United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4796 (108th)
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2004
Introduced
9 July 2004
Last action
9 July 2004 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1], Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Subjects
Taxation, Education
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat certain distributions by S corporations to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) as deductible dividends; (2) exempt deductions for ESOP dividends from corporate alternative minimum tax adjustments based on adjusted earnings and profits; (3) allow deferral of the recognition of gain for certain sales to ESOP's sponsored by any domestic corporation, including S corporations; (4) allow reinvestment of ESOP stock proceeds eligible for nonrecognition of gain in certain mutual funds; (5) modify certain ESOP stock ownership rules; and (6) allow early distributions from an ESOP for higher education expenses and first-time homebuyer purchases without penalty.
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Timeline
9 July 2004
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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9 July 2004
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1343-1344)
Source: IntroReferral
9 July 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 July 2004
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 July 2004 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4796
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4796
- us · 108-hr-4796 · source updated 18 August 2025