US Congress House Bill 3086 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a wrongfully incarcerated individual an exclusion from gross income for civil damages, restitution, or other monetary awards received as compensation for a wrongful incarceration. Defines "wrongfully incarcerated individual" as: (1) an individual who was convicted of a criminal offense under federal or state law, who served all or part of a sentence of imprisonment relating to such offense, and who was pardoned, granted clemency, or granted amnesty because of actual innocence of the offense; or (2) an individual for whom the conviction for such offense was reversed or vacated and for whom the indictment, information, or other accusatory instrument for such offense was dismissed or who was found not guilty at a new trial after the conviction was reversed or vacated.

Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2015

Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]

Rep. John Larson [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-07-16	House	Introduced in House

HB2029 (Related) 2015-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 114-113. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3086/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3086/BILLS-114hr3086ih.pdf