HR 1003 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Tax Fairness for Agricultural Employers Act

Introduced Mar 13, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Bob Schaffer R-CO

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2001 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 13, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tax Fairness for Agricultural Employers Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase (from $20,000 to $50,000) the maximum amount of wages that a farmer can pay for agricultural labor without being subject to the Federal unemployment tax on that labor; and (2) provide for an annual inflation adjustment to such maximum amount of wages.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2001 to Jun 5, 2001, with 18 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-OK	J. C. Watts Jr.	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Mar 13, 2001
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-NC	Robin Hayes	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Mar 13, 2001
D-MS	Ronnie Shows	Original	Mar 13, 2001
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Mar 13, 2001
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Mar 13, 2001

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Mar 13, 2001Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

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