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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5353 

To reduce the $159.3 billion from the discretionary overseas contingency 

operations funds in the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget for operations 

in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (without preventing use of mandatory 

funds from the Department of Defense budget to execute the War on 

Terror), and amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 

individuals a ‘‘War is Making You Poor’’ tax credit against the savings 

attributable to the overseas contingency operations reduction. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2010 

Mr. GRAYSON (for himself, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. 

LEE of California, Mr. PAUL, and Mr. JONES) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 

A BILL 

To reduce the $159.3 billion from the discretionary overseas 

contingency operations funds in the President’s fiscal 

year 2011 budget for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, 

and Pakistan (without preventing use of mandatory 

funds from the Department of Defense budget to execute 

the War on Terror), and amend the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 to provide individuals a ‘‘War is Making 

You Poor’’ tax credit against the savings attributable 

to the overseas contingency operations reduction. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘War is Making You 

5 Poor Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WAR ON TERROR TO BE FUNDED BY DEPARTMENT 

7 OF DEFENSE BUDGET. 

8 Of the amounts made available to the Department 

9 of Defense in any appropriations Act for fiscal year 

10 2011— 

11 (1) such amounts for the base budget shall not 

12 exceed an amount equal to the $548,919,000,000 

13 specified in the budget of the United States Govern14 ment for fiscal year 2011, submitted by the Presi15 dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

16 Code, and 

17 (2) such amounts for overseas contingency op18 erations in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan— 

19 (A) may not be made available in a sepa20 rate discretionary account, and 

21 (B) shall be made available without taking 

22 into account the additional $159,300,000,000 

23 specified for such operations in such budget. 


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1 SEC. 3. WAR IS MAKING YOU POOR CREDIT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 6433. WAR IS MAKING YOU POOR CREDIT. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible indi6 vidual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax 

7 imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning 

8 in 2011 an amount equal to the net income tax liability 

9 of the taxpayer for the taxable year (determined without 

10 regard this section). 

11 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION BASED ON MODIFIED ADJUSTED

12 GROSS INCOME.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount which would 

14 (but for this subsection) be allowed as a credit under 

15 subsection (a) for the taxable year shall be reduced 

16 (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the 

17 same ratio to the amount which would be so allowed 

18 as— 

19 ‘‘(A) the excess of— 

20 ‘‘(i) the taxpayer’s modified adjusted 

21 gross income for such taxable year, over 

22 ‘‘(ii) $35,000 ($70,000 in the case of 

23 a joint return), bears to 

24 ‘‘(B) $10,000 ($20,000 in the case of a 

25 joint return). 


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1 ‘‘(2) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.— 

2 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘modified 

3 adjusted gross income’ means the adjusted gross in4 come of the taxpayer for the taxable year increased 

5 by any amount excluded from gross income under 

6 sections 911, 931, or 933. 

7 ‘‘(c) RULES SIMILAR TO 2008 RECOVERY RE8 BATES.—Rules similar to the rules of subsections (b), (c), 

9 and (e) through (h) of section 6428 shall apply for pur10 poses of this section.’’. 

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

12 for subchapter B of chapter 65 is amended by adding at 

13 the end the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 6433. War is making you poor credit.’’. 

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

15 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act. 

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