US Congress Senate Bill 3989 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 30 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-11-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the chief justice of the highest court of any state that wishes to collect past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debts to designate a single state entity to communicate judicial debt information to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary, upon receiving notice from such an entity that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person. Defines "state judicial debt" to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past-due.

Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-11-30		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2010-11-30		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8299)

HB1956 (Related) 2009-04-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3989/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3989/BILLS-111s3989is.pdf