H.R. 5044Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act

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Sponsor: Scott DesJarlais [R-TN-04]
Cosponsors: 23 · 21 Republicans · 2 Democrats
Policy area: Taxation
Committees: Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee
Latest action: Sep 20, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

IntroducedApr 27, 2012
Passed the HouseSep 19, 2012
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What the measure doesCRS summary

Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the gross income of any cosigner of a student loan of a veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability any amount attributable to the discharge of the indebtedness on such loan, and (2) subject accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund to a federal tax levy.

Provides that any potential revenue gain from the enactment of this Act shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and shall be used solely for deficit reduction.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5044 as passed House amended on Sep 19, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 585

House Sep 19, 2012

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of indebtedness income on education loans of deceased veterans

Passed · Two-thirds required

400 Yea 0 Nay 29 not voting

Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.

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Democratic190 members

Republican239 members

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