Urging the President to resolve the disparate treatment of direct and indirect taxes presently provided by the World Trade Organization.
Latest action · Jul 14, 2004 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 7, 2004
- Agreed to in HouseJul 14, 2004
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Urges the President to report to Congress: (1) annually on progress in pursuing multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations to eliminate specified trade barriers described in the Trade Act of 2002; and (2) early in the 109th Congress on proposed alternatives to the disparate treatment of direct and indirect taxes presently provided by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other proposals for redressing the tax disadvantage to U.S. businesses and workers, either by changes to the U.S. corporate income tax or by the adoption of an alternative, including assessment of the impact of corporate tax rates, a system based on the principal of territoriality, and a border adjustment for exports such as is already allowed by the WTO for indirect taxes.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 372 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Passed423–1 | Jul 14, 2004 |
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2004 to Jul 13, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| R-LA | Jim McCrery | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Amo Houghton | Jul 13, 2004 | |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Jul 13, 2004 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2004At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jul 14, 2004Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5687-5688)
- Jul 14, 2004Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5672-5675)
- Jul 14, 2004DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 705.
- Jul 14, 2004Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Corporation taxes
- Exports
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free trade
- Income tax
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- Nontariff trade barriers
- Tax rates
- Tax rebates
- Taxation
- Taxation of foreign income
- Trade negotiations
- Value-added tax
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2004Introduced in House
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