HR 658 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Farmer Tax Fairness Act

Introduced Feb 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Wally Herger R-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 14, 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Farmer Tax Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that income averaging for farmers shall not increase alternative minimum tax liability.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Jul 17, 2002; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MIDave CampOriginalFeb 14, 2001
R-WAJennifer DunnOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-FLKaren L. ThurmanOriginalFeb 14, 2001
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalFeb 14, 2001
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalFeb 14, 2001
R-AZJ. D. HayworthFeb 27, 2001
R-KYRon LewisFeb 27, 2001
R-NYThomas M. ReynoldsJul 12, 2001
R-WAGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr.Feb 5, 2002
D-MIJames A. BarciaFeb 5, 2002
D-TNJohn S. TannerFeb 5, 2002
R-WIMark GreenFeb 5, 2002
R-COBob SchafferFeb 6, 2002
R-NYJohn M. McHughFeb 6, 2002
D-MIBart StupakFeb 8, 2002
R-PAMelissa A. HartFeb 8, 2002
R-INBrian D. KernsFeb 12, 2002
D-NDEarl PomeroyFeb 26, 2002
R-KYHarold RogersApr 11, 2002
R-SCJoe WilsonMay 20, 2002
D-MNCollin C. PetersonJul 17, 2002

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 14, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
  2. Feb 14, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E175)
  3. Feb 14, 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E175Wally Herger R-CAFeb 14, 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 ensure that income averaging for farmers not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax.
Short Titles as Introduced
Farmer Tax Fairness Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.