S 1316 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2003

Introduced Jun 24, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Sam Brownback R-KS

Latest action · Jun 24, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8441)

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.

IntroducedJun 24, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat conservation reserve program payments as real estate rentals and thus excluded from consideration in self-employment net earnings.

Amends the Social Security Act to treat such payments similarly for purposes of old, age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) benefits.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2003 to Apr 6, 2004; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Jun 24, 2003
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-MO	Christopher S. Bond	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-IA	Chuck Grassley	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-NE	Chuck Hagel	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-VT	James M. Jeffords	Original	Jun 24, 2003
D-ND	Kent Conrad	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Jun 24, 2003
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Jun 24, 2003
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Jun 24, 2003
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle	Original	Jun 24, 2003
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-CO	Wayne Allard	Original	Jun 24, 2003
R-MO	Jim Talent		Jun 27, 2003
R-IN	Richard G. Lugar		Jun 27, 2003
D-NE	Ben Nelson		Jul 8, 2003
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald		Apr 6, 2004

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 Jun 24, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 24, 2003Introduced in Senate
Jun 24, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8441)

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 S8441Text printed S8441	Byron L. Dorgan D-ND, Sam Brownback R-KS (text)	Jun 24, 2003

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 2

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

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 108-500	NOMINATIONS OF THE 108TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION129 pages	Environment and Public Works Committee	Mar 31, 2004
Serial No. 108-70	2004 TAX RETURN FILING SEASON AND THE IRS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005123 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Mar 30, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 4073	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate.	Related bill	Mar 30, 2004

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate.
Short Titles as Introduced: Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 24, 2003Introduced in Senate

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