On April 23, 2009, Representative John Lewis (GA-05), along with ten cosponsors, introduced the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Bill as H.R. 2085 in the 111th Congress. If passed, this legislation would establish a governmental trust fund into which designated conscientious objectors would be able to pay their full federal income taxes. The accumulated revenue would then be allocated yearly by Congress to any federal program that is unrelated to military purposes.
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Bill, H.R. 2085