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S 1806 112th Congress Senate Taxation Government trust funds Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund.

Introduced: November 3, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2012
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.
Nov 3, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 3, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund, and (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a specified portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax to be paid over to such Fund to provide services to homeless veterans.

What's happening now June 27, 2012

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jun 25, 2012
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 3, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1806: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1806/
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"S. 1806: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1806/.
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S. 1806, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1806/.
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