[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5557 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5557

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a full deduction 
         for meals and lodging in connection with medical care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2008

  Mr. Platts introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a full deduction 
         for meals and lodging in connection with medical care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FULL DEDUCTION FOR MEALS AND LODGING IN CONNECTION WITH 
              MEDICAL CARE.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 213(d) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to amounts paid for certain lodging away 
from home treated as paid for medical care) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``meals and'' before ``lodging'' in the 
        heading,
            (2) by inserting ``meals and'' before ``lodging'' in the 
        text, and
            (3) by striking the last sentence.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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