US Congress House Bill 855 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SAVINGS Act Save Access to a Valuable Investment Needed to Generate Savings Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to allow: (1) an individual taxpayer to use a portion or all of a tax refund to purchase U.S. savings bonds in paper form for the taxpayer or for any individual designated by the taxpayer; or (2) an option for a tax return that allows for the gifting of such bonds and that serves individuals who rarely, if ever, have held a bank account and individuals who lack access to the Internet.

SAVINGS Act Save Access to a Valuable Investment Needed to Generate Savings Act of 2017

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2017-02-03	House	Introduced in House

SB682 (Same As) 2017-03-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/855/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr855/BILLS-115hr855ih.pdf