• POPULAR TITLE(S):
  Telephone Excise Tax Repeal bill (identified by CRS)

• OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.

3/14/2000:

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

5/17/2000:

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

5/17/2000:

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

5/22/2000 5:34pm:

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 106-631.

5/22/2000 5:35pm:

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 346.

5/23/2000 11:44pm:

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 511 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3916 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.

5/25/2000 1:22pm:

Rule H. Res. 511 passed House.

5/25/2000 1:36pm:

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 511. (consideration: CR H3842-3854; text of measure as reported in House: CR H3842)

5/25/2000 1:36pm:

H.AMDT.741 Amendment (A001) offered by the Committee on Ways and Means.
An amendment made in order and considered as adopted pursuant to H. Res. 511.

5/25/2000 1:37pm:

H.AMDT.741 On agreeing to the Ways and Means amendment (A001) Agreed to pursuant to H. Res. 511. (text: CR H3842)

5/25/2000 2:49pm:

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

5/25/2000 2:49pm:

Mr. Doggett moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means.

5/25/2000 3:03pm:

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

5/25/2000 3:23pm:

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 214 (Roll no. 232). (text: CR H3851)

5/25/2000 3:35pm:

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 420 - 2 (Roll no. 233). (text: CR H3842)

5/25/2000 3:35pm:

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

5/25/2000:

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

6/14/2000:

Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

7/5/2000:

Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Roth under authority of the order of the Senate of 06/30/2000 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-328.

7/5/2000:

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662.

Committee/Subcommittee:		Activity:
House Ways and Means		Referral, Reporting
Senate Finance		Referral, Reporting

Bill:	Relationship:
H.RES.511	Rule related to H.R.3916 in House
H.R.1234	Identical bill identified by CRS

1. H.AMDT.741 to H.R.3916 An amendment made in order and considered as adopted pursuant to H. Res. 511.
Sponsor: House Ways and Means - Latest Major Action: 5/25/2000 House amendment agreed to
Committees: House Ways and Means

