House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to broaden the special rules for certain governmental plans under section 105(j) to include plans established by political subdivisions.
Sponsor: Rep. David Reichert R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2698.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REICHERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5781):``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 560 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2698, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2698
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
19 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 19 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Adam Smith (D-WA), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Reichert.
- H.R. 5788 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the…
- H.R. 3307 (112th) American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 1738 (112th) Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2011
- H.R. 1244 (112th) Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2011
- H.R. 3032 (112th) Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2011
- H.R. 1463 (112th) To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.