TAX RELIEF EXTENSION RECONCILIATION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4297), S454, S456, S457, S458 [1FE], S473, S488, S490, S492, S493, S495, S496, S516, S517, S530, S572, S608, S609, S644, S645, S647, S649, S650, S651, S663, S664, S665, S666, S677, S678, S679, S680, S681 [2FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4297, provisions, S1139 [14FE], H196 [8FE]

Articles and editorials

Another Possible Bump to the Debt Ceiling, H2456 [10MY]

Did the Dividend-Tax Cut Work?, H1814 [26AP]

Exxon Chairman Got Retirement Package Worth at Least $398 Million, H1816 [26AP]

Exxon Posts Another Record Profit—Political Heat May Rise as Industry Earnings Soar; Net of $80,842 a Minute, H1816 [26AP]

Health Care for Veterans $1 Billion Short, S1092 [13FE]

How Tax Reform Drives Growth and Investment, H2068 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 4297): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 805), H2337 [9MY]

Taxation: extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends (see S. 2826), S4695 [17MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 2821), S4695 [17MY]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 4297), H2209-H2299 [9MY]

Letters

Research and development tax credit extension: R&D Credit Coalition, S1111 [13FE]

Veterans health care funding: Steve Robertson, American Legion, S494 [2FE], S1090 [13FE]

Memorandums

Alternative Minimum Tax Effects: George Yin, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S497 [2FE]

Eliminate Income Limitation on Conversions from Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts to Roth Individual Retirement Accounts: Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S4417, S4439 [11MY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4297), S473, S489, S491, S492, S493, S495, S496 [2FE], S1083, S1090, S1094, S1105, S1107, S1111, S1113, S1115, S1116, S1117, S1118, S1119 [13FE], H185 [8FE], H1051 [15MR], H1163 [28MR], H1283 [29MR], H1420 [4AP], H1530 [5AP], H1609 [6AP], H1813 [26AP], H1952 [2MY], H2066 [3MY]

———conference report, H2465 [10MY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: military equipment funding, H2081 [3MY]

Budget: deficit, H1284-H1289 [29MR], H1609-H1615 [6AP]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1051-H1055 [15MR], H1184 [28MR]

Economy: growth, H2457-H2459 [10MY], H3234 [25MY]

———impact of tax cuts, H1285-H1289 [29MR], H2453-H2459 [10MY]

Enact (H.R. 4297), H185 [8FE], H543 [2MR], H1952 [2MY], H2158 [4MY]

———conference report, H2342, H2343, H2344, H2453-H2466 [10MY], H2507, H2556, H2559 [11MY], H3022, H3024, H3131, H3132, H3134, H3135 [23MY], H3347 [25MY], H3647 [9JN], H4214 [19JN], E803 [11MY], E813, E814, E821 [12MY], E953 [24MY]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 805), H2354-H2360 [10MY]

———motion to instruct conferees, H185-H192 [8FE], H941 [14MR], H1051-H1055 [15MR], H1163 [28MR], H1284-H1289 [29MR], H1420 [4AP], H1530 [5AP], H1609-H1615 [6AP], H1705 [25AP], H1813-H1819 [26AP], H2066-H2071 [3MY], E531 [6AP]

Public debt: ceiling, H2455, H2459 [10MY], H3131, H3132, H3135 [23MY]

Taxation: close certain tax loopholes for large integrated oil companies, H1813-H1819 [26AP], H2066-H2071 [3MY]

———deduction of State and local sales taxes, H2459 [10MY]

———impact of tax cuts on the budget deficit, H3218-H3220 [24MY]

———increase and make permanent the expensing of certain depreciable business assets, H2455, H2457 [10MY]

———provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, H185-H192 [8FE], H1176 [28MR], H1284-H1289 [29MR], H1610-H1615 [6AP], H1746 [26AP], H2342, H2453-H2455, H2459-H2464 [10MY], H3347 [25MY], E814 [12MY]

———rates, H1609-H1615 [6AP], H2455, H2456 [10MY], H2682, H2683 [17MY]

———repeal oil industry subsidies, H3131-H3134 [23MY]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, H185-H192 [8FE], H1284-H1289 [29MR], H1613 [6AP], H1813-H1819 [26AP], H2066-H2071 [3MY], H2455 [10MY], E531 [6AP]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: military equipment funding, S495 [2FE]

———military equipment funding through repeal of certain tax breaks, S427-S429 [1FE], S495, S496 [2FE], S1094-S1096 [13FE], S1138 [14FE]

Budget: deficit, S1098, S1118 [13FE], S1139 [14FE], S2023 [13MR], S4404, S4410, S4413, S4416, S4417, S4425 [11MY]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, S415 [1FE]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children through repealing certain tax breaks, S433 [1FE]

Coal: provide tax incentives to coal industry to make investments in safety equipment, emergency breathing apparatuses, and emergency training, S424 [1FE], S489 [2FE], S1139 [14FE]

Colleges and universities: extend alternative minimum tax relief for college tuition, S1119 [13FE]

