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H.R. 4— The Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011

H.R. 4 - To repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.

Hearing Information

Meeting Time

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 3:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »

Bill Text

Text of H.R. 4PDFXML

To repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.

:: NOTE ::  The Committee on Ways and Means reported both H.R. 4 and H.R. 705.  H.R. 705 includes a repeal of an additional 1099 tax information reporting requirement with respect to certain rental properties and provisions to offset the cost of the bill.

House Resolution 129 substitutes the text of H.R. 705 (as reported) for the text of H.R. 4. Links to the text of H.R. 705: [ PDF ] [ XML ]

H. Rept. 113-601PDF

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.

FLOOR ACTION: 
Adopted by record vote of 252-175, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 243-185, on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

MANAGERS: Scott/Polis

1. Closed rule.

2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

3. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in H.R. 705 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

4. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

5. Provides two hours and 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

6. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

Amendments (click each header to sort table by that column)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Crowley (NY)DemocratWould prohibit the new rules created by section 4 of the bill from going into effect, effectively eliminating the offset.Submitted

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 42

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 4 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #1, offered by Rep. Crowley (NY), which would prohibit the new rules created by section 4 of the bill from going into effect, effectively eliminating the offset.
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mr. Sessions
Nay
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Bishop
No Vote
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Nugent
Nay
Mr. Scott
Nay
Mr. Scott
Nay
Mr. Webster
Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chair
Nay
Ms. Slaughter
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mr. Polis
Yea