HR9 | US Congress 2011-2012 | Small Business Tax Cut Act

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On April 23, 2012 in the Senate:

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

On April 19, 2012 in the House:

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 620 , as amended, the House proceeded with 25 minutes of debate on the Levin substitute amendment.
Rule H. Res. 620 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 620 .
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 9 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute, now printed in the bill, shall be considered as adopted. The resolutions waives all points of order against provisions of the bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute, for 20 minutes of debate, which shall not be subject to amendment.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.AMDT.1018 Amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Levin. Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to replace the deduction in the underlying bill with a deduction for small businesses for the amounts they spend on capital investments in 2012.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 620 , as amended, the House proceeded with 70 minutes of debate on H.R. 9 .
H.AMDT.1018 On agreeing to the Levin amendment Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 175 - 236 .
Mr. Deutch moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Deutch motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with amendments to prevent the tax deduction from allowing companies to ship jobs overseas. It would also prevent the tax deduction from being used on income from prostitution, pornography, drug trafficking, lobbying, golf courses that discriminate based on sex or race, or by taxpayers who violate Iran sanctions. Further, any Member of Congress taking the deduction would have to disclose the deduction amount and type of business income from which it came.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 179 - 229 .
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 173, 1 Present .

On April 17, 2012 in the House:

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 620 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 9 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute, now printed in the bill, shall be considered as adopted. The resolutions waives all points of order against provisions of the bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute, for 20 minutes of debate, which shall not be subject to amendment.

On April 10, 2012 in the House:

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
Reported by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-425 .

On March 28, 2012 in the House:

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 14.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

On March 21, 2012 in the House:

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.AMDT.1018

Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to replace the deduction in the underlying bill with a deduction for small businesses for the amounts they spend on capital investments in 2012.