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H.R. 1984 (98th): United States Olympic Checkoff Act of 1984

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a mechanism for taxpayers to designate $1 of any overpayment of income tax, and to contribute other amounts, for use by the United States Olympic Committee.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Sponsor and status

Introduced
Mar 9, 1983
98th Congress (1983–1984)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on March 27, 1984, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

Sponsor

Jack Fields

Representative for Texas's 8th congressional district

Republican

Cosponsors

272 Cosponsors (148 Democrats, 123 Republicans, 1 New Progressive)

Source

History

Mar 9, 1983
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Mar 27, 1984
 
Ordered Reported

A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.

H.R. 1984 (98th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1984. This is the one from the 98th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 98th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 1983 to Oct 12, 1984. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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