[House Report 108-95]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
108th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 108-95
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2, JOBS AND GROWTH RECONCILIATION
TAX ACT OF 2003
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May 8, 2003.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Reynolds, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 227]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 227, by a record vote of 9 to 4, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2,
the Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of 2003, under a
closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in the House
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
The rule provides that the amendment recommended by the
Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill shall be
considered as adopted. The rule waives all points of order
against the bill, as amended, and against its consideration.
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill in the rule includes a waiver of clause 4(a) of rule
XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report),
which is necessary because the committee report (H. Rept. 108-
94) was not filed until Thursday, May 8, 2003, and the bill may
be considered by the House as early as Friday, May 9, 2003.
COMMITTEE VOTES
Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed
below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 61
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mr. Frost.
Summary of motion: To make in order and grant the
appropriate waivers to the amendment offered by Representative
Rangel which provides $27 billion for long-term extension of
unemployment benefits. Provides $3 billion in tax credits for
businesses hiring the unemployed. Accelerates the child tax
credit to $800, with 15% and $7,500 threshold for
refundability. Accelerates widening of the 10% tax rate
bracket. Accelerates marriage tax penalty relief. Provides $18
billion in Medicaid assistance to the states. Provides $26
billion for infrastructure, homeland security, and education.
Allows small businesses to expense up to $75,000 of the cost of
new investments through 2004. Restructures bonus depreciation
provisions so that firms can write off a 50% bonus for the
balance of 2004. Provides a 3.5 percentage point corporate tax
rate reduction for U.S. manufacturers and producers. Partial
tax freeze on top two rates. Prevents trade sanctions by
repealing WTO non-compliant Extraterritorial Income provisions.
Provides anti-tax shelter, anti-expatriation, and deferred
compensation reform.
Results: Defeated 4 to 8.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Reynolds--Nay;
Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea;
Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 62
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Kanjorski which allows a credit against
income tax to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water
reclamation of abandoned mine land areas.
Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea;
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 63
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Marshall which expands the Dependent Care Tax
Credit to help working families to pay for the cost of
childcare services.
Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea;
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 64
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Sanchez which provides $2.71 billion for
homeland security related funds and directs $1.29 billion to be
placed in a Homeland Security Trust Fund. Offset by delaying
the implementation of the dividend tax cuts for one year.
Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea;
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 65
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Weiner which provides $40 billion in one-time
grants to states and local governments. Provides that it is the
sense of Congress that priority for the funds be given to
homeland security, Medicaid, public health, highway
construction, child care, education and the prevention of
additional property tax increases.
Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea;
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 66
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Emanuel which extends the deduction for
qualified tuition and related expenses for higher education to
2007. Includes corporate expatriation language and a reduction
in bonus depreciation.
Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea;
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 67
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Stenholm which provides that none of the
provisions of the bill would take effect until Congress and the
President enact a separate bill increasing the debt limit by
the amount of additional debt that would be incurred as a
result of the bill over the next ten years, including
associated debt service costs.
Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
Vote my Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea;
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 68
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mr. Hastings of Florida.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Baird which allows taxpayers who itemize
their deductions the option to deduct their state income tax or
state sales taxes paid in a given year. The provision sunsets
after 5 years.
Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay;
Reynolds--Nay; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea;
Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 69
Date: May 8, 2003.
Measure: H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of
2003.
Motion by: Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart.
Summary of motion: To report the resolution.
Results: Agreed to 9 to 4.
Vote by Members: Goss--Yea; Linder--Yea; Pryce--Yea; Diaz-
Balart--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Myrick--Yea; Sessions--Yea;
Reynolds--Yea; Frost--Nay; Slaughter--Nay; McGovern--Nay;
Hastings (FL)--Nay; Dreier--Yes.