HR 798 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Unemployment Tax Repeal Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 13, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Phil English R-PA

Latest action · Feb 13, 2003 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 13, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Unemployment Tax Repeal Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the inclusion of unemployment benefits as taxable compensation.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2003 to Sep 29, 2004; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-UT	Chris Cannon	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Feb 13, 2003
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Feb 25, 2003
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Feb 25, 2003
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Feb 25, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Feb 25, 2003
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Feb 25, 2003
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Feb 25, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Mar 11, 2003
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Mar 11, 2003
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 11, 2003
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Mar 11, 2003
D-IN	Julia Carson		Mar 11, 2003
D-CO	Mark Udall		Mar 11, 2003
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Mar 27, 2003
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Mar 27, 2003
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Sep 5, 2003
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Sep 5, 2003
D-OR	David Wu		Sep 10, 2003
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Sep 10, 2003
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Sep 10, 2003
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Sep 10, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Sep 10, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Sep 10, 2003
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Sep 24, 2003
D-AR	Mike Ross		Sep 24, 2003
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Oct 15, 2003
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Nov 18, 2003
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Sep 29, 2004

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 13, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-19	PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC GROWTH PROPOSALS343 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Mar 4, 2003–Mar 11, 2003

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 repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation.
Short Titles as Introduced: Unemployment Tax Repeal Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House

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