HR 5579 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

No Special Tax Subsidies for Gas Guzzlers Act of 2006

Introduced Jun 9, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Edward J. Markey D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 9, 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 9, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Special Tax Subsidies for Gas Guzzlers Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose: (1) depreciation limits applicable to luxury automobiles on certain heavy vehicles (rated at 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight or less) and sport utility vehicles; and (2) the gas guzzler excise tax on such heavy vehicles and sport utility vehicles.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2006 to Sep 7, 2006; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 9, 2006
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-CALois CappsOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-CASam FarrOriginalJun 9, 2006
D-CATom LantosJun 19, 2006
D-NYEliot L. EngelJun 20, 2006
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Jun 20, 2006
D-MAMartin T. MeehanJun 20, 2006
D-MABarney FrankJun 22, 2006
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyJun 22, 2006
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyJun 22, 2006
D-GAJohn LewisJun 22, 2006
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Jul 13, 2006
D-MAJohn F. TierneySep 7, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 9, 2006

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 9, 2006Introduced in House
  2. Jun 9, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1104-1105)
  3. Jun 9, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1104Edward J. Markey D-MAJun 9, 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 include heavier vehicles and sport utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles and to impose the gas guzzler tax on such vehicles.
Short Titles as Introduced
No Special Tax Subsidies for Gas Guzzlers Act of 2006

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 9, 2006Introduced in House

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