Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate that their income, estate, or gift tax payments be spent other than for purposes of supporting the war in Iraq and to provide that amounts so designated shall be used to provide funding for Head Start, to reduce the national debt, and to provide college funding for children of Iraq war veterans.

7/23/2007--Introduced.
Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate that the percentage of their income, estate, or gift tax payments that would otherwise be used to fund the Iraq war be paid into a Future Fund from which funding will be provided, in equal amounts, to the Head Start program, to reduce the national debt, and for a Children of Iraq War Veterans College Fund. Requires amounts in the College Fund to be used to pay the college costs of students that had a parent in the Armed Forces who served in the Iraq war for at least 180 days, died as the result of service in such war, or was hospitalized and unable to return to duty due to such service.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D, NY-12]
• and 31 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Stephanie Jones [D, OH-11]
  • Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Ways and Means
• 3 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3125

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 23, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• Jul 23, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Jul 23, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Jul 23, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Jul 23, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.3190

Related Issue Areas:

• Taxation
• Armed forces
• Armed forces abroad
• Budgets
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• Children
• Defense budgets
• Defense economics
• Defense policy
• Economic assistance
• Education
• Elementary and secondary education
• Estate tax
• Families
• Foreign aid
• Foreign policy
• Gift tax
• Government trust funds
• Higher education
• Income tax
• Iraq
• Middle East and North Africa
• Military dependents
• Military occupation
• Military operations
• Military withdrawal
• Preschool education
• Public debt
• Scholarships
• Veterans
• Veterans' benefits
• Veterans' education
• War casualties
• War relief
• Iraq compilation

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