| Resolution Number: | 1985-B044 |
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| Title: | Urge Congress to Provide a Home Buying Tax Incentive for Clergy |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the 68th General Convention of the Episcopal Church/USA urge the Congress of the United States to reaffirm its commitment to provide a home-buying incentive for clergy and to reassert its authority over tax policy by enacting H.R. 385 or S. 1595, currently before the 99th Congress, and also that a copy of this resolution will be sent by the Diocesan Bishops of the Episcopal Church/USA to all Members of the Congress and the Senate from the states in which they reside.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 595. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(B044)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 68th General Convention of the Episcopal Church/USA, urge the Congress of the United States to reaffirm its commitment to provide a home-buying incentive for clergy and to reassert its authority over tax policy by enacting H.R. 385 or S. 1595, currently before the 99th Congress, and also that a copy of this resolution will be sent by the Diocesan Bishops of the Episcopal Church/USA to all Members of the Congress and the Senate from the states in which they reside.
Seconded by the Bishop of New Jersey.
Motion carried by a vote of 96 to 28.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #176)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #64 on B044 (Clergy Taxes) and moved concurrence with HB Message #176.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #241)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 14.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention urges the US Congress to provide home-buying incentives for clergy. |
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