I 
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 ad-
dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently 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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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 ‘‘War is Making You 
Poor Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WAR ON TERROR TO BE FUNDED BY DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE BUDGET. 
Of the amounts made available to the Department 
of Defense in any appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2011— 
(1) such amounts for the base budget shall not 
exceed an amount equal to the $548,919,000,000 
specified in the budget of the United States Govern-
ment for fiscal year 2011, submitted by the Presi-
dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, and 
(2) such amounts for overseas contingency op-
erations in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan— 
(A) may not be made available in a sepa-
rate discretionary account, and 
(B) shall be made available without taking 
into account the additional $159,300,000,000 
specified for such operations in such budget. 
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SEC. 3. WAR IS MAKING YOU POOR CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 6433. WAR IS MAKING YOU POOR CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible indi-
vidual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax 
imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning 
in 2011 an amount equal to the net income tax liability 
of the taxpayer for the taxable year (determined without 
regard this section). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION BASED ON MODIFIED ADJUSTED 
GROSS INCOME.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount which would 
(but for this subsection) be allowed as a credit under 
subsection (a) for the taxable year shall be reduced 
(but not below zero) by the amount which bears the 
same ratio to the amount which would be so allowed 
as— 
‘‘(A) the excess of— 
‘‘(i) the taxpayer’s modified adjusted 
gross income for such taxable year, over 
‘‘(ii) $35,000 ($70,000 in the case of 
a joint return), bears to 
‘‘(B) $10,000 ($20,000 in the case of a 
joint return). 
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‘‘(2) MODIFIED
ADJUSTED
GROSS
INCOME.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘modified 
adjusted gross income’ means the adjusted gross in-
come of the taxpayer for the taxable year increased 
by any amount excluded from gross income under 
sections 911, 931, or 933. 
‘‘(c) RULES
SIMILAR
TO
2008 RECOVERY
RE-
BATES.—Rules similar to the rules of subsections (b), (c), 
and (e) through (h) of section 6428 shall apply for pur-
poses of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter B of chapter 65 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 6433. War is making you poor credit.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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