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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

H.R. 147Introduced Jan 6, 2009Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Israel D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 4, 2009 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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

93 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 81 Democrats

12 of 93 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Anh Cao (R-LA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Carney (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), John Culberson (R-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), John Fleming (R-LA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and 63 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Israel.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-2 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.