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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1552" measure-id="id113hr1552" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-04-15" update-date="2013-04-30">
<title>Health Freedom for Seniors Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr1552v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-04-30">
<action-date>2013-04-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Health Freedom for Seniors Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free transfers of required distributions after age 70 1/2 from an individual retirement account (IRA) and other tax-exempt retirement accounts to a health savings account.&nbsp; Exempts such transfers from the excise tax on excess contributions to tax-favored accounts and annuities.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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