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HR 1605 98th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Economics and Public Finance Revenue sharing State finance States

A bill to amend chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code, relating to general revenue sharing, with respect to the determination of tax effort.

Introduced: February 23, 1983 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 98th Congress ended
It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources.
Mar 2, 1983
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, Treasury, ACIR.
Feb 23, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Feb 23, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that, in determining a State's net amount of State and local taxes for the purpose of calculating the general tax effort factor for general revenue sharing entitlement periods, where a statewide referendum or action approved by the citizens of a State has limited taxes, the amount of taxes taken into account shall not be less than the amount of such taxes taken into account for the last entitlement period before the referendum became effective.

What's happening now March 2, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 13, 1983
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1605: A bill to amend chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code, relating to general revenue sharing, with respect to the determination of tax effort.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1605/
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"H.R. 1605: A bill to amend chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code, relating to general revenue sharing, with respect to the determination of tax effort.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1605/.
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H.R. 1605, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1605/.
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[H.R. 1605: A bill to amend chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code, relating to general revenue sharing, with respect to the determination of tax effort.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1605/)
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