HR 589
101th Congress
House
Taxation
Federal employees
Income tax
Intergovernmental tax relations
Local taxation
Municipal taxation
Social security taxes
Withholding tax
To extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with certain cities and counties for the withholding of city and county income and employment taxes from the pay of…
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 22, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM, Treasury.
Feb 13, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.
Jan 20, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Jan 20, 1989
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Amends Federal law to eliminate the requirement that there be 500 or more persons regularly employed by all Federal agencies in a city or county before the Secretary of the Treasury may enter into an agreement to withhold city and county income and employment taxes from the pay of Federal employees who live or work there.
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Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM, Treasury.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 589: To extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with certain cities and counties for the withholding of city and county income and employment taxes from the pay of Federal employees who are residents of, or regularly employed in, such cities and counties.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-589/
"H.R. 589: To extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with certain cities and counties for the withholding of city and county income and employment taxes from the pay of Federal employees who are residents of, or regularly employed in, such cities and counties.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-589/.
H.R. 589, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-589/.
[H.R. 589: To extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with certain cities and counties for the withholding of city and county income and employment taxes from the pay of Federal employees who are residents of, or regularly employed in, such cities and counties.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-589/)