Drugs: delay implementation of voluntary prescription drug benefit program, extend Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance programs, and Medicaid coverage of prescription drugs, S404 [1FE]

Economy: develop agenda to enhance competitiveness of the U.S. economy, S425-S427 [1FE]

———impact of tax cuts, S4402, S4404, S4406, S4408, S4410, S4413, S4418-S4425, S4432-S4438 [11MY]

———importance of job creation, S4418, S4419 [11MY]

Education: extend deduction for tuition cost to promote education and to bolster economic competitiveness and national security, S1108-S1110 [13FE]

Enact (H.R. 4297), S387, S392-S436 [1FE], S466-S502 [2FE], S855 [8FE], S1078-S1083, S1107, S1108, S1112 [13FE], S1135-S1140 [14FE]

———conference report, S4382 [10MY], S4386, S4416-S4425, S4428-S4446, S4463 [11MY], S4523 [12MY], S4689 [17MY], S4844 [19MY]

———conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4327 [10MY]

———motion to instruct conferees, S1083-S1096, S1105-S1121 [13FE], S1136-S1139 [14FE]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S1121 [13FE]

———unanimous-consent request, S487 [2FE]

Executive Office of the President: urge disclosure of contacts with Jack Abramoff, S469-S471 [2FE]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future, S413 [1FE]

Insurance: health savings accounts, S1099 [13FE]

Medicare: extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits and provide other additional beneficiary protections, S422 [1FE]

———improve implementation of the prescription drug benefit, S482-S484, S490, S491 [2FE], S1086 [13FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: funding, S1083-S1086 [13FE], S1137 [14FE]

———provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program, S482-S485, S491 [2FE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations, S485, S486 [2FE]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable donation of certain books to schools, libraries, colleges and universities, and literacy programs, S1098 [13FE]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions, S1096 [13FE]

———count certain wages for services in determining the wage limitation, S4441 [11MY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing, S4444 [11MY]

———eliminate income limitation on conversions from traditional individual retirement accounts to Roth individual retirement accounts, S4416, S4417, S4439, S4440 [11MY]

———eliminate the income threshold for the child tax credit to victims of Hurricane Katrina, S431 [1FE], S1107, S1112 [13FE]

———extend above-the-line deduction for college tuition and fees, S1117 [13FE]

———extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends (S. 2826), S4700 [17MY]

———extend the research and development tax credit, S471 [2FE], S1097, S1110-S1112, S1115 [13FE]

———impact of capital gains and dividends tax cuts on the budget deficit, S397-S401 [1FE]

———improve the child and dependent care credit, S429-S431 [1FE]

———income tax withholding rates on Federal, State and local government contracts, S4421 [11MY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, S1138 [14FE]

———permanently extend the child tax credit, S485 [2FE]

———provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, S392, S394, S410-S413, S419-S424, S429-S431, S435 [1FE], S496 [2FE], S1081, S1087, S1101, S1107, S1113-S1115, S1117 [13FE], S1136, S1137, S1139 [14FE], S1323-S1325 [15FE], S4386-S4392, S4394-S4400, S4405, S4407, S4409, S4412, S4419-S4421, S4431, S4437, S4442 [11MY]

———repeal certain benefits relative to oil and gas well intangible drilling and development costs, S1105, S1106 [13FE]

———repeal oil industry subsidies, S4438 [11MY]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, S500 [2FE], S1083-S1090, S1101-S1104, S1107 [13FE], S1136, S1137 [14FE], S1321 [15FE], S4402, S4418-S4425, S4438, S4442 [11MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 2821), S4698 [17MY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters by clarifying economic substance doctrine, S1100 [13FE]

———valuation of employee personal use of noncommercial aircraft for purposes of Federal income tax inclusion, S4422 [11MY]

Veterans: health care funding, S431-S433 [1FE], S493, S494 [2FE], S1116 [13FE]

———health care funding through repeal of certain tax breaks, S1090-S1094 [13FE]

———qualified mortgage bond program expansion, S1113 [13FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4297, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 805) (H. Rept. 109-458), H2337 [9MY]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4297) (H. Rept. 109-455), H2337 [9MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 4297), S492, S495 [2FE]

Statements

Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act Conference Report: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S4394 [11MY]

Tables

Individual income tax returns with modified taxable income—taxable income and tax classified by each rate at which tax was computed and marital status, S1104 [13FE]

Priority list of pending State home construction grant applicants for fiscal year 2006, S1093 [13FE]

Provisions (H.R. 4297): extraneous provisions, S4412 [11MY]

———projected revenue effects, S4440 [11MY]

Tabulation of capital gains taxed at 5% and 15% rates, S4439 [11MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 805, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4297, provisions, H2354 [10MY]

S. 2821, Withholding Tax Relief Act, S4698 [17MY]

S. 2826, extend and expand relief from the alternative minimum tax and repeal the extension of the lower rates for capital gains and dividends, S4701 [17MY]