A bill to reform the internal revenue laws of the United States.

H.R. 3838 in the 99th Congress (1985–1986) became law — introduced on Dec 3, 1985, sponsored by Daniel Rostenkowski. Congress held 32 roll call votes on it.

During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Status: Became law
Introduced: Dec 3, 1985
Policy area: Economy
Public law: Public Law 99-514

Sponsor

Daniel Rostenkowski (D-IL)

Where it stands

IntroducedDec 3, 1985
Passed the HouseYes
Passed the SenateYes
Sent to the PresidentYes
Became lawOct 22, 1986

Every roll call vote on this bill

To adopt H RES 336, a rule providing for consideration of statutes embodied in H R 3838 for reformimg the…House · Dec 11, 1985
To adopt H RES 343, a rule providing for consideration of h r 3838 which would revise the internal revenue…House · Dec 17, 1985
An amendment to h r 3838 to provide rate reductions, standard deduction increases, and personal exemption…House · Dec 17, 1985
Motion to recommit h r 3838 to the ways and means committee. (motion passed)House · Dec 17, 1985
To amend the roth, de) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, by instructing conferees to give highest…Senate · Jun 11, 1986
Motion to table the d'amato, NY) amendment to the dodd CT) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act. The…Senate · Jun 11, 1986
Motion to table the baucus, MT) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would create a 15% tax credit on…Senate · Jun 11, 1986
Motion to table the dixon, il) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would create a 15% tax credit on…Senate · Jun 11, 1986
To table the weicker, CT) amendment to HR 3838, tax (continued) reform act, which would delete the exception…Senate · Jun 12, 1986
To adopt the chiles-domenici, NM) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, a sense-of-the-Senate resolution…Senate · Jun 12, 1986
To table the kasten, wi)-inouye, hi) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would provide for…Senate · Jun 13, 1986
To table the metzenbaum, oh) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would prevent unocal, the union oil…Senate · Jun 13, 1986
To table the metzenbaum, oh) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would end a transition rule under…Senate · Jun 16, 1986
To table the metzenbaum, oh) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would strike the transitional rule…Senate · Jun 17, 1986
To table the metzenbaum, oh) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would reinstate the capital gains…Senate · Jun 17, 1986
To table the trible, VA) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would retain current law treatment of…Senate · Jun 17, 1986
To table the pryor, ar) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would delete the section of the bill…Senate · Jun 17, 1986
To table the mitchell, me) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would provide a third rate bracket…Senate · Jun 18, 1986
To table the melcher, MT) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would allow a 30 percent capital gains…Senate · Jun 18, 1986
To agree to sections 1271-1275 of HR 3838, tax reform act, dealing with esop's, employee stock ownership…Senate · Jun 19, 1986
To table the deconcini, az) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would lower the maximum individual…Senate · Jun 19, 1986
To table the harkin, ia) amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, which would provide for the indexing of trade…Senate · Jun 19, 1986
To adopt the riegle amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate…Senate · Jun 19, 1986
To table the baucus, MT) amendment, a substitute to the bumpers-mattingly, ga) amendment, to HR 3838, tax…Senate · Jun 20, 1986
To adopt the baucus amendment, a substitute to the bumpers ar)-mattingly, ga) amendment, to HR 3838, tax…Senate · Jun 20, 1986
To table a motion to waive section 303 (the revenue neutrality requirement) of the congressional budget act…Senate · Jun 24, 1986
To adopt the mattingly amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, expressing the sense of the Congress that tax…Senate · Jun 24, 1986
To adopt HR 3838, tax reform act, which would reform the internal revenue laws of the United States, by…Senate · Jun 24, 1986
To instruct the house conferees to insist that the conference on H R 3838 result in a fair tax burden for…House · Jul 16, 1986
To recommit the conference report on HR 3838, a bill to reform the internal revenue laws, to the conference…House · Sep 25, 1986
To accept the conference report on HR 3838, a bill to reform the internal revenue laws of the United States…House · Sep 25, 1986
To agree to the conference report on HR 3838, the tax reform act of 1986, to reform the internal revenue…Senate · Sep 27, 1986

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