To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to issue regulations covering the practice of enrolled agents before the Internal Revenue Service.
Latest action · Jun 11, 2013 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 11, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to regulate the conduct of enrolled agents in their practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Allows properly licensed enrolled agents to use the credentials or designation as "enrolled agent," "EA," or "E.A."
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2013 to Nov 13, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 11, 2013 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Jun 11, 2013 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Jun 11, 2013 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Jun 26, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 10, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | May 9, 2014 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | May 28, 2014 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 28, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Joe Garcia | May 28, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jun 17, 2014 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 25, 2014 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Sep 16, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Nov 13, 2014 |
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 11, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2013Introduced in House
- Jun 11, 2013Referred 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 H3288.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1134 | Enrolled Agents Credential Act | Related bill | Jun 11, 2013 |
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 issue regulations covering the practice of enrolled agents before the Internal Revenue Service.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2013Introduced 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.
