HR 4886 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act

Introduced Jan 29, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Rodney Davis R-IL

Latest action · Jan 29, 2018 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 29, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act

This bill makes permanent the provisions of subtitle A (Individual Tax Reform) and subtitle B (Alternative Minimum Tax) of P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that are currently scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2025.

Cosponsors 75

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2018 to Sep 5, 2018; 43 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-KY	Andy Barr	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-MO	Ann Wagner	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-NC	David Rouzer	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-OH	James B. Renacci	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-CA	Jeff Denham	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-UT	John R. Curtis	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-AZ	Martha McSally	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-WI	Mike Gallagher	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-CA	Mimi Walters	Original	Jan 29, 2018
I-MI	Paul Mitchell	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-FL	Ron DeSantis	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-VA	Scott Taylor	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur	Original	Jan 29, 2018
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Feb 5, 2018
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Feb 5, 2018
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Feb 5, 2018
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Feb 5, 2018
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Feb 7, 2018
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Feb 7, 2018
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Feb 8, 2018
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Feb 13, 2018
R-IA	Rod Blum		Feb 13, 2018
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Feb 23, 2018
R-FL	Bill Posey		Feb 23, 2018
R-TN	David P. Roe		Mar 6, 2018
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Mar 6, 2018
R-IA	David Young		Mar 13, 2018
R-IN	Luke Messer		Mar 15, 2018
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Mar 19, 2018
R-NY	Chris Collins		Apr 18, 2018
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		May 9, 2018
R-TX	Will Hurd		Jun 20, 2018
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jun 25, 2018
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 25, 2018
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jun 25, 2018
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jun 25, 2018
R-MN	Jason Lewis		Jun 26, 2018
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Jun 26, 2018
R-FL	Francis Rooney		Jun 28, 2018
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Jul 11, 2018
R-KS	Ron Estes		Jul 11, 2018
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jul 16, 2018
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Jul 16, 2018
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Jul 18, 2018
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Sep 5, 2018

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 29, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 29, 2018Introduced in House
Jan 29, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

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
House	Lists H677H.R. 4886–4895	—	Jan 29, 2018

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, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 19, January 29, 2018, page H677.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To make permanent certain provisions of Public Law 115-97.
Short Titles as Introduced: Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 29, 2018Introduced in House

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