House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act of 2000

H.R. 6Introduced Feb 10, 1999Policy area: Taxation

Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Weller R-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 10, 1999
Committee actionFeb 2, 2000
Passed HouseFeb 10, 2000 · 268–158
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 27, 2000 — Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2965-2966)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6, Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 2000” on February 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 2, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12075
CBO publication date
February 7, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/6
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-493 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 7, 2000.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 6, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/6
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

236 cosponsors — 210 Republicans, 26 Democrats

27 of 236 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL) and 206 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Weller.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-11 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.