HR 2994 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2013

Introduced Aug 2, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tom Reed R-NY

Latest action · Aug 2, 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.

IntroducedAug 2, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.

Cosponsors 180

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2013 to Dec 8, 2014; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-AR	Tim Griffin	Original	Aug 2, 2013
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Aug 2, 2013
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Sep 11, 2013
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Sep 11, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Sep 11, 2013
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Sep 30, 2013
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Sep 30, 2013
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Sep 30, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Sep 30, 2013
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Sep 30, 2013
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Sep 30, 2013
R-OK	Tom Cole		Sep 30, 2013
R-FL	Trey Radel		Sep 30, 2013
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Dec 10, 2013
R-KY	Andy Barr		Dec 10, 2013
R-GA	Austin Scott		Dec 10, 2013
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Dec 10, 2013
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Dec 10, 2013
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Dec 10, 2013
D-NV	Dina Titus		Dec 10, 2013
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 10, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Dec 10, 2013
D-CA	George Miller		Dec 10, 2013
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Dec 10, 2013
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Dec 10, 2013
D-CA	Mark Takano		Dec 10, 2013
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Dec 10, 2013
R-NY	Peter T. King		Dec 10, 2013
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Dec 10, 2013
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Dec 12, 2013
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Dec 12, 2013
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Dec 12, 2013
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Dec 12, 2013
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Dec 19, 2013
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Dec 19, 2013
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Dec 19, 2013
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Dec 19, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jan 9, 2014
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jan 9, 2014
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jan 9, 2014
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jan 13, 2014
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Jan 13, 2014
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jan 13, 2014
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jan 27, 2014
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jan 27, 2014
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jan 27, 2014
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jan 27, 2014
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jan 27, 2014
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jan 27, 2014
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Feb 3, 2014
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Feb 3, 2014
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Feb 3, 2014
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Feb 3, 2014
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Feb 3, 2014
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Feb 3, 2014
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Feb 25, 2014
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Feb 25, 2014
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Feb 25, 2014
D-FL	Alan Grayson		Mar 5, 2014
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 5, 2014
D-CA	Gloria Negrete McLeod		Mar 5, 2014
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 11, 2014
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Mar 11, 2014
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 11, 2014
D-FL	Joe Garcia		Mar 24, 2014
D-CA	Sam Farr		Mar 24, 2014
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 24, 2014
R-IN	Todd Young		Mar 27, 2014
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Mar 27, 2014
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Apr 30, 2014
D-CA	Karen Bass		Apr 30, 2014
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Apr 30, 2014
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 9, 2014
R-FL	David W. Jolly		May 9, 2014
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 19, 2014
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		May 19, 2014
R-MO	Jason Smith		May 19, 2014
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		May 19, 2014
D-VA	James P. Moran		May 21, 2014
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		May 21, 2014
R-IN	Luke Messer		May 21, 2014
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 21, 2014
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		May 21, 2014
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		May 21, 2014
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		May 21, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		May 28, 2014
R-TN	Diane Black		May 28, 2014
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Jun 5, 2014
R-MI	Kerry L. Bentivolio		Jun 5, 2014
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jun 5, 2014
D-IL	William L. Enyart		Jun 5, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jun 9, 2014
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Jun 9, 2014
R-PA	Tom Marino		Jun 9, 2014
D-CA	Ami Bera		Jun 23, 2014
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jun 23, 2014
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Jun 23, 2014
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jun 23, 2014
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 3, 2014
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jul 28, 2014
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 29, 2014
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Jul 29, 2014
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 29, 2014
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Jul 29, 2014
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jul 30, 2014
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Jul 30, 2014
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 30, 2014
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jul 30, 2014
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 30, 2014
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jul 30, 2014
D-GA	John Barrow		Jul 30, 2014
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jul 30, 2014
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 30, 2014
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jul 30, 2014
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Jul 30, 2014
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jul 31, 2014
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jul 31, 2014
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 31, 2014
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Jul 31, 2014
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 31, 2014
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jul 31, 2014
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Aug 1, 2014
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Sep 9, 2014
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Sep 9, 2014
R-MI	Fred Upton		Sep 9, 2014
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Sep 9, 2014
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Sep 9, 2014
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Sep 9, 2014
R-AR	Steve Womack		Sep 9, 2014
D-MA	William R. Keating		Sep 9, 2014
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Sep 11, 2014
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Sep 11, 2014
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 15, 2014
D-TX	Pete P. Gallego		Sep 17, 2014
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Sep 17, 2014
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Sep 18, 2014
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Sep 18, 2014
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Sep 18, 2014
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Sep 18, 2014
R-SC	Tom Rice		Sep 18, 2014
D-IL	Bill Foster		Nov 14, 2014
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Nov 14, 2014
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Nov 14, 2014
R-TX	Kay Granger		Nov 14, 2014
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Nov 14, 2014
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Nov 14, 2014
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Nov 19, 2014
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Nov 19, 2014
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Nov 19, 2014
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Nov 19, 2014
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Dec 3, 2014
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Dec 3, 2014
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Dec 3, 2014
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Dec 3, 2014
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Dec 3, 2014
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Dec 3, 2014
D-NY	Grace Meng		Dec 3, 2014
R-LA	John Fleming		Dec 3, 2014
D-GA	John Lewis		Dec 3, 2014
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Dec 3, 2014
D-CA	Lois Capps		Dec 3, 2014
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Dec 3, 2014
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Dec 8, 2014
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Dec 8, 2014
D-NC	David E. Price		Dec 8, 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 Aug 2, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 2, 2013Introduced in House
Aug 2, 2013Referred 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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1592	Christopher H. Smith R-NJ	Nov 14, 2014
House	Debate and remarks H189	Joe Courtney D-CT	Jan 14, 2014

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: Article I, Section 8, which states ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5400.

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1187	Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act	Related bill	Jun 19, 2013
HR 2788	Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act	Related bill	Jul 23, 2013
HR 3856	Homeowners Debt Relief Extension Act of 2014	Related bill	Jan 13, 2014
HR 5785	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness.	Related bill	Dec 3, 2014

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 extend for 1 year the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
Short Titles as Introduced: Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Aug 2, 2013Introduced in House

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