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H. R. 1868 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to postpone tax deadlines and reimburse paid late fees for United States nationals who are unlawfully or wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad, and for other purposes.
March 05, 2025
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:119
Words:1,729
The bill, known as the “Stop Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act of 2025,” aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code to help U.S. nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad. It proposes to postpone certain tax deadlines for these individuals and to reimburse any late...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to help people from the U.S. who are being kept in other countries against their will by letting them pay their taxes later without getting in trouble for being late, and it will give back any extra money they had to pay because of this.
H. R. 9830 — To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports containing adverse items of information about a consumer that resulted from that consumer being unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage abroad.
September 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:593
H.R. 9830, titled the “Fair Credit for American Hostages Act,” proposes changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It aims to prevent credit reporting agencies from including negative information in credit reports that result from a person being unlawfully or wrongfully...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9830 wants to make sure that if someone is unfairly kept in another country, the bad things that happen to them there, like missing bills, don't make their credit look bad back home. This means credit agencies can't tell others about these bad things if they happened when the person wasn't at fault.

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