HR 5114 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Tax Return Choice Act of 2006

Introduced Apr 6, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Melissa A. Hart R-PA

Latest action · Apr 6, 2006 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 6, 2006
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tax Return Choice Act of 2006 - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from providing individual taxpayers with free electronic tax preparation and filing services except through the Free File program and the Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Assistance Centers, Tax Counseling for the Elderly, and volunteer income tax assistance programs.

Repeals the provision of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 directing the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a return-free tax system.

Cosponsors 112

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2006 to Jul 28, 2006; 99 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Allen Boyd	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-KY	Anne M. Northup	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CO	Bob Beauprez	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-SC	Bob Inglis	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-LA	Bobby Jindal	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-LA	Charlie Melancon	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-UT	Chris Cannon	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-IN	Chris Chocola	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Elton Gallegly	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Gary G. Miller	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-AZ	Jeff Flake	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-IL	Jerry Weller	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	John Campbell	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NY	John E. Sweeney	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-OK	John Sullivan	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NV	Jon C. Porter	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-FL	Katherine Harris	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-AZ	Rick Renzi	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Apr 6, 2006
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Apr 6, 2006
D-WA	Adam Smith		Apr 27, 2006
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Apr 27, 2006
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Apr 27, 2006
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Apr 27, 2006
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Apr 27, 2006
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Apr 27, 2006
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Apr 27, 2006
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Apr 27, 2006
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		May 25, 2006
R-OK	Tom Cole		May 25, 2006
R-GA	Tom Price		May 25, 2006
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Jul 28, 2006
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jul 28, 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 6, 2006

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
Apr 6, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To limit the development or implementation of a return-free tax system.
Short Titles as Introduced: Tax Return Choice Act of 2006

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House

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