US Congress Senate Bill 2059 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6815)
Pending: Senate Finance 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 (whether by judgment or settlement, as lump sums or periodic payments) on account of a claim of unlawful discrimination; (2) income averaging for backpay or 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

Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6815)

HB3550 (Related) 2015-09-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2059/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2059/BILLS-114s2059is.pdf