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HR 1689 112th Congress House

Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to oil and gas activities of major integrated oil companies.

Introduced: May 3, 2011 See on congress.gov
Taxation Income tax deductionsOil and gas
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May 3, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 3, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 3, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, gas, or any primary products thereof by a major integrated oil company (an oil company which has an average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels for the taxable year and which had gross receipts in excess of $1 billion for its last taxable year ending during calendar year 2005).

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 29
All 29 Democratic 19
D
Garamendi, John
California · Oct 26, 2011
WOOLSEY, LYNN
· May 11, 2011
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 10, 2011
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 10, 2011
ACKERMAN, GARY
· May 3, 2011
BRADY, ROBERT
· May 3, 2011
Carnahan, Russ
· May 3, 2011
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · May 3, 2011
Hanabusa, Colleen
· May 3, 2011
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· May 3, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 3, 2011
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 3, 2011
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 3, 2011
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · May 3, 2011
LOWEY, NITA
· May 3, 2011
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 3, 2011
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 3, 2011
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 3, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 3, 2011
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 3, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 3, 2011
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 3, 2011
ROTHMAN, STEVEN
· May 3, 2011
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 3, 2011
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· May 3, 2011
Sutton, Betty
· May 3, 2011
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 3, 2011
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 3, 2011
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 3, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1689: Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1689/
MLA
"H.R. 1689: Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1689/.
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H.R. 1689, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1689/.
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