Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1985-B044
Title: Urge Congress to Provide a Home Buying Tax Incentive for Clergy
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

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.