Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for contributions to the Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
This bill establishes the Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving Trust Fund. Taxpayers may contribute to the fund at the time of filing of their tax returns. Amounts in the fund shall be available for research regarding the treatment or cure of Alzheimer's disease and for education, counseling, respite and other supportive services for the benefit of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and of their families, caregivers, and health care professionals.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3453 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3453

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for contributions 
 to the Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving Trust Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2019

  Mr. Suozzi (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Waters, and Mr. 
Smith of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees 
  on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for contributions 
 to the Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving Trust Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH AND CAREGIVING TRUST FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9512. ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH AND CAREGIVING TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Alzheimer's 
Research and Caregiving Trust Fund' (referred to in this section as the 
`Trust Fund'), consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or 
credit to such Trust Fund as provided in this section or section 
9602(b).
    ``(b) Transfers to Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to 
the Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the amounts contributed under 
section 6097.
    ``(c) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Trust Fund shall be available, 
without further appropriations, as follows:
            ``(1) Fifty percent to the National Institutes of Health to 
        conduct or support research regarding the treatment or cure of 
        Alzheimer's disease pursuant to the Alzheimer's Disease and 
        Related Dementias Research Act of 1992.
            ``(2) Fifty percent to the Administration on Aging for 
        education, counseling, respite, and other supportive services 
        under the Older Americans Act of 1965 for the benefit of 
        individuals with Alzheimer's disease and of their families, 
        caregivers, and health care professionals.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter A of 
chapter 98 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:

``Sec. 9512. Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving Trust Fund.''.

SEC. 2. CONTRIBUTION TO THE ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH AND CAREGIVING TRUST 
              FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

  ``PART IX--CONTRIBUTION TO THE ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH AND CAREGIVING 
                               TRUST FUND

``Sec. 6097. Contribution to the Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving 
                            Trust Fund

``SEC. 6097. CONTRIBUTION TO THE ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH AND CAREGIVING 
              TRUST FUND.

    ``Every individual may elect, at the time of filing the return of 
the tax imposed by chapter 1, to contribute a whole dollar amount to be 
paid over to the Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving Trust Fund.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of parts for such subchapter A 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

  ``Part IX. Contribution to the Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving 
                             Trust Fund.''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2019.
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