HR 2714 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act

Introduced Aug 2, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Steve Largent R-OK

Latest action · Feb 15, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E172-173)

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.

IntroducedAug 2, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act - Prohibits the imposition of any tax by the Internal Revenue Code: (1) for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2005; and (2) in the case of any tax not imposed on the basis of a taxable year, on any taxable event or for any period after December 31, 2005. Excepts the: (1) tax on self-employment income (chapter 2 of the Code); (2) Federal Insurance Contributions Act (chapter 21 of the Code); and (3) Railroad Retirement Tax Act (chapter 22 of the Code).

Establishes the National Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification to review: (1) the present structure and provisions of the Code; (2) whether the tax systems of other countries could provide more efficient and fair methods of funding government revenue requirements; (3) whether the income tax should be replaced with a tax imposed in a different manner or on a different base; and (4) whether the Code can be simplified, absent wholesale restructuring or replacement. Requires a Commission report to Congress on review results, with recommendations for Code reform and simplification. Terminates the Commission 90 days after such report.

Authorizes appropriations (with interim funding).

Declares that any new Federal tax system should be approved by Congress in its final form before July 4, 2005, and, if not, Congress should be required to vote to reauthorize the Code.

Cosponsors 149

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2001 to May 9, 2002; 65 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-WY	Barbara Cubin	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-GA	Bob Barr	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-CO	Bob Schaffer	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-IN	Brian D. Kerns	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-CA	Christopher Cox	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-FL	Dave Weldon	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-LA	David Vitter	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TN	Ed Bryant	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-SC	Jim DeMint	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NV	Jim Gibbons	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-CO	Joel Hefley	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-LA	John Cooksey	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NY	John E. Sweeney	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-FL	John L. Mica	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NJ	Marge Roukema	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-FL	Ric Keller	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NC	Richard Burr	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Richard K. Armey	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-OH	Rob Portman	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-IN	Steve Buyer	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-AL	Terry Everett	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TX	Tom DeLay	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TN	Van Hilleary	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Original	Aug 2, 2001
D-LA	W. J. (Billy) Tauzin	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Original	Aug 2, 2001
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Sep 12, 2001
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Sep 12, 2001
R-GA	John Linder		Sep 12, 2001
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Sep 12, 2001
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Dec 6, 2001
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Dec 20, 2001
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		Apr 11, 2002
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Apr 11, 2002
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Apr 11, 2002
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher		Apr 11, 2002
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Apr 11, 2002
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Apr 11, 2002
R-UT	James V. Hansen		Apr 11, 2002
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Apr 11, 2002
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Apr 11, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Apr 11, 2002
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Apr 11, 2002
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Apr 11, 2002
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Apr 11, 2002
R-FL	Mark Foley		Apr 11, 2002
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Apr 11, 2002
R-MI	Nick Smith		Apr 11, 2002
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Apr 11, 2002
R-IL	Philip M. Crane		Apr 11, 2002
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Apr 11, 2002
R-TX	Ron Paul		Apr 11, 2002
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 11, 2002
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Apr 11, 2002
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Apr 11, 2002
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Apr 16, 2002
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Apr 16, 2002
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Apr 16, 2002
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 16, 2002
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss		Apr 16, 2002
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Apr 18, 2002
R-AZ	Bob Stump		Apr 18, 2002
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Apr 18, 2002
R-FL	Dan Miller		Apr 18, 2002
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Apr 18, 2002
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.		Apr 18, 2002
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Apr 18, 2002
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Apr 18, 2002
R-NC	Howard Coble		Apr 18, 2002
R-OK	J. C. Watts Jr.		Apr 18, 2002
R-IA	Jim Nussle		Apr 18, 2002
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Apr 18, 2002
R-AR	John Boozman		Apr 18, 2002
R-TX	Kay Granger		Apr 18, 2002
R-GA	Mac Collins		Apr 18, 2002
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Apr 18, 2002
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Apr 18, 2002
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Apr 18, 2002
R-CO	Scott McInnis		Apr 18, 2002
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Apr 18, 2002
R-CA	Stephen Horn		Apr 18, 2002
R-PA	George W. Gekas		Apr 25, 2002
R-IN	Mike Pence		Apr 25, 2002
R-CA	Darrell Issa		May 2, 2002
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		May 2, 2002
R-MD	Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.		May 2, 2002
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 8, 2002
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		May 8, 2002
R-PA	Bill Shuster		May 9, 2002
R-OH	David L. Hobson		May 9, 2002
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		May 9, 2002
R-AK	Don Young		May 9, 2002
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		May 9, 2002
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		May 9, 2002
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		May 9, 2002
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		May 9, 2002
R-NM	Heather Wilson		May 9, 2002
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		May 9, 2002
R-KS	Jerry Moran		May 9, 2002
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		May 9, 2002
R-PA	John E. Peterson		May 9, 2002
R-OK	John Sullivan		May 9, 2002
R-TX	Larry Combest		May 9, 2002
R-IL	Mark Kirk		May 9, 2002
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		May 9, 2002
R-MI	Mike Rogers		May 9, 2002
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		May 9, 2002
R-CT	Rob Simmons		May 9, 2002
R-KY	Ron Lewis		May 9, 2002
R-IA	Tom Latham		May 9, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Aug 2, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 15, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E172-173)
Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House
Aug 2, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H537	Jim DeMint R-SC	Feb 26, 2002
Extensions	Debate and remarks E172	Steve Largent R-OK	Feb 15, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Short Titles as Introduced: Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House

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