II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 155 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 6, 2009 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Bunning) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the taxation of unemployment compensation for 2 years.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Unemployment Benefit Tax Suspension Act of 2009.

2.

Suspension of tax on unemployment compensation

(a)

In general

Section 85 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to unemployment compensation) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c)

Temporary suspension

Subsection (a) shall not apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2010. .