HR 1058 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 14, 2011 Originated House Sponsor John Fleming R-LA

Latest action · Mar 14, 2011 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.

IntroducedMar 14, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available a new federal income tax Form 1040SR (similar to Form 1040EZ) to individuals who have turned 65 as of the close of the taxable year. Allows the form to be used even if income includes: (1) social security benefits; (2) distributions from qualified retirement plans, annuities, or other such deferred payment arrangements; (3) interest and dividends; or (4) capital gains and losses.

Cosponsors 98

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2011 to Feb 1, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-GA	John Barrow	Original	Mar 14, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson	Original	Mar 14, 2011
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent	Original	Mar 14, 2011
R-MD	Andy Harris		Mar 16, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 16, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 16, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Mar 16, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Mar 16, 2011
R-IL	Joe Walsh		Mar 16, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Mar 16, 2011
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Mar 16, 2011
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Mar 16, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Mar 16, 2011
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Mar 16, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Mar 16, 2011
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Mar 16, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Mar 16, 2011
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Mar 16, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Mar 16, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Mar 16, 2011
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Mar 17, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Mar 17, 2011
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Mar 17, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Mar 17, 2011
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Mar 29, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 29, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Mar 29, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores		Mar 30, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Mar 30, 2011
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Mar 30, 2011
R-TX	Kay Granger		Mar 30, 2011
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Mar 30, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Mar 30, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Mar 30, 2011
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Mar 30, 2011
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Mar 31, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Mar 31, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Apr 1, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Apr 4, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Apr 4, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Apr 6, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Apr 6, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Apr 6, 2011
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Apr 7, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 8, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Apr 13, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria		Apr 14, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 4, 2011
D-KY	Ben Chandler		May 4, 2011
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		May 4, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		May 4, 2011
D-CA	Brad Sherman		May 4, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		May 4, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		May 4, 2011
D-UT	Jim Matheson		May 4, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		May 4, 2011
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		May 4, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		May 5, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		May 5, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		May 5, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		May 5, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 10, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		May 10, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 10, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		May 10, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		May 10, 2011
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		May 10, 2011
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		May 10, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		May 10, 2011
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		May 10, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		May 10, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		May 11, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		May 23, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		May 23, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 25, 2011
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		May 25, 2011
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		May 25, 2011
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		May 25, 2011
R-IA	Steve King		May 25, 2011
D-WI	Ron Kind		May 31, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jun 1, 2011
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jun 14, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jun 16, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jun 22, 2011
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Jul 6, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Jul 8, 2011
R-FL	David Rivera		Jul 13, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry		Jul 19, 2011
R-AZ	Benjamin Quayle		Jul 25, 2011
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Sep 13, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Nov 2, 2011
R-MN	Chip Cravaack		Dec 2, 2011
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Dec 7, 2011
D-CA	Karen Bass		Dec 7, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Dec 9, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Jan 10, 2012
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Jan 25, 2012
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Feb 1, 2012

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 Mar 14, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2011Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2011Referred 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 H7124	Jean Schmidt R-OH	Oct 26, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Amendment 16 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1796.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1006	Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011	Identical bill	May 17, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040SR.
Short Titles as Introduced: Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 14, 2011Introduced in House

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