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96th Congress · 1979–1981
S. 602
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to modify the credit allowed for expenses for household and depende…
Senate
Latest action: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. · March 8, 1979 Understand the measure
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Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Recorded March 8, 1979, as the clerk wrote it
Official title
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to modify the credit allowed for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment to include credit to individuals for expenses for the care of a mentally or physically handicapped child of such individual and to provide for the exemption from taxation of trusts established to provide care for such children except to the extent of distributions and to provide a deduction for contributions to such trust.
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AP style
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APA
Vote Files. (2026, October 12). S. 602 (96th Congress): A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to modify the credit allowed for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment to include credit to individuals for expenses for th… [Bill record]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-96-s602
Chicago
Vote Files. "S. 602 (96th Congress): A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to modify the credit allowed for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment to include credit to individuals for expenses for th…." Last modified October 12, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-96-s602.
BibTeX
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}Plain link
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On the record
No recorded vote
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