HR 738 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers, including self-employed individuals.

Introduced Feb 27, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Roy Blunt R-MO

Latest action · Feb 27, 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.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth provisions for: (1) a small employer (100 or fewer employees) retirement plan; (2) a credit for the expenses of establishing such a plan; and (3) a model small employer retirement plan.

Cosponsors 88

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2001 to Jun 7, 2001; 70 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-KY	Anne M. Northup	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-AR	Asa Hutchinson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-TN	Bob Clement	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-AL	Bob Riley	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-CO	Bob Schaffer	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-OR	Darlene Hooley	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OH	Deborah Pryce	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-CA	George Radanovich	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OR	Greg Walden	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NM	Heather Wilson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-TX	Henry Bonilla	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OK	J. C. Watts Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-CT	James H. Maloney	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-SC	Jim DeMint	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NM	Joe Skeen	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-LA	John Cooksey	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-PA	John E. Peterson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-SD	John Thune	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Max Sandlin	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Nick Lampson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-MS	Ronnie Shows	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-OH	Tony P. Hall	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-OK	Wes Watkins	Original	Feb 27, 2001
R-AZ	Bob Stump		Mar 13, 2001
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 13, 2001
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.		Mar 13, 2001
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Mar 13, 2001
R-NV	Jim Gibbons		Mar 13, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Mar 13, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Mar 13, 2001
R-NY	Peter T. King		Mar 13, 2001
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Mar 13, 2001
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 29, 2001
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Mar 29, 2001
D-TX	Jim Turner		Mar 29, 2001
R-TX	Kay Granger		Mar 29, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 29, 2001
D-WA	Brian Baird		May 2, 2001
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		May 2, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		May 2, 2001
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jun 7, 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 27, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 27, 2001Introduced in House
Feb 27, 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 E237	Ken Bentsen D-TX	Feb 28, 2001

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers, including self-employed individuals.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Feb 27, 2001Introduced in House

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