To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions and to make additional contributions to the Stop Homelessness Fund, and for other purposes.
Services, Tools, and Opportunities to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2018 or the STOP Homelessness Act of 2018
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish the Stop Homelessness Fund for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to use to provide housing and services to homeless and formerly homeless individuals; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax or an additional contribution for the fund; (3) provide appropriations to the fund equal to twice the amount that is designated and contributed by taxpayers to the fund; and (4) require HUD to include in the President's budget, beginning with FY2019, a description of the uses of the fund during the previous fiscal year and the proposed uses for the next fiscal year.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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