HR 456 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Tax Relief and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 6, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Sam Johnson R-TX

Latest action · Aug 13, 2001 See H.R.1836.

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.

IntroducedFeb 6, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tax Relief and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the marriage penalty for couples filing a single return jointly with respect to both tax rates and the standard deduction; and (2) after 2004, reduce individual tax rates.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to May 1, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-IN	Dan Burton	Feb 14, 2001
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Henry Bonilla	Feb 14, 2001
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Feb 14, 2001
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Ron Paul	Feb 14, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Feb 14, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Feb 14, 2001
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	Mar 13, 2001
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Mar 13, 2001
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Mar 13, 2001
R-CO	Joel Hefley	Mar 13, 2001
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Mar 13, 2001
R-IN	John N. Hostettler	Mar 13, 2001
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Mar 13, 2001
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey	Mar 13, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent	Mar 13, 2001
R-IN	Mike Pence	May 1, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	May 1, 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 Feb 6, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 13, 2001See H.R.1836.
Feb 6, 2001Introduced in House
Feb 6, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E105-106)
Feb 6, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E105	Sam Johnson R-TX	Feb 6, 2001

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1836	Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001	Procedurally related	Jun 7, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty in the income tax rates and standard deduction and to reduce individual income tax rates.
Short Titles as Introduced: Tax Relief and Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 6, 2001Introduced in House

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