US Congress House Bill 3550 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an exclusion from gross income for amounts received on account of a judgment or settlement resulting from a claim of unlawful discrimination, (2) income averaging for backpay and frontpay amounts received from such claims, and (3) an exemption from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for any tax benefit resulting from the income averaging of amounts received from an unlawful discrimination claim.

Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2015

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]

Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-09-17	House	Introduced in House

SB2059 (Related) 2015-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6815)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3550/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3550/BILLS-114hr3550ih.pdf