HR 2214 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Debt Elimination By Tax-Deductible Contribution Act of 2011

Introduced Jun 16, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Steve Stivers R-OH

Latest action · Jun 16, 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.

IntroducedJun 16, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Debt Elimination By Tax-Deductible Contribution Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate a specified portion (not less than $1) of their income tax liability for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury to reduce the public debt. Allows any such gift to the United States for reduction of the public debt to be treated as a tax deductible charitable contribution.

Cosponsors 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2011 to Nov 16, 2011.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Jun 22, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Jul 7, 2011
R-NY	Nan A. S. Hayworth	Jul 7, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna	Jul 7, 2011
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Jul 7, 2011
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell	Jul 11, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Jul 21, 2011
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Jul 22, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Jul 22, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Jul 22, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Jul 22, 2011
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm	Jul 22, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Jul 22, 2011
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Jul 22, 2011
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher	Jul 22, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria	Jul 22, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin	Jul 22, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed	Jul 22, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West	Jul 26, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Jul 26, 2011
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Jul 26, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden	Jul 26, 2011
D-CO	Jared Polis	Jul 26, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Jul 26, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Jul 26, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson	Jul 26, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Jul 26, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Jul 26, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling	Jul 26, 2011
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Jul 26, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Jul 26, 2011
R-IN	Todd Young	Jul 26, 2011
R-CA	David Dreier	Jul 28, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke	Jul 28, 2011
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Jul 28, 2011
R-MD	Andy Harris	Jul 29, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores	Jul 29, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Jul 29, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Jul 29, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Jul 29, 2011
R-MN	Chip Cravaack	Jul 29, 2011
R-VA	Robert Hurt	Jul 29, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Jul 29, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II	Jul 29, 2011
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Aug 9, 2011
R-AZ	Benjamin Quayle	Oct 25, 2011
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck	Oct 25, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Oct 25, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais	Oct 25, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack	Oct 25, 2011
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Oct 25, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Oct 27, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long	Oct 27, 2011
R-IL	Joe Walsh	Oct 27, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Oct 27, 2011
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Oct 27, 2011
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney	Oct 27, 2011
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Oct 27, 2011
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy	Oct 27, 2011
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Oct 27, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Oct 27, 2011
R-GA	Tom Graves	Oct 27, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Nov 1, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black	Nov 1, 2011
R-OH	James B. Renacci	Nov 1, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry	Nov 1, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Nov 1, 2011
R-IN	Todd Rokita	Nov 1, 2011
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray	Nov 3, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe	Nov 3, 2011
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta	Nov 3, 2011
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Nov 3, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Nov 3, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Nov 3, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence	Nov 3, 2011
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Nov 3, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Nov 3, 2011
R-ND	Rick Berg	Nov 3, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott	Nov 3, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott	Nov 4, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey	Nov 4, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Nov 4, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Nov 4, 2011
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Nov 4, 2011
R-MI	Dan Benishek	Nov 4, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren	Nov 4, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Nov 4, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis	Nov 4, 2011
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Nov 4, 2011
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Nov 4, 2011
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Nov 4, 2011
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Nov 4, 2011
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Nov 4, 2011
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Nov 4, 2011
R-NY	Robert L. Turner	Nov 4, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Nov 4, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Nov 4, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Nov 4, 2011
R-PA	Tom Marino	Nov 4, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy	Nov 4, 2011
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Nov 4, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Nov 4, 2011
R-CA	Wally Herger	Nov 4, 2011
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Nov 16, 2011
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Nov 16, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Nov 16, 2011
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Nov 16, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Nov 16, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Nov 16, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Nov 16, 2011
R-IA	Steve King	Nov 16, 2011

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 Jun 16, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 16, 2011Introduced in House
Jun 16, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 2

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 H5738	Steve Stivers R-OH	Jul 29, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H5299	Steve Stivers R-OH	Jul 21, 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 bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Clause I and II of Section 8 of Article I and the XVI Amendment of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4328.

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1676	Buffett Rule Act of 2011	Related bill	Oct 6, 2011
S 1931	Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act	Related bill	Dec 8, 2011
HR 3099	Buffett Rule Act of 2011	Related bill	Oct 5, 2011
HR 6410	Buffett Rule Act of 2012	Related bill	Sep 20, 2012

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 provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Debt Elimination By Tax-Deductible Contribution Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 16, 2011Introduced in House

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