Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 67
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 16, 2003 to Nov 17, 2004; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Sep 16, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Sep 16, 2003 |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Original | Sep 16, 2003 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Sep 16, 2003 |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Oct 16, 2003 | |
| R-IL | Henry J. Hyde | Oct 16, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Oct 21, 2003 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Oct 21, 2003 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Oct 29, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Nov 6, 2003 | |
| R-NM | Heather Wilson | Nov 6, 2003 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 10, 2004 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Feb 10, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Mar 10, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Mar 18, 2004 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Apr 20, 2004 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | May 11, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | May 13, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Jul 7, 2004 | |
| R-IL | Philip M. Crane | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Sep 14, 2004 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Sep 14, 2004 | |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Sep 14, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Sep 14, 2004 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Sep 30, 2004 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Nov 17, 2004 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Nov 17, 2004 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Nov 17, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2003Introduced in House
- Sep 16, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-49 | PRICING PRACTICES OF HOSPITALS149 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jun 22, 2004 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 943 | Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act | Related bill | Feb 26, 2003 |
| S 2055 | Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act | Related bill | Feb 9, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.