To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that ancestors and lineal descendants of past or present members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining whether a veterans' organization is exempt from tax.

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

62 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 36 Democrats

37 of 62 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), William Coyne (D-PA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Mark Foley (R-FL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Martin Frost (D-TX), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Mark Green (R-WI), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Sue Kelly (R-NY) and 32 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Amo Houghton.

• H.R. 4762 (106th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 527 organizations to disclose their political activities.
• H.R. 4163 (106th) Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2000
• H.R. 4717 (106th) Full and Fair Political Activity Disclosure Act of 2000
• H.R. 864 (106th) State and Local Investment Opportunity Act of 1999
• H.R. 3700 (106th) High-Speed Rail Investment Act of 2000
• H.R. 3249 (106th) Artists' Contribution to American Heritage Act of 1999

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress