MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4810), S6785, S6795, S6796, S6797, S6798, S6799, S6800, S6804, S6805, S6806, S6808, S6811, S6812, S6815, S6816, S6817, S6821, S6822, S6823, S6847, S6849, S6851, S6853, S6856, S6857, S6858, S6859, S6860, S6861, S6862, S6863, S6864, S6865, S6867, S6869, S6870 [14JY], S7048, S7079 [17JY], H5868 [12JY]

Analyses

Provisions (H.R. 4810): Iris J. Lav and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S6786-S6788 [14JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4810, provisions, S7109 [18JY]

Articles and editorials

Marriage Penalty Needs To Be Axed—Tax-and-Spend Proponents Have Weak Arguments To Oppose GOP Legislation, H6617 [20JY]

Marriage Tax on the Poor, S7410, S7415 [21JY]

Phony Issue, H5861 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 4810), H5736 [10JY]

Enact (H.R. 4810): consideration (see H. Res. 545), H5842 [11JY]

———consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 559), H6598 [19JY]

———consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (see H. Res. 553), H6354 [17JY]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 4810), H6582-H6586 [19JY]

Letters

Eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts: Lindy L. Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S6786 [14JY]

Treatment of any budget surpluses: John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, S7415 [21JY]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 4810, Provisions: President Clinton, H7239 [6SE]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4810), S6784, S6804 [14JY], S7046, S7047, S7048, S7049, S7050 [17JY], H5877 [12JY], H6434 [18JY]

Remarks in House

Enact (H.R. 4810), H5659, H5661, H5724 [10JY], H5741 [11JY], H5848, H5849, H5858-H5881 [12JY], H6368 [18JY], E1237 [14JY]

———conference report, H6474, H6475 [19JY], H6605, H6609-H6618 [20JY], H6758-H6764 [24JY], H7007 [26JY], E1303, E1309 [24JY]

———consideration (H. Res. 545), H5851-H5856 [12JY]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 559), H6606-H6609 [20JY]

———consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (H. Res. 553), H6432-H6434 [18JY]

———motion to instruct conferees, H6434-H6437 [18JY]

———motion to recommit, H5877-H5880 [12JY]

———veto, H7240 [6SE], H7507, H7509-H7520 [13SE], E1479 [14SE], E1517 [18SE]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax rates, H5866-H5870, H5872-H5875 [12JY]

———rates, H6091-H6097 [17JY]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare, S6784 [14JY], S7044 [17JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S6789 [14JY], S7047 [17JY]

Enact (H.R. 4810), S6781-S6828, S6987-S6989 [14JY], S7002-S7007, S7009, S7012-S7014, S7043-S7055 [17JY], S7084, S7103-S7109 [18JY]

———conference report, S7218-S7223 [19JY], S7379-S7382 [20JY], S7409-S7416, S7417 [21JY], S7500-S7502, S7536 [25JY]

———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, S7379 [20JY]

———motion to commit, S6784 [14JY], S7044 [17JY]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S7043 [17JY]

———veto, S8494 [13SE], S8624 [15SE]

Medicaid: coverage of lead poisoning screening and treatment for children, S6797, S6808 [14JY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S6796 [14JY], S7050 [17JY]

———waive waiting period for coverage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, S6797 [14JY]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S6790-S6792 [14JY], S7048 [17JY]

Taxation: allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S7049 [17JY]

———alternative minimum tax rates, S7002-S7006 [17JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S6785 [14JY], S7046 [17JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty for couples deducting casualty losses, S6798 [14JY]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses, S6799 [14JY], S7050 [17JY]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland, S6815 [14JY]

———expand the enhanced deduction for corporate donations of computer technology to public libraries and community centers, S7050 [17JY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6815 [14JY], S7049 [17JY]

———increase deduction for expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses, S6815 [14JY]

———provide tax credits to individuals aged 55 to 64 to purchase COBRA health coverage through elimination of the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mining on Federal lands, S6788 [14JY], S7046 [17JY]

———provide tax relief for farmers, S6795 [14JY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method, S6811 [14JY], S7103 [18JY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate, S6815 [14JY]

———treatment of personal property damage relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas, S6798 [14JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4810, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 106-766), H6598 [19JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4810, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 106-726), H5842 [11JY]

Consideration of Motion To Go to Conference on Senate Amendments to H.R. 4810, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 553) (H. Rept. 106-752), H6354 [17JY]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4810) (H. Rept. 106-765), H6598 [19JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 4810), S7045 [17JY]

Tables

Beneficiaries of marriage tax penalty relief, S7220 [19JY]

Estimated revenue effects of adjustments to marriage tax penalty, S7220 [19JY]

Maximum marriage tax penalty relief possible, S7219 [19JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 545, consideration of H.R. 4810, provisions, H5851 [12JY]

H. Res. 553, consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments to H.R. 4810, provisions, H6432 [18JY]

H. Res. 559, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4810, provisions, H6606 [20JY]

H.R. 4810, provisions, H5858 [12JY]