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An Act to extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend for a temporary period certain tax provisions of current law which would otherwise expire at the end of 1985 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1985-12-19 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 99 United States Congress by Dan Rostenkowski in relation with: Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Architecture and the disabled, Business and commerce, College teachers, Corporations and Stocks, Courts and Civil Procedure, Disabled, Education, Educational finance, Employee benefit plans, Employee training, Employer incentives, Employment tax credits, Energy, Energy tax credits, Excise tax, Foreign Trade and Investments, Geothermal resources, Government and business, Health facilities, Hospitals, Housing and community development, Imports, Income tax, Labor and employment, Lawyers and Legal Services, Legal fees, Legal services, Medical fees, Medical personnel, Medicare, Missing in action, Motor Vehicles and Driving, Physicians, Railroad employees, Railroads, Research and development, Social welfare, Solar energy, Student aid, Tax administration, Tax courts, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Taxicabs, Teachers, Tobacco, Tobacco tax, Trade adjustment assistance, Transportation and the aged, Transportation and the physically handicapped, Trucks, Unemployment, Unemployment insurance.
An Act to extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend for a temporary period certain tax provisions of current law which would otherwise expire at the end of 1985 became law (1) in the United States on 1985-12-23. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
House Energy and Commerce (HSIF)
House Ways and Means (HSWM)
Sponsor
Dan Rostenkowski, Representative from Illinois, district 8
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Mark Andrews, Republican, Senator, from North Dakota
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Democrat, Senator, from Texas
Rudolph Eli (rudy) Boschwitz, Republican, Senator, from Minnesota
Bill Bradley, Senator, from New Jersey
Dale Bumpers, Democrat, Senator, from Arkansas
John Hubbard Chafee, Republican, Senator, from Rhode Island
Alan Cranston, Democrat, Senator, from California
Alfonse D'Amato, Senator, from New York
Alan John Dixon, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Robert Dole, Senator, from Kansas
Dave Durenberger, Senator, from Minnesota
Thomas Eagleton, Senator, from Missouri
Paula Hawkins, Republican, Senator, from Florida
Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democrat, Senator, from South Carolina
Edward Moore (ted) Kennedy, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
John Forbes Kerry, Democrat, Senator, from Massachusetts
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Patrick Joseph Leahy, Democrat, Senator, from Vermont
Carl Levin, Democrat, Senator, from Michigan
Charles Mccurdy Mathias, Republican, Senator, from Maryland
Mack Francis Mattingly, Republican, Senator, from Georgia
Donald Lee Nickles, Republican, Senator, from Oklahoma
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Democrat, Senator, from Georgia
Claiborne De Borda Pell, Democrat, Senator, from Rhode Island
James Danforth (dan) Quayle, Republican, Senator, from Indiana, district 4
Paul Spyros Sarbanes, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Republican, Senator, from Connecticut
Act Overview
- Number: 4006 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: A bill to extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend for a temporary period certain tax provisions of current law which would otherwise expire at the end of 1985 (4)
- Date First Introduced: 1985-12-19
- Sponsor Name: Dan Rostenkowski
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1985-12-23
- Type: hr (7)
- Main Topic: Taxation
- Related Bills: (8)
hr3451-99, Reason: related, Type: bill
hr3722-99, Reason: related, Type: bill
hr3993-99, Reason: related, Type: bill
hr3994-99, Reason: related, Type: bill
hr3996-99, Reason: related, Type: bill - Summary of An Act to extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend for a temporary period certain tax provisions of current law which would otherwise expire at the end of 1985: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
(House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments) Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to extend the increase in the excise tax on cigarettes until March 15 1986. Amends the Emergency Extension Act of 1985 to extend the Medicare hospital and physician payment rate provisions under the Social Security Act until March 15 1986.
Act Notes
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- [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like An Act to extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend for a temporary period certain tax provisions of current law which would otherwise expire at the end of 1985 are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
- [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (An Act to extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend for a temporary period certain tax provisions of current law which would otherwise expire at the end of 1985)
- [Note 4] A bill to extend until March 15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend for a temporary period certain tax provisions of current law which would otherwise expire at the end of 1985. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1985-12-19) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
- [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
- [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
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Analysis
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Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Architecture and the disabled
Business and commerce
College teachers
Corporations and Stocks
Courts and Civil Procedure
Disabled
Education
Educational finance
Employee benefit plans
Employee training
Employer incentives
Employment tax credits
Energy
Energy tax credits
Excise tax
Foreign Trade and Investments
Geothermal resources
Government and business
Health facilities
Hospitals
Housing and community development
Imports
Income tax
Labor and employment
Lawyers and Legal Services
Legal fees
Legal services
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medicare
Missing in action
Motor Vehicles and Driving
Physicians
Railroad employees
Railroads
Research and development
Social welfare
Solar energy
Student aid
Tax administration
Tax courts
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Taxicabs
Teachers
Tobacco
Tobacco tax
Trade adjustment assistance
Transportation and the aged
Transportation and the physically handicapped
Trucks
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
Further Reading
- “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
- “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
- “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.