HR 7790 · 116th Congress 2019โ€“2021, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal chapter 35 (relating to taxes on wagering).

Latest action · Jul 24, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.

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. IntroducedJul 24, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill repeals the excise tax on wagering.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 24, 2020 to Aug 7, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalJul 24, 2020
D-MDAnthony G. BrownJul 27, 2020
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonJul 27, 2020
D-NYEliot L. EngelJul 29, 2020
D-NVSteven HorsfordJul 29, 2020
R-NVMark E. AmodeiAug 7, 2020

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 Jul 24, 2020
Tax Subcommittee
Referred Jul 24, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 24, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Jul 24, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  3. Jul 24, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.

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: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 131, July 24, 2020, page H3859.

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 repeal chapter 35 (relating to taxes on wagering).

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 24, 2020Introduced in House

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