HRES 42
99th Congress
House
Taxation
Congress and Members of Congress
Income tax
Internal revenue law
Legislation
Tax administration
A bill expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no major tax act enacted by the Congress should take effect until the year after the year in which it is enacted or should apply to…
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 4, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 4, 1985
Introduced in House
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no change in Federal tax law enacted by the Congress should: (1) apply to any taxable year beginning before the end of the calendar year in which enacted; or (2) apply to investigations made, transactions entered into, or property placed in service before the effective date of such change.
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Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 42: A bill expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no major tax act enacted by the Congress should take effect until the year after the year in which it is enacted or should apply to transactions entered into or property placed in service before the effective date of the act.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-42/
"H. Res. 42: A bill expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no major tax act enacted by the Congress should take effect until the year after the year in which it is enacted or should apply to transactions entered into or property placed in service before the effective date of the act.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-42/.
H. Res. 42, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-42/.
[H. Res. 42: A bill expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no major tax act enacted by the Congress should take effect until the year after the year in which it is enacted or should apply to transactions entered into or property placed in service before the effective date of the act.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-42/)