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H.R. 4385 · 109th Congress

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that employees of certain companies seeking bankruptcy…

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that employees of certain companies seeking bankruptcy protection are eligible for the health coverage tax credit, and for other purposes.

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for health insurance costs to: (1) extend such credit to employees of companies in bankruptcy reorganization; (2) decrease from 55 to 50 the age at which Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation pension recipients are eligible for such credit; (3) repeal the three-month existing coverage requirement; and…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 17, 2005

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for health insurance costs to: (1) extend such credit to employees of companies in bankruptcy reorganization; (2) decrease from 55 to 50 the age at which Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation pension recipients are eligible for such credit; (3) repeal the three-month existing coverage requirement; and (4) extend the credit to spouses of certain individuals eligible for such credit.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that employees of certain companies seeking bankruptcy protection are eligible for the health coverage tax credit, and for other purposes.

Latest action (Nov 17, 2005): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 17, 2005

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No recorded floor vote found.