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HR 980 99th Congress House Taxation Income tax Interest Old age, survivors and disability insurance Securities and Investments Social Welfare Tax exclusion Tax-exempt securities

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to disregard tax-exempt interest in computing the amount of social security benefits included in income.

Introduced: February 6, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 6, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that tax-exempt interest shall not be taken into account in determining the amount of social security benefits subject to tax.

What's happening now February 6, 1985

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 6, 1985
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 6, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 980: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to disregard tax-exempt interest in computing the amount of social security benefits included in income.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-980/
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"H.R. 980: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to disregard tax-exempt interest in computing the amount of social security benefits included in income.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-980/.
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H.R. 980, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-980/.
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