Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011
Latest action · Jan 25, 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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service).
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2011 to Apr 13, 2011; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Feb 11, 2011 | |
| R-FL | David Rivera | Feb 17, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Feb 17, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Feb 17, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Mar 2, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Mar 9, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Apr 13, 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 Jan 25, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 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 H471.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 106 | Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Jan 25, 2011 |
| S 1012 | Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011 | Identical bill | May 17, 2011 |
| S 1934 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain communications taxes, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Dec 1, 2011 |
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 repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications services.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 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.
