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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 23, 1996
Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to designate that five dollars (ten dollars in the case of joint returns) be paid over to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund. Establishes a trust fund to be known as the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund into which such designated amounts shall be deposited.
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Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R–NY
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1297)
Introduced in Senate
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