A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for military or civilian employees of the United States who are victims of terrorist attacks against the United States.
Latest action. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: continuing resolutionA stopgap law funding the government at existing levels when the annual appropriations bills are not done by October 1.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) S9397)
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the death of a U.S. military or civilian employee resulting from a terrorist activity or military action to exempt such employee from income taxes if the activity or action occurred either inside or outside the United States. (Currently, the exemption from income taxes in such a situation is limited only to a death resulting from an activity or action which occurred outside the United States.) Makes the additional estate tax inapplicable in the case of a U.S. military or civilian employee who died as a result of wounds incurred in a terrorist activity or military action which occurred either inside or outside the United States.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on September 13, 2001. 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 13, 2001: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9397)
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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 107th Congress (2001-02), 377 of the 9,126 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.1 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?
JIM BUNNING (R-KY) introduced it on September 13, 2001. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 13, 2001, 9128 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 9128 days ago, on September 13, 2001.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 107th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2003 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
- SenateIntroduced, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers