Taxpayer Freedom to File Protection Act of 2011
Latest action · Jul 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.
- IntroducedJul 14, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayer Freedom to File Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from developing or implementing a return-free tax system. Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 directing the Secretary to develop a return-free tax system.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 14, 2011 to Jun 1, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Jul 14, 2011 |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Sep 7, 2011 | |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Sep 13, 2011 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Sep 14, 2011 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Sep 14, 2011 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Sep 20, 2011 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Sep 23, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Sep 23, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Sep 23, 2011 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Oct 4, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Oct 6, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Oct 6, 2011 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Oct 12, 2011 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Oct 12, 2011 | |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Oct 12, 2011 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Oct 14, 2011 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Oct 14, 2011 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Oct 24, 2011 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Oct 25, 2011 | |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Oct 25, 2011 | |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Oct 26, 2011 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Oct 26, 2011 | |
| R-MS | Alan Nunnelee | Oct 31, 2011 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Nov 1, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Nov 1, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Nov 2, 2011 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Nov 16, 2011 | |
| R-TN | Stephen Lee Fincher | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Nov 29, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Nov 30, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Dec 1, 2011 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Dec 12, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Dec 19, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Jun 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 Jul 14, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2011Introduced in House
- Jul 14, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5086.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To rescind the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a return-free tax system.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Taxpayer Freedom to File Protection Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2011Introduced 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.
