To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
Latest action · Jan 4, 2007 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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for state and local general sales taxes.
Cosponsors 59
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2007 to Nov 6, 2007; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Jan 12, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jan 12, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Jan 22, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jan 22, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Jan 22, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jan 22, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Jan 22, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Tim Mahoney | Feb 8, 2007 | |
| R-TN | David Davis | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Oct 3, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Nov 6, 2007 |
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 Jan 4, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2007Referred 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1850 | Pete Sessions R-TX | Feb 16, 2007 |
Related bills 9
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 143 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes. | Identical bill | Jan 4, 2007 |
| S 180 | A bill to provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes. | Identical bill | Jan 4, 2007 |
| HR 411 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain temporary provisions applicable to individuals, including the sales tax deduction, the child credit, the repeal of the estate tax, and the deduction for higher education expenses. | Related bill | Jan 11, 2007 |
| S 2233 | A bill to provide a permanent deduction for States and local general sales taxes. | Related bill | Oct 26, 2007 |
| HR 3592 | State Sales Tax Equity Relief Act of 2007 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 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.
