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H.R. 88: Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

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H.R. 88: Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-03 · Taxation · Latest: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 470 (2018): On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment, HR88 (2018-12-20), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

Plain summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make several changes to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) administrative policies and various tax deductions, tax credits, and requirements for tax-favored savings accounts. The bill includes provisions that: allow various tax credits, deductions, and modifications to existing rules for individuals and businesses affected by recent natural disasters; modify the requirements for employer-provided retirement plans and Individual Retirement Accounts; expand the purposes for which qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) may be used; repeal or delay several health-related taxes; make several technical and other modifications to P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act); modify requirements for the IRS regarding its organizational structure, customer service, whistle-blowers, tax enforcement procedures, management of information technology, and use of electronic systems; prohibit the rehiring of certain IRS employees who were removed for misconduct; establish requirements for cybersecurity and identify protection; and make Tax Court judges subject to the same grounds for disqualification as other federal judges.

Congressional Research Service summary (House agreed to Senate amendment without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (House agreed to Senate amendment without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 88, Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act (2017-04-11); CBO cost estimate: House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 88, Rules Committee Print 115-85 (2018-11-28); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 88, Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 and Taxpayer First Act of 2018 (2018-12-07); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 88, Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 and Taxpayer First Act of 2018 (2018-12-20)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] reported raising $3.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr88 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115