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I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1040IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 6, 2025Mr. Massie (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Cline, Mr. Cloud, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Mills, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Norman, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Perry, Mr. Roy, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Wied, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act.

2.

Repeal of inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits

(a)

In general

Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to social security benefits) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g)

Termination

This section shall not apply to any taxable year beginning after the date of the enactment of this subsection.. (b)

Social Security trust funds held harmless

(1)

In general

There are hereby appropriated (out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) for each fiscal year to each fund under the Social Security Act or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 an amount equal to the reduction in the transfers to such fund for such fiscal year by reason of section 86(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2)

No tax increases

It is the sense of the Congress that tax increases will not be used to provide the revenue necessary to carry out paragraph (1).