To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax of 100 percent on amounts received as statutory damages under certain lawsuits filed under State law and to require the Secretary of the Treasury to issue grants for amounts paid under such State laws and reasonable attorney's fees.
Stopping Abortion Bounties Act
This bill imposes a 100% tax on amounts received as statutory damages under a state bounty statute. A bounty statute is a statute that authorizes a person to file a civil action and collect damages for assisting another person in exercising the right to have an abortion.
The bill also directs the Department of the Treasury to award a grant to any person who pays or incurs amounts under a court order resulting from a suit filed under a bounty statute, including the amount paid or incurred as statutory damages and reasonable attorney's fees.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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