Rep Armey, Richard K. - 3/23/2000	Rep Baker, Richard H. - 4/10/2000
Rep Barr, Bob - 5/19/2000	Rep Barrett, Thomas M. - 5/18/2000
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 5/22/2000	Rep Barton, Joe - 4/6/2000
Rep Becerra, Xavier - 3/14/2000	Rep Bentsen, Ken - 3/14/2000
Rep Bereuter, Doug - 4/10/2000	Rep Berkley, Shelley - 4/4/2000
Rep Biggert, Judy - 5/18/2000	Rep Bilbray, Brian P. - 3/22/2000
Rep Blunt, Roy - 3/28/2000	Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 5/18/2000
Rep Boehner, John A. - 3/16/2000	Rep Boucher, Rick - 3/16/2000
Rep Camp, Dave - 4/12/2000	Rep Capps, Lois - 4/13/2000
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 3/14/2000	Rep Chabot, Steve - 4/13/2000
Rep Coburn, Tom A. - 4/11/2000	Rep Collins, Mac - 4/4/2000
Rep Condit, Gary A. - 5/15/2000	Rep Cox, Christopher - 3/16/2000
Rep Coyne, William J. - 3/22/2000	Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud) Jr. - 5/18/2000
Rep Crane, Philip M. - 4/12/2000	Rep Crowley, Joseph - 5/18/2000
Rep Cubin, Barbara - 3/22/2000	Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) - 4/10/2000
Rep Danner, Pat - 4/12/2000	Rep Davis, Thomas M. - 3/16/2000
Rep Deal, Nathan - 4/5/2000	Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 5/17/2000
Rep Dooley, Calvin M. - 5/8/2000	Rep Doolittle, John T. - 5/16/2000
Rep Dreier, David - 3/14/2000	Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. - 5/2/2000
Rep Dunn, Jennifer - 3/14/2000	Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. - 3/23/2000
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 3/16/2000	Rep English, Phil - 3/21/2000
Rep Etheridge, Bob - 5/18/2000	Rep Evans, Lane - 5/18/2000
Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. - 5/18/2000	Rep Foley, Mark - 3/28/2000
Rep Forbes, Michael P. - 5/11/2000	Rep Ford, Harold, Jr. - 5/8/2000
Rep Fossella, Vito - 3/30/2000	Rep Franks, Bob - 5/10/2000
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. - 4/11/2000	Rep Frost, Martin - 3/14/2000
Rep Gallegly, Elton - 5/17/2000	Rep Gekas, George W. - 5/2/2000
Rep Gibbons, Jim - 5/15/2000	Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 4/13/2000
Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 4/13/2000	Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 5/4/2000
Rep Goodlatte, Bob - 5/15/2000	Rep Gordon, Bart - 5/2/2000
Rep Goss, Porter J. - 5/22/2000	Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 5/19/2000
Rep Green, Gene - 5/8/2000	Rep Green, Mark - 5/9/2000
Rep Greenwood, James C. - 5/18/2000	Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 4/6/2000
Rep Hayworth, J. D. - 3/22/2000	Rep Herger, Wally - 4/5/2000
Rep Hill, Baron P. - 5/19/2000	Rep Hilleary, Van - 5/18/2000
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 5/22/2000	Rep Hobson, David L. - 3/28/2000
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 5/18/2000	Rep Hoekstra, Peter - 5/16/2000
Rep Houghton, Amo - 4/12/2000	Rep Hulshof, Kenny C. - 4/12/2000
Rep Hutchinson, Asa - 5/8/2000	Rep Isakson, Johnny - 5/3/2000
Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 4/4/2000	Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 5/18/2000
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 4/12/2000	Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 3/28/2000
Rep Johnson, Sam - 3/28/2000	Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 5/18/2000
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 3/21/2000	Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 5/16/2000
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 3/30/2000	Rep Knollenberg, Joe - 5/8/2000
Rep Kolbe, Jim - 3/22/2000	Rep Kuykendall, Steven T. - 5/19/2000
Rep Largent, Steve - 5/4/2000	Rep Lewis, Ron - 4/11/2000
Rep Lipinski, William O. - 5/15/2000	Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 5/11/2000
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 3/14/2000	Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 4/6/2000
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 3/14/2000	Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 5/16/2000
Rep McCarthy, Karen - 3/21/2000	Rep McCrery, Jim - 3/14/2000
Rep McDermott, Jim - 3/23/2000	Rep McHugh, John M. - 5/4/2000
Rep McInnis, Scott - 3/14/2000	Rep McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) - 4/13/2000
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 5/8/2000	Rep Menendez, Robert - 5/4/2000
Rep Miller, Dan - 5/11/2000	Rep Miller, Gary - 3/14/2000
Rep Moran, James P. - 5/15/2000	Rep Moran, Jerry - 5/22/2000
Rep Myrick, Sue - 3/28/2000	Rep Nussle, Jim - 3/22/2000
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - 5/17/2000	Rep Ose, Doug - 5/19/2000
Rep Oxley, Michael G. - 4/6/2000	Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 5/10/2000
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 5/17/2000	Rep Pastor, Ed - 4/4/2000
Rep Pickering, Charles (Chip) - 4/13/2000	Rep Pickett, Owen B. - 5/19/2000
Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 5/15/2000	Rep Price, David E. - 5/16/2000
Rep Quinn, Jack - 5/17/2000	Rep Radanovich, George P. - 5/16/2000
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 5/2/2000	Rep Ramstad, Jim - 3/28/2000
Rep Reynolds, Thomas M. - 5/2/2000	Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 5/11/2000
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 5/15/2000	Rep Roemer, Tim - 3/21/2000
Rep Rogan, James E. - 5/8/2000	Rep Roukema, Marge - 5/19/2000
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 5/17/2000	Rep Royce, Edward R. - 5/15/2000
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 5/15/2000	Rep Salmon, Matt - 3/23/2000
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 5/17/2000	Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr. - 5/18/2000
Rep Sessions, Pete - 5/16/2000	Rep Shadegg, John B. - 5/15/2000
Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. - 4/12/2000	Rep Shays, Christopher - 3/21/2000
Rep Smith, Adam - 3/14/2000	Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 5/3/2000
Rep Snyder, Vic - 3/14/2000	Rep Spence, Floyd - 5/16/2000
Rep Stearns, Cliff - 4/4/2000	Rep Sununu, John E. - 5/16/2000
Rep Sweeney, John E. - 5/4/2000	Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 5/4/2000
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 5/4/2000	Rep Terry, Lee - 3/14/2000
Rep Thomas, William M. (Bill) - 3/16/2000	Rep Thune, John R. - 5/18/2000
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 5/4/2000	Rep Toomey, Patrick J. - 5/22/2000
Rep Turner, Jim - 5/8/2000	Rep Walden, Greg - 5/9/2000
Rep Walsh, James T. - 5/19/2000	Rep Watkins, Wes - 3/28/2000
Rep Watts, J. C., Jr. - 3/14/2000	Rep Weldon, Curt - 5/16/2000
Rep Weldon, Dave - 3/21/2000	Rep Weller, Jerry - 4/12/2000
Rep Whitfield, Ed - 5/16/2000	Rep Wicker, Roger F. - 5/18/2000
Rep Wise, Robert E., Jr. - 5/18/2000

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal Subchapter B (Communications) of Chapter 33 (Facilities and Services) of Subtitle D (Miscellaneous Excise Taxes). (Repeals the three percent Federal excise tax on communications services.) Phases-out the tax in one percentage point increments until the tax is repealed on October 1, 2002.