A resolution to express the sense of the Senate with respect to proposals currently before the Congress to tax certain employer-paid benefits and other life-support benefits.

Introduced

6 February 1986

Last action

12 February 1986 · Committee

Status

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services.

Sponsors

Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL], Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI], Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR], Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA], Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

3 January 2025