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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 179
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2005
Mr. Paul (for himself and Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act
.
Repeal of increase in tax on Social Security benefits
In general
Paragraph (2) of section 86(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
This paragraph shall not apply to any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2004.
.
Conforming amendments
Paragraph (3) of section 871(a) of such Code is amended by striking 85 percent
in subparagraph (A) and inserting 50 percent
.
Subparagraph (A) of section 121(e)(1) of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 (Public Law 98–21) is amended—
by striking (A) There
and inserting There
;
by striking (i)
immediately following amounts equivalent to
; and
by striking , less (ii)
and all that follows and inserting a period.
Paragraph (1) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended by striking subparagraph (B).
Paragraph (3) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
Paragraph (2) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended in the first sentence by striking paragraph (1)(A)
and inserting paragraph (1)
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.