Eliminate Special Treatment for Congress Act

3.0.0 2222 2023-01-11T13:27:20Z 2023-01-11T13:27:20Z House HR 2015-05-01 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 65 (Friday, May 1, 2015)][Pages H2793-H2794]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 2222.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 Clause 1The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common[[Page H2794]]Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but allDuties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout theUnited States.]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-01T13:04:25Z 2015-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2015-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 N W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2015-05-18 False H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 50 2015-06-15 False Taxation Business expenses Income tax deductions Members of Congress Transportation costs Taxation

00 2015-05-01 Introduced in House 2015-06-30T18:46:58Z Eliminate Special Treatment for Congress Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the $3,000 limitation on the tax deduction allowed to Members of Congress for ordinary and necessary business expenses.

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Eliminate Special Treatment for Congress Act Display Title Eliminate Special Treatment for Congress Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the allowance of a deduction to Members of Congress for ordinary and necessary business expenses. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Eliminate Special Treatment for Congress Act Introduced in House 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2222ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2222ih.xml 2015-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.