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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 546

To limit State taxation of certain pension income, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 21, 1993

Mrs. UNSOELD (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. LAROCCO, Mr.

MCDERMOTT, Mr. SWIFT, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To limit State taxation of certain pension income, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON STATE TAXATION OF CERTAIN

4 PENSION INCOME.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 4 of the United

6 States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the

7 following new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 114. Limitation on State income taxation of pen2 sion income

3 ‘‘(a) No State may impose an income tax (as defined

4 in section 110(c)) on the qualified pension income of any

5 individual who is not a resident or domiciliary of such

6 State.

7 ‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the term

8 ‘qualified pension income’ means any payment from a

9 qualified plan—

10 ‘‘(A) which is part of a series of substantially

11 equal periodic payments (not less frequently than

12 annually) made for—

13 ‘‘(i) the life or life expectancy of the recipi14 ent or for the joint lives or joint life

15 expectancies of the recipient and the recipient’s

16 designated beneficiary, or

17 ‘‘(ii) a period of not less than 10 years, or

18 ‘‘(B) which is not described in subparagraph

19 (A) and which—

20 ‘‘(i) is received in a taxable year for which

21 an election under this subsection is in effect,

22 and

23 ‘‘(ii) is received on or after the date on

24 which the recipient has attained the age of

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1 except that the aggregate amount of payments to

2 which this subparagraph may apply for any taxable

3 year shall not exceed $25,000.

4 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘quali5 fied plan’ means—

6 ‘‘(A) an employees’ trust described in section

7 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which

8 is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such

9 Code,

10 ‘‘(B) a simplified employee pension described in

11 section 408(k) of such Code,

12 ‘‘(C) an annuity plan described in section

13 403(a) of such Code,

14 ‘‘(D) an annuity contract described in section

15 403(b) of such Code,

16 ‘‘(E) an individual retirement plan described in

17 section 7701(a)(37) of such Code,

18 ‘‘(F) an eligible deferred compensation plan

19 under section 457 of such Code, or

20 ‘‘(G) a governmental plan described in section

21 414(d) of such Code, other than a plan established

22 and maintained by a State or political subdivision of

23 a State, or an agency or instrumentality of either.
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) An election under paragraph (1)(B), once

2 made for a taxable year, may not be made for any other

3 taxable year.

4 ‘‘(B) In calendar years beginning after 1993, the

5 $25,000 amount referred to in paragraph (1)(B) shall be

6 increased by an amount equal to such dollar amount, mul7 tiplied by the cost-of-living adjustment determined under

8 section 1(f)(3) of such Code for such calendar year by sub9 stituting ‘calendar year 1992’ for ‘calendar year 1989’ in

10 subparagraph (B) thereof.

11 ‘‘(c) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘State’

12 includes any political subdivision of a State, the District

13 of Columbia, and the possessions of the United States.’’

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

15 for such chapter 4 is amended by adding at the end there16 of the following new item:

‘‘114. Limitation on State income taxation of pension income.’’

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

18 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after

19 the date of the enactment of this Act.

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