About the bill
Update #4 --- Dec. 17, 2017
House and Senate Republicans have come to an agreement on the tax bill, H.R. 1, which they intend to pass before Congress goes on recess on the 22nd.
Senate Democrats want the final vote to be delayed until Senator-elect Doug Jones (D-AL) has been seated, just as they had waited for Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) to be seated before the final vote on the Affordable Care Act back in 2010. But the tax bill is likely to passin both chambers before then. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), the only Republican to vote no in the previous Senate vote, will support the final bill. Corker voted against the Senate bill because it could "deepen the debt burden on future generations" by increasing the deficit by ...
Sponsor and status
Kevin Brady
Sponsor. Representative for Texas's 8th congressional district. Republican.
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Dec 22, 2017
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on December 22, 2017.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“New Polling Shows Voters Including Independents Want Congress to Pass an Anti-Corruption Bill”
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Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD3]
on Jan 3, 2019
“Rep. Jimmy Gomez, Incoming Future Forum Leadership Call for Automatic Voter Registration Provision in H.R. 1”
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Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA34]
on Dec 20, 2018
“Murphy, Incoming Future Forum Leadership Call for Automatic Voter Registration Provision in H.R. 1”
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Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL7]
on Dec 20, 2018
More statements at ProPublica Represent...
What stakeholders are saying
Incorporated legislation
This bill incorporates provisions from:
S. 1: An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
Ordered Reported on Nov 28, 2017. 75% incorporated. (compare text)
H.R. 4383: To reform the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Introduced on Nov 14, 2017. 61% incorporated. (compare text)
H.R. 3084: Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act
Introduced on Jun 27, 2017. 73% incorporated. (compare text)
S. 1444: Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act
Introduced on Jun 27, 2017. 73% incorporated. (compare text)
History
H.R. 1 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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