HR 3957 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016

Introduced Nov 5, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Vern Buchanan R-FL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 22, 2016 Received in the Senate.

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 5, 2015
  2. Passed HouseSep 21, 2016
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 16, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a full deduction in the current taxable year of the cost of replanting lost or damaged citrus plants. The taxpayer must own an equity interest of at least 50% in such replanted plants and may deduct costs paid or incurred through 2025.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 528On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed400–20Sep 21, 2016

Yea 400

Nay 20

Not voting 11

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 5, 2015 to Sep 12, 2016; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLAnder CrenshawOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLCarlos CurbeloOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLDavid W. JollyOriginalNov 5, 2015
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLDennis A. RossOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalNov 5, 2015
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalNov 5, 2015
D-FLPatrick MurphyOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLThomas J. RooneyOriginalNov 5, 2015
R-FLBill PoseyNov 16, 2015
R-FLCurt ClawsonNov 16, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchDec 10, 2015
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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Nov 5, 2015Markup Sep 14, 2016Reported Sep 16, 2016
Health Subcommittee
Referred Nov 5, 2015Discharged Sep 14, 2016

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2016Received in the Senate.
  2. Sep 21, 2016Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5738-5739)
  3. Sep 21, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 400 - 20 (Roll no. 528). (text: CR 09/20/2016 H5679)
  4. Sep 21, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Sep 20, 2016Mr. Buchanan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5726Recorded votes H5738enactGwen Graham D-FLSep 21, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H5679Text printed H5679Sander M. Levin D-MI, Vern Buchanan R-FLSep 20, 2016

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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Sep 19, 2016H.R. 3957, Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 14, 2016

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 165, November 5, 2015, page H8153.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 112Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2017Reintroduced BillJan 3, 2017
S 2346Emergency Citrus Disease Response ActIdentical billDec 2, 2015

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily allow expensing of certain costs of replanting citrus plants lost by reason of casualty.
Short Titles as Introduced
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016
Short Titles as Passed House
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2016Received in Senate
  2. Sep 21, 2016Engrossed in House
  3. Sep 16, 2016Reported in House
  4. Nov 5, 2015Introduced in House

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