House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act of 2001
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Weller R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2001
- Committee actionMar 22, 2001
- Passed HouseMar 29, 2001 · 282–144
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2001 — See H.R.1836.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act of 2001” on March 26, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 22, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13012
- CBO publication date
- March 26, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/6
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14ad661f1b0055d6b02ae303f192fcdb1a98b6805f2e49836224d6ef8d753725
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act of 2001” on March 26, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 22, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13012
- CBO publication date
- March 26, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/6
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14ad661f1b0055d6b02ae303f192fcdb1a98b6805f2e49836224d6ef8d753725
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-29 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 27, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 27, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/29
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/6
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14ad661f1b0055d6b02ae303f192fcdb1a98b6805f2e49836224d6ef8d753725
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- Congress.gov noteProvisions of H.R. 6, the Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act, were included in H.R. 1836, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. H.R. 1836 became Public Law 107-16 on 6/7/2001.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/6
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14ad661f1b0055d6b02ae303f192fcdb1a98b6805f2e49836224d6ef8d753725
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
227 cosponsors — 211 Republicans, 16 Democrats
17 of 227 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), 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), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 197 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Weller.
- H.R. 4019 (107th) To provide that the marriage penalty relief provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent.
- H.Con.Res. 56 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
- H.Res. 543 (107th) Expressing the sense of the House that Congress should complete action on H.R. 4019, making marriage tax relief permanent.
- H.R. 4000 (107th) Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002
- H.R. 1835 (107th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income computers and Internet access provided by an employer for the…
- H.R. 1134 (107th) Former Insurance Agents Tax Equity Act of 2001
Sponsor’s state and district
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.