The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1985-D116 |
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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 providing 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 be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution 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. 256. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Miscellaneous Resolutions |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D116)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 68th General Convention of the Episcopal Church/USA, urge the Congress of the United States to reaffirm its commitment to providing 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 be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution 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.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #165)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #165: D116 (Home Buying Incentive for Clergy).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #230)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 14.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention urges the U.S. Congress to reaffirm its commitment to provide home-buying incentives for clergy through tax policy. |
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