H.R. 5353: War is Making You Poor Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-20 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3729-3730)

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3729-3730) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

War is Making You Poor Act

Plain summary

War is Making You Poor Act - Limits amounts made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) in any appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 that may be available for the base budget or for overseas contingency operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income is $35,000 or less ($70,000 for married couples) a tax credit (designated as the War is Making You Poor Tax Credit) equal to their net income tax liability for the first taxable year beginning in 2011.

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Official text

War is Making You Poor Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8] · 19 cosponsors

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James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5353.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5353 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111