I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2411 
To provide for an employee election on Form W–4 to have amounts deducted 
and withheld from wages to be used to reduce the public debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 6, 2011 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. 
DENHAM, Mr. DOLD, Mr. FLORES, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. AUS-
TIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. PALAZZO, and 
Mr. GUINTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for an employee election on Form W–4 to have 
amounts deducted and withheld from wages to be used 
to reduce the public debt. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reduce America’s Debt 
Now Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY WITHHOLDING FROM PAYROLL FOR 
REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee may elect for an em-
ployer to deduct and withhold upon the payment of wages 
by such employer amounts to be used to reduce the public 
debt. 
(b) REQUIREMENT OF WITHHOLDING.—Every em-
ployer making payment of wages shall deduct and with-
hold upon such wages any amounts so elected, and shall 
pay such amounts over to the Secretary of the Treasury 
at such times and in such manner as the Secretary shall 
by regulation prescribe. 
(c) TRANSFERS TO ACCOUNT TO REDUCE PUBLIC 
DEBT.—The Secretary shall, not less frequently than 
monthly, transfer to the special account established by sec-
tion 3113(d) of title 31, United States Code, amounts 
equal to the amounts paid over under subsection (b). 
(d) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
(1) WAGES, 
EMPLOYEE, 
ETC.—The terms 
‘‘wages’’, ‘‘employee’’, and ‘‘employer’’ shall have the 
respective meanings given such terms under section 
3401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(2) AMOUNTS
NOT
DEDUCTIBLE.—Notwith-
standing section 170(c)(1) of such Code, no deduc-
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tion shall be allowed for any amount deducted and 
withheld from wages under subsection (a). 
(3) ELECTION
TO
BE
INCLUDED
ON
WITH-
HOLDING EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE.—Not later De-
cember 31, 2011, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall modify withholding exemption certificates (de-
scribed in section 3402(f)(2) of such Code) to in-
clude the election under subsection (a). The Sec-
retary shall include on such certificates a reasonably 
conspicuous statement that any amounts deducted 
and withheld from wages under subsection (a) are 
not deductible as charitable contributions for Fed-
eral income tax purposes. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
remuneration paid after December 31, 2011. 
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC DEBT WITHHOLDING FROM 
WAGES. 
(a) SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.— 
(1) AMENDMENT
TO
1986
CODE.—Subsection 
(a) of section 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of 
paragraph (22), by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (23) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by insert-
ing after paragraph (23) the following new para-
graph: 
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‘‘(24) any amount deducted and withheld pur-
suant to an election under section 2 of the Reduce 
America’s Debt Now Act of 2011.’’. 
(2) AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.— 
Section 209(a) of the Social Security Act is amended 
by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (19), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (20) and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after paragraph 
(20) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(21) Any amount deducted and withheld pur-
suant to an election under section 2 of the Reduce 
America’s Debt Now Act of 2011.’’. 
(b) UNEMPLOYMENT TAXES.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 3306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (19), by strik-
ing the period at the end of paragraph (20) and inserting 
‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after paragraph (20) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(21) any amount deducted and withheld pur-
suant to an election under section 2 of the Reduce 
America’s Debt Now Act of 2011.’’. 
(c) WAGE WITHHOLDING.—Subsection (a) of section 
3401 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end of paragraph (22), by striking the period at the end 
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of paragraph (23) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by inserting 
after paragraph (23) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(24) any amount deducted and withheld pur-
suant to an election under section 2 of the Reduce 
America’s Debt Now Act of 2011.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to remuneration made after De-
cember 31, 2011. 
Æ 
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