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S 1187 113th Congress Senate Taxation Housing finance and home ownership Income tax exclusion

Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act

Introduced: June 19, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Jun 19, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 19, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.

What's happening now June 19, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2994 Related bill Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2013
  • HR 3856 Related bill Homeowners Debt Relief Extension Act of 2014
  • HR 5785 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified…
  • HR 2788 Identical bill Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 13 Independent 1
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 18, 2014
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 30, 2014
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Apr 30, 2014
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Feb 27, 2014
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Dec 12, 2013
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Dec 11, 2013
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 9, 2013
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 9, 2013
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Nov 20, 2013
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 13, 2013
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 6, 2013
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 5, 2013
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Oct 31, 2013
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 29, 2013
Heller, Dean
· Jun 19, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1187: Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1187/
MLA
"S. 1187: Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1187/.
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S. 1187, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1187/.
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