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H.R.2073

H.R.2073: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 7.5 percent adjusted gross income floor for the medical expense deduction.

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Introduced April 3, 2019
Latest Major Action April 3, 2019

Bill Sponsor

Katie Porter (D-Calif.)

Bill Cosponsors

27 (16 Democrats, 11 Republicans)

Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)
John B. Larson (D-Conn.)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)
Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.)
Jefferson Van Drew (R-N.J.)
Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)
Susan Wild (D-Pa.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)
Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)
Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.)
Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)
Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.)
Andy Barr (R-Ky.)
Angie Craig (D-Minn.)
Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.)
John Katko (R-N.Y.)
Elaine Luria (D-Va.)
David Schweikert (R-Ariz.)
Ann Wagner (R-Mo.)

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Introduced in House - April 3, 2019

Bill Summary

This bill makes permanent the reduction in the adjusted gross income threshold that must be exceeded before a taxpayer is allowed to claim an itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. (In 2017, the threshold was temporarily reduced from 10% to 7.5% for 2017 and 2018. This bill makes the 7.5% threshold permanent.)

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date	Description
April 3, 2019	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
April 3, 2019	Introduced in the House by Katie Porter (D-Calif.)

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