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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts.

H.R. 3478Introduced Jul 27, 2005Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Walter Jones R-NC
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 2, 2005 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9539)

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

129 cosponsors — 63 Republicans, 65 Democrats, 1 independent

66 of 129 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Joe Baca (D-CA), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Julia Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and 99 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones.

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-3 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.