HR 3172 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2001

Introduced Oct 25, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Lindsey Graham R-SC

Latest action · Oct 25, 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.

IntroducedOct 25, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse States and New York City for lost sales tax on tangible personal property during a moratorium between November 23, 2001, and December 2, 2001.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 25, 2001 to Nov 6, 2001; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	Amo Houghton	Original	Oct 25, 2001
R-AL	Bob Riley	Original	Oct 25, 2001
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht	Original	Oct 25, 2001
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Oct 25, 2001
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Original	Oct 25, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Oct 25, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Oct 25, 2001
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich	Original	Oct 25, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent	Original	Oct 25, 2001
R-TN	Van Hilleary	Original	Oct 25, 2001
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Nov 6, 2001
D-WA	Brian Baird		Nov 6, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Nov 6, 2001
R-LA	David Vitter		Nov 6, 2001
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Nov 6, 2001
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Nov 6, 2001
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Nov 6, 2001
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Nov 6, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost		Nov 6, 2001
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Nov 6, 2001
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Nov 6, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Nov 6, 2001

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 Oct 25, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 25, 2001Introduced in House
Oct 25, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-36	HEARING ON NATIONAL SALES TAX HOLIDAY: HOW WILL THIS PROPOSAL IMPACT AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES85 pages	Small Business Committee	Nov 15, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide Federal reimbursement to the States for a limited tax holiday during the period beginning November 23, 2001, and ending December 2, 2001.
Short Titles as Introduced: Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 25, 2001Introduced in House

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