HR 1898 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005

Introduced Apr 27, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Gary G. Miller R-CA

Latest action · Apr 27, 2005 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.

IntroducedApr 27, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service).

Cosponsors 220

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2005 to Sep 6, 2006; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-CA	Christopher Cox	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-FL	Connie Mack	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-CA	George Radanovich	Original	Apr 27, 2005
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Apr 27, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-OH	John A. Boehner	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Apr 27, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Apr 27, 2005
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		Apr 28, 2005
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Apr 28, 2005
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Apr 28, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		May 3, 2005
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		May 3, 2005
R-TX	Pete Sessions		May 3, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		May 5, 2005
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		May 5, 2005
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		May 5, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert		May 5, 2005
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		May 5, 2005
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		May 5, 2005
R-PA	Phil English		May 5, 2005
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 5, 2005
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		May 10, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley		May 10, 2005
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		May 16, 2005
R-MI	Fred Upton		May 16, 2005
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		May 16, 2005
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		May 16, 2005
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		May 16, 2005
R-FL	Tom Feeney		May 16, 2005
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		May 18, 2005
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 18, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		May 18, 2005
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		May 18, 2005
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		May 19, 2005
R-NM	Heather Wilson		May 19, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		May 19, 2005
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		May 23, 2005
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		May 23, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		May 23, 2005
R-IA	Tom Latham		May 23, 2005
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		May 26, 2005
R-IA	Steve King		May 26, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Jun 7, 2005
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jun 7, 2005
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Jun 7, 2005
R-GA	John Linder		Jun 7, 2005
R-OK	John Sullivan		Jun 7, 2005
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jun 7, 2005
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Jun 7, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Jun 9, 2005
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Jun 9, 2005
R-IN	Mike Pence		Jun 9, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jun 9, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jun 9, 2005
R-MN	John Kline		Jun 21, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jun 21, 2005
R-FL	Ric Keller		Jun 21, 2005
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Jun 22, 2005
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Jun 22, 2005
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Jun 22, 2005
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jun 22, 2005
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Jun 22, 2005
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jun 22, 2005
R-IN	Chris Chocola		Jun 23, 2005
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Jun 24, 2005
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Jun 24, 2005
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Jun 27, 2005
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Jun 28, 2005
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jun 29, 2005
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Jun 29, 2005
R-AR	John Boozman		Jun 29, 2005
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Jun 29, 2005
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jun 30, 2005
R-IA	Jim Nussle		Jun 30, 2005
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Jun 30, 2005
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jun 30, 2005
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Jul 12, 2005
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Jul 12, 2005
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Jul 12, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jul 12, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jul 14, 2005
R-IN	Michael E. Sodrel		Jul 14, 2005
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jul 14, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jul 14, 2005
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Jul 14, 2005
R-CA	Wally Herger		Jul 14, 2005
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Jul 18, 2005
R-NH	Jeb Bradley		Jul 18, 2005
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Jul 18, 2005
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Jul 18, 2005
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 18, 2005
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Jul 18, 2005
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Jul 18, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Jul 19, 2005
R-IA	James A. Leach		Jul 19, 2005
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 19, 2005
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 19, 2005
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Jul 20, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jul 22, 2005
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Jul 25, 2005
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Jul 26, 2005
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jul 28, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Jul 28, 2005
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Jul 29, 2005
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Jul 29, 2005
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Sep 7, 2005
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Sep 7, 2005
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Sep 7, 2005
R-NV	Jim Gibbons		Sep 7, 2005
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Sep 7, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Sep 7, 2005
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Sep 7, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Sep 7, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Sep 8, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Sep 13, 2005
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Sep 13, 2005
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Sep 13, 2005
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Sep 14, 2005
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Sep 14, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Sep 14, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Sep 15, 2005
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Sep 21, 2005
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Sep 22, 2005
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Sep 27, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Sep 27, 2005
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Sep 27, 2005
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Sep 27, 2005
R-VA	Tom Davis		Sep 27, 2005
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Sep 29, 2005
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Oct 6, 2005
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Oct 6, 2005
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		Oct 6, 2005
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Oct 6, 2005
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Oct 6, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross		Oct 6, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Oct 6, 2005
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Oct 7, 2005
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Oct 18, 2005
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 18, 2005
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Oct 18, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green		Nov 3, 2005
R-TX	John R. Carter		Nov 3, 2005
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Nov 3, 2005
R-FL	John L. Mica		Nov 10, 2005
R-NC	Howard Coble		Nov 18, 2005
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Nov 18, 2005
R-NY	Peter T. King		Dec 6, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Dec 16, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Dec 16, 2005
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Feb 14, 2006
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		May 9, 2006
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jun 7, 2006
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Jun 7, 2006
R-CA	John Campbell		Jun 9, 2006
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jun 15, 2006
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Jun 15, 2006
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Jun 19, 2006
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Jun 20, 2006
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jun 20, 2006
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		Jun 22, 2006
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Jun 22, 2006
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jun 26, 2006
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jun 26, 2006
R-KY	Anne M. Northup		Jun 29, 2006
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Jun 29, 2006
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Jun 29, 2006
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jun 29, 2006
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Jun 29, 2006
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Jul 10, 2006
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jul 10, 2006
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Jul 11, 2006
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jul 11, 2006
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jul 13, 2006
R-CA	David Dreier		Jul 13, 2006
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 18, 2006
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz		Jul 18, 2006
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jul 24, 2006
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 24, 2006
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Jul 24, 2006
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Jul 24, 2006
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jul 25, 2006
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Jul 25, 2006
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Jul 25, 2006
R-OH	David L. Hobson		Jul 25, 2006
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Jul 25, 2006
R-PA	John E. Peterson		Jul 25, 2006
R-GA	Tom Price		Jul 28, 2006
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Sep 6, 2006

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 Apr 27, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 27, 2005Introduced in House
Apr 27, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E804)
Apr 27, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 3

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 E998	Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA	May 26, 2006
House	Debate and remarks H4989	Ted Poe R-TX	Jun 23, 2005
Extensions	Debate and remarks E804	Gary G. Miller R-CA	Apr 27, 2005

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. 109-88	MEMBER PROPOSALS ON TAX ISSUES INTRODUCED IN THE 109TH CONGRESS77 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Sep 26, 2006

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1321	Telephone Excise Tax Repeal and Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act of 2006	Identical bill	Sep 15, 2006

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 excise tax on telephone and other communications services.
Short Titles as Introduced: Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 27, 2005Introduced in House

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