[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 2456--A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
    provide that married couples may file a combined return under 
    which each spouse is taxed using the rates applicable to unmarried 
    individuals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.


By Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. McIntosh, Mrs. Cubin, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
Herger, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. 
Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. 
Bilbray, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
Bonilla, Mr. Bono, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. 
Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
Canady of Florida, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Christensen, Mr. 
Coburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Combest, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cooksey, 
Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, 
Mr. Ehrlich, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, 
Mr. Ewing, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
Gilman, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hastert, 
Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. 
Hoekstra, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
Hyde, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Istook, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. 
Jones, Mr. Kim, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Largent, Mr. 
Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Lewis of 
Kentucky, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
McHugh, Mr. McInnis, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Miller of Florida, 
Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Ney, Mrs. Northup, Mr. 
Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Packard, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Parker, 
Mr. Paul, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Peterson of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Portman, Ms. 
Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Riley, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Rogers, Mr. 
Salmon, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Bob Schaffer, Mr. Sessions, 
Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington, Mr. 
Smith of Michigan, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Souder, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, 
Mr. Stump, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiahrt, 
Mr. Upton, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, 
Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. White, Mr. 
Wicker, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
Armey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Hansen, 
Mr. Linder, Mr. Redmond, Mr. Royce, Mr. Ryun, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Smith 
of New Jersey, Mr. Mica, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Dunn of 
Washington, Mr. Horn, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Moran of Kansas, and 
Mr. Thornberry), H7261 [11SE]

  Cosponsors added, H7601 [18SE], H7730 [23SE], H7831 [24SE], H7911 
  [25SE], H8161 [29SE], H8265 [30SE], H8300 [1OC], H8727 [8OC], H8834 
  [9OC], H8929 [21OC], H9730 [29OC]