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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 5, 2003
Capital Construction Fund Qualified Withdrawal Act of 2003 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act and the Internal Revenue Code to permit as qualified withdrawals from fishing capital construction funds money used by retiring fishermen for the following purposes: (1) retiring an owner's commercial fishing vessels and related commercial fishing permits; (2) making a rollover contribution into an owner's individual retirement plan; (3) making a payment of an industry fee authorized by the fishing capacity reduction program; (4) the acquisition of a vessel monitoring system as a safety improvement for a fishing vessel; and (5) the acquisition or construction of fishing gear designed to minimize or avoid bycatch.
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Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D–OR
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7483)
Introduced in Senate
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