111 HR 162 IH: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act U.S. House of Representatives 2009-01-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 162 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2009 Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Bartlett, and Mr. Garrett of New Jersey) 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 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).