Hearing Information
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Monday, April 18, 2016 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
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Monday, April 18, 2016 - 10:00am View Announcement »
H.R. 4885 - IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Monday, April 18, 2016.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 687:
Agreed to by record vote of 239-173, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 239-173, on Tuesday, April 19, 2016.
MANAGERS:Stivers/Hastings
1. Structured rule for H.R. 1206.
2. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-47 shall be considered as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Makes in order only the further amendment printed in the Rules Committee report, if offered by the Member designated in the report, which shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Closed rule for H.R. 4885.
10. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
12. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-50 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
13. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
14. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Requires the IRS to establish appointment services program before resources can be moved to the general fund. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Requires the IRS to certify instances of identity theft leading to tax fraud have been resolved before resources can be moved to the general fund. | Submitted |
| 1 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Clarifies that rebates provided by water utilities for water conservation and water runoff management improvements to a home are not subject to federal tax. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Peters, Scott (CA) | Democrat | Late Expresses the Sense of Congress that the Ways and Means Committee should take up tax reform with certain priorities. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Price, Tom (GA) | Republican | Late Excludes the budgetary effects of the bill from being entered onto the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecard. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 161
Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 1206 and H.R. 4885. Defeated: 3-8
Majority Member
Vote
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Stivers
Nay
Mr. Collins
Nay
Mr. Byrne
Nay
Mr. Newhouse
Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Ms. Slaughter
No Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mr. Polis
Yea