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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount allowed to be deducted each taxable year for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and…

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount allowed to be deducted each taxable year for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and elderly from $25,000 to $100,000, and to make permanent the allowance of such deduction.

Introduced: May 21, 1982 See on congress.gov
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May 21, 1982
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the allowable amount of the income tax deduction for eliminating architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and aged from $25,000 to $100,000.

Makes such tax deduction permanent.

What's happening now May 21, 1982

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 23, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6460: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount allowed to be deducted each taxable year for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and elderly from $25,000 to $100,000, and to make permanent the allowance of such deduction.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6460/
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"H.R. 6460: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount allowed to be deducted each taxable year for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and elderly from $25,000 to $100,000, and to make permanent the allowance of such deduction.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6460/.
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H.R. 6460, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6460/.
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[H.R. 6460: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount allowed to be deducted each taxable year for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and elderly from $25,000 to $100,000, and to make permanent the allowance of such deduction.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6460/)
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