HR 4804 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.

Introduced May 22, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Jim DeMint R-SC

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 22, 2002 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.

IntroducedMay 22, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth that a plan or other arrangement shall not cease to count as a cafeteria plan solely because qualified benefits under such plan include a health flexible spending arrangement under which not more than $500 of unused health benefits may be carried forward to the next year or paid as compensation. Sets forth rules for determining whether or not such benefits shall be included or excluded from income.

Cosponsors 65

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2002 to Oct 2, 2002, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	David D. Phelps	Original	May 22, 2002
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Jun 6, 2002
R-CA	Christopher Cox		Jun 6, 2002
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Jun 6, 2002
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Jun 6, 2002
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Jun 6, 2002
R-LA	John Cooksey		Jun 6, 2002
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Jun 6, 2002
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jun 6, 2002
R-OK	John Sullivan		Jun 6, 2002
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Jun 6, 2002
R-IN	Mike Pence		Jun 6, 2002
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jun 6, 2002
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Jun 6, 2002
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jun 6, 2002
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Jun 6, 2002
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Jun 6, 2002
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Jun 6, 2002
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jun 6, 2002
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jun 13, 2002
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jun 13, 2002
R-NC	Richard Burr		Jun 13, 2002
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Jun 13, 2002
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jul 11, 2002
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 11, 2002
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Jul 11, 2002
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Jul 11, 2002
R-IN	Brian D. Kerns		Jul 17, 2002
R-IL	Philip M. Crane		Jul 17, 2002
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Jul 25, 2002
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 25, 2002
R-AL	Bob Riley		Jul 26, 2002
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Jul 26, 2002
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		Jul 26, 2002
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jul 26, 2002
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jul 26, 2002
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jul 26, 2002
R-CO	Bob Schaffer		Sep 4, 2002
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Sep 4, 2002
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Sep 4, 2002
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher		Sep 4, 2002
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Sep 4, 2002
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Sep 4, 2002
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Sep 4, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 4, 2002
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Sep 4, 2002
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Sep 13, 2002
R-CA	David Dreier		Sep 13, 2002
R-NC	Howard Coble		Sep 13, 2002
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Sep 13, 2002
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Sep 13, 2002
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Sep 13, 2002
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Sep 13, 2002
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Sep 13, 2002
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Sep 24, 2002
R-FL	Dan Miller		Sep 24, 2002
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Sep 24, 2002
D-GA	Nathan Deal		Sep 24, 2002
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Sep 24, 2002
D-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Sep 24, 2002
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Oct 2, 2002
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Oct 2, 2002
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Oct 2, 2002
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Oct 2, 2002
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Oct 2, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 22, 2002Introduced in House
May 22, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3113	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional choice regarding unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements.	Identical bill	Oct 15, 2002

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