, Brad
· May 13, 2010
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 13, 2010
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Apr 29, 2010
Austria, Steve
· Apr 28, 2010
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 28, 2010
Hare, Phil
· Apr 28, 2010
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 28, 2010
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 2010
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 28, 2010
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 9, 2010
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Dec 1, 2009
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Oct 28, 2009
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 28, 2009
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 13, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 6, 2009
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 6, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3035: Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3035/
MLA
"H.R. 3035: Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3035/.
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H.R. 3035, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3035/.
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