HR 2552
115th Congress
House
Taxation
Appropriations
Employee benefits and pensions
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 19, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any Social Security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income for income tax purposes.
The bill also: (1) appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this bill, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this bill.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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