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Senate Roll Call 526, 99th Congress · June 20, 1986

TO ADOPT THE BAUCUS AMENDMENT, A SUBSTITUTE TO THE BUMPERS AR)-MATTINGLY, GA) AMENDMENT, TO HR 3838, TAX REFORM ACT. THE AMENDMENT WOULD REVISE SECTION 559, THE VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PROGRAM PROTECTING TAXPAYERS FROM FEDERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY IF THEY MAKE FULL DISCLOSURE OF VIOLATIONS TO THE TREASURY PRIOR TO NOTICE OF INQUIRY OR INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR TAX AFFAIRS. (MOTION FAILED AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE BUMPERS-MATTINGLY AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE IMMUNITY PROVISIONS AND OFFSET THE LOSS OF $200 MILLION IN REVENUE BY LIMITING NET OPERATING LOSS CARRYBACKS BY CORPORATIONS, WAS ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE.)

40 yea · 43 nay16 not voting or present
Democrat20 yea · 23 nay
Republican21 yea · 20 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3838 ↗

Tax Reform Act of 1986

Policy area: Taxation — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) IRS voluntary disclosure enforcement procedures do not directly alter tax rates or revenue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (41)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (16)

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