House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To clarify State authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees.
Sponsor: Rep. George Gekas R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 1997
- Committee actionJul 16, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 28, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 5, 1997 — Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1953.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1953, An act to clarify state authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees” on November 7, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on November 5, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10538
- CBO publication date
- November 7, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1953, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-203 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 25, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/203
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1953, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
01ef4ae11c68bb96aa83fde4f2b265dddaa9f49acd47416d703c28048273096e
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3150 (105th) Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998
- H.R. 1544 (105th) Federal Agency Compliance Act
- H.R. 1596 (105th) Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1997
- H.R. 2440 (105th) To make technical amendments to section 10 of title 9, United States Code.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.