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Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

American Mariner Tax Fairness Act

H.R. 10153 · House bill Taxation

A Republican bill with 3 Democratic cosponsors · See all 6 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the American Mariner Tax Fairness Act. It amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The main goal of the bill is to treat income earned by United States merchant mariners as foreign earned income. To qualify, a mariner must be a U.S. citizen or resident actively employed on a qualifying vessel for at least 90 full days in a 12-month period. A qualifying vessel must be a U.S. flag vessel of at least 6,000 deadweight tons used exclusively in U.S. foreign trade. These changes apply to taxable years beginning after the date the Act is enacted.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would middle-income households be better off under this?

    The bill provides tax advantages that increase the take-home pay for eligible merchant mariners.

  • Scored +5

    Does this cut taxes for middle-income families?

    The bill provides tax relief to merchant mariners by treating their income as foreign earned income.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.