S 1678 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Military Homeowners Equity Act

Introduced Nov 13, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor John McCain R-AZ

Latest action · Nov 13, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11723)

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.

IntroducedNov 13, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Military Homeowners Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to state that members of the Uniformed or Foreign Services on qualified official extended duty shall be considered to be using already owned and used property as a principal residence for purposes of determining exclusion of gain upon such residence's sale.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 13, 2001 to Sep 17, 2002; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-AK	Frank H. Murkowski	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-AL	Jeff Sessions	Original	Nov 13, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-GA	Max Cleland	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-CO	Wayne Allard	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-CO	Ben Nighthorse Campbell		Nov 29, 2001
R-NE	Chuck Hagel		Nov 29, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy		Nov 29, 2001
D-IN	Evan Bayh		Nov 29, 2001
R-VA	George Allen		Nov 29, 2001
D-NV	Harry Reid		Nov 29, 2001
R-NC	Jesse Helms		Nov 29, 2001
R-KY	Jim Bunning		Nov 29, 2001
R-NV	John Ensign		Nov 29, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Nov 29, 2001
R-VA	John Warner		Nov 29, 2001
R-UT	Orrin G. Hatch		Nov 29, 2001
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Nov 29, 2001
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald		Nov 29, 2001
R-AL	Richard C. Shelby		Nov 29, 2001
R-IN	Richard G. Lugar		Nov 29, 2001
D-SC	Strom Thurmond		Nov 29, 2001
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Nov 29, 2001
R-AK	Ted Stevens		Nov 29, 2001
D-GA	Zell Miller		Nov 29, 2001
D-NE	Ben Nelson		Dec 3, 2001
R-VT	James M. Jeffords		Dec 4, 2001
D-DE	Joseph R. Biden Jr.		Dec 5, 2001
R-KS	Sam Brownback		Dec 5, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Dec 6, 2001
R-MS	Thad Cochran		Jan 24, 2002
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Feb 5, 2002
D-WA	Patty Murray		May 22, 2002
R-NH	Bob Smith		May 23, 2002
R-AZ	Jon Kyl		Jun 3, 2002
R-AR	Tim Hutchinson		Jun 14, 2002
D-MO	Jean Carnahan		Jul 11, 2002
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Jul 15, 2002
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Sep 13, 2002
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		Sep 17, 2002

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Nov 13, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 13, 2001Introduced in Senate
Nov 13, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11722-11723)
Nov 13, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11723)

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S11722–S11725Text printed S11723	John McCain R-AZ (text), Wayne Allard R-CO	Nov 13, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a member of the uniformed services or the Foreign Service shall be treated as using a principal residence while away from home on qualified official extended duty in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of such residence.
Short Titles as Introduced: Military Homeowners Equity Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 13, 2001Introduced in Senate

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