A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income interest on deposits in certain savings institutions, and to increase the amount of the exclusion for dividends received by individuals.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $250 ($500 in the case of a joint return) of interest income earned on a savings account in a financial institution. Specifies that such exclusion shall take effect in 1983 and provides for the exclusion of gradually increasing amounts of interest for taxable years beginning in 1980 through 1982. Excludes estates and trusts from eligibility for the tax exclusion. Increases the amount of the tax exclusion for dividends received by individuals to $150 in 1981, $200 in 1982, and $250 thereafter.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 25, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 25, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
ALLEN ERTEL (D-PA) introduced it on September 25, 1979, and 22 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 17 Democrats, 5 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 25, 1979, 17199 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17199 days ago, on September 25, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers