HR 5353
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Afghanistan
Appropriations
Asia
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Income tax credits
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Pakistan
War is Making You Poor Act
Introduced: May 20, 2010
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3729-3730)
May 20, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 20, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
May 20, 2010
Referred to House Armed Services
May 20, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3689)
May 20, 2010
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
War is Making You Poor Act - Limits amounts made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) in any appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 that may be available for the base budget or for overseas contingency operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income is $35,000 or less ($70,000 for married couples) a tax credit (designated as the War is Making You Poor Tax Credit) equal to their net income tax liability for the first taxable year beginning in 2011.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3729-3730)
Committees of jurisdiction
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