S. 2260: Accountability to Choices of Taxpayers In Our Nation's Budget Priorities

112th Congress · introduced 2012-03-29 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2012-03-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Accountability to Choices of Taxpayers In Our Nation's Budget Priorities

Plain summary

Accountability to Choices of Taxpayers In Our Nation's Budget Priorities - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to revise individual income tax forms to: (1) contain the latest estimate of federal expenditures in budget authority and show the percentage of the federal budget allocated to specified categories, including social security, education, defense, international affairs, energy, environment, agriculture, and interest on the public debt; and (2) allow taxpayers to indicate what they believe is the appropriate percentage share for each category of the next federal budget. Requires the Secretary to aggregate the results with appropriate demographic detail, including results by state, and to provide such information to Congress by July 1 of each year.

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Official text

Accountability to Choices of Taxpayers In Our Nation's Budget Priorities

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · 0 cosponsors

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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.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s2260.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>

Record fed-us-cong112-s2260 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112