Contractor Tax Enforcement Act
Latest action · May 9, 2007 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote .
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 17, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Contractor Tax Enforcement Act - Amends federal claims law to direct the head of any federal agency that administers either a loan or a loan guarantee program, or issues a request for proposals for a federal contract, to require each loan or guarantee applicant and each entity that submits a contract proposal to submit a form authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to the head of the agency information on whether the applicant or prospective contractor has an outstanding debt under the Internal Revenue Code in delinquent status.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 17, 2007 to May 8, 2007; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Brad Ellsworth | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | May 8, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 17, 2007Hearings Apr 19, 2007 |
| Government Operations Subcommittee | Referred Apr 18, 2007Markup May 9, 2007Reported May 9, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 17, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2007Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 9, 2007Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote .
- Apr 19, 2007Committee Hearings Held.
- Apr 18, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
- Apr 17, 2007Introduced in House
- Apr 17, 2007Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 110-31 | H.R. 1870, THE CONTRACTOR TAX ENFORCEMENT ACT; AND H.R. 1865, AMENDS TITLE 31 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE BY AUTHORIZING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OFFSET FEDERAL TAX REFUNDS TO COLLECT LOCAL TAX DEBTS129 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Apr 19, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Contractor Tax Enforcement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
