HR 4885 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

Introduced Mar 23, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Jason Smith R-MO

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 25, 2016 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 23, 2016
  2. Passed HouseApr 20, 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 April 18, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to deposit fees for services in the general fund of the Treasury and prohibits the expenditure of such fees unless an appropriations Act provides for such expenditure.

Recorded votes 1

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

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 161Passed245–179Apr 20, 2016

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2016 to Apr 15, 2016; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCGeorge HoldingOriginalMar 23, 2016
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalMar 23, 2016
R-PAPatrick MeehanOriginalMar 23, 2016
R-ILPeter J. RoskamOriginalMar 23, 2016
R-NYTom ReedOriginalMar 23, 2016
R-SCTom RiceOriginalMar 23, 2016
R-TXPete SessionsApr 11, 2016
R-KSLynn JenkinsApr 12, 2016
R-UTJason ChaffetzApr 15, 2016

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 Mar 23, 2016Markup Apr 13, 2016Reported Apr 18, 2016

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 25, 2016Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
  2. Apr 21, 2016Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  3. Apr 20, 2016Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 687. (consideration: CR H1863-1868)
  4. Apr 20, 2016Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 1206 and H.R. 4885.
  5. Apr 20, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4885.
  6. Apr 20, 2016POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 4885, the Chair put the question on passage and by voice vote announced that the yeas had prevailed. Mr. Blumenauer demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on passage of the bill until later in the legislative day.
  7. Apr 20, 2016Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1876-1877)
  8. Apr 20, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 245 - 179 (Roll no. 161). (text: CR H1863)
  9. Apr 20, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Apr 19, 2016Rule H. Res. 687 passed House.
  11. Apr 18, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-498.
  12. Apr 18, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 380.
  13. Apr 18, 2016Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 687 Reported to House. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 1206 and H.R. 4885.
  14. Apr 13, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  15. Apr 13, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14.
  16. Mar 23, 2016Introduced in House
  17. Mar 23, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 5

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
SenateDebate and remarks S2401Mitch McConnell R-KYApr 25, 2016
SenateDebate and remarks S2400Ben Sasse R-NEApr 21, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H1863–H1868Text printed H1863Recorded votes H1876enactAdrian Smith R-NE, Brian Babin R-TX, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Jason Smith R-MO, Lloyd Doggett D-TX, Lynn Jenkins R-KS, Sander M. Levin D-MI, Steve Scalise R-LA, Xavier Becerra D-CAApr 20, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H1814–H1819Text printed H1814Amendments H1814, H1818Recorded votes H1824consideration (H. Res. 687), previous questionAlcee L. Hastings D-FL (amendment), Pete Sessions R-TX, Steve Stivers R-OHApr 19, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H1754Kevin McCarthy R-CAApr 15, 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. Apr 19, 2016H.R. 4885, IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 13, 2016

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause [1] and Article I, Section 9, Clause [7]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 46, March 23, 2016, page H1585.

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
HAmdt 976Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 687 the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print in 114-50 is considered as adopted.Rules CommitteeHouse amendment offered

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 687Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1206) to prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service employees until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that no employee of the Internal Revenue Service has a seriously delinquent tax debt, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4885) to require that user fees collected by the Internal Revenue Service be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.Procedurally relatedApr 19, 2016

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require that user fees collected by the Internal Revenue Service be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
Short Titles as Introduced
IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016
Short Titles as Reported to House
IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016
Short Titles as Passed House
IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 25, 2016Placed on Calendar Senate
  2. Apr 20, 2016Engrossed in House
  3. Apr 18, 2016Reported in House
  4. Mar 23, 2016Introduced in House

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