House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion of certain fringe benefit expenses for which a deduction is disallowed in unrelated business taxable income.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Walker R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 39, March 5, 2019, Page H2370):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1545, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 April 7, 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
40 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 10 Democrats
11 of 40 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), K. Conaway (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jody Hice (R-GA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Grace Meng (D-NY), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Ralph Norman (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN), Max Rose (D-NY) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 787 (116th) SOAR Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.Con.Res. 109 (116th) Expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2020, be observed as the 130th anniversary of the establishment of the 1890-Institutions.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.