HR 3119 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Renewable Fuels and Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Act of 2003

Introduced Sep 17, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Kenny C. Hulshof R-MO

Latest action · Sep 17, 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 17, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Renewable Fuels and Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for a limited period of time: (1) as a credit against the gasoline and diesel fuel excise tax, a credit equal to the sum of the alcohol fuel mixture credit plus the biodiesel mixture credit; and (2) a biodiesel fuels credit business credit.

Cosponsors 98

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2003 to Sep 14, 2004; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm	Original	Sep 17, 2003
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Sep 17, 2003
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Sep 17, 2003
D-MO	Ike Skelton	Original	Sep 17, 2003
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Sep 17, 2003
R-IA	Jim Nussle	Original	Sep 17, 2003
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Sep 17, 2003
R-OH	John A. Boehner	Original	Sep 17, 2003
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Sep 17, 2003
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Sep 17, 2003
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Sep 24, 2003
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Sep 24, 2003
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Sep 24, 2003
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Sep 24, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Sep 24, 2003
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Sep 24, 2003
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Sep 24, 2003
R-IA	Tom Latham		Sep 24, 2003
D-WA	Brian Baird		Sep 25, 2003
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Sep 25, 2003
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Sep 25, 2003
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Sep 25, 2003
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Sep 25, 2003
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Sep 30, 2003
R-IN	Chris Chocola		Sep 30, 2003
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 30, 2003
R-OH	David L. Hobson		Sep 30, 2003
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Sep 30, 2003
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Sep 30, 2003
D-AR	Marion Berry		Sep 30, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Sep 30, 2003
R-WI	Mark Green		Sep 30, 2003
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Sep 30, 2003
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Sep 30, 2003
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Sep 30, 2003
R-SD	William J. Janklow		Sep 30, 2003
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Oct 1, 2003
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Oct 1, 2003
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Oct 1, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry		Oct 1, 2003
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 1, 2003
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Oct 1, 2003
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Oct 1, 2003
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Oct 1, 2003
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Oct 1, 2003
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Oct 1, 2003
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Oct 2, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Oct 2, 2003
R-IA	James A. Leach		Oct 2, 2003
R-IL	John Shimkus		Oct 2, 2003
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Oct 2, 2003
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Oct 2, 2003
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Oct 2, 2003
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Oct 7, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Oct 7, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Oct 7, 2003
D-IN	Julia Carson		Oct 7, 2003
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Oct 7, 2003
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Oct 7, 2003
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Oct 7, 2003
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Oct 8, 2003
R-NY	Jack Quinn		Oct 8, 2003
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Oct 8, 2003
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Oct 8, 2003
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Oct 15, 2003
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Oct 15, 2003
R-NC	Howard Coble		Oct 15, 2003
R-AR	John Boozman		Oct 15, 2003
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Oct 15, 2003
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Oct 15, 2003
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Oct 15, 2003
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Oct 15, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Oct 15, 2003
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Oct 15, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		Oct 15, 2003
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Oct 16, 2003
R-OH	Rob Portman		Oct 16, 2003
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Oct 16, 2003
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Oct 16, 2003
R-FL	Mark Foley		Oct 21, 2003
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Oct 21, 2003
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Nov 5, 2003
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Nov 5, 2003
R-IA	Steve King		Nov 5, 2003
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Nov 5, 2003
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Nov 5, 2003
R-IN	Dan Burton		Nov 7, 2003
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Nov 7, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Nov 7, 2003
R-IN	Mike Pence		Nov 7, 2003
R-KS	Jim Ryun		Dec 8, 2003
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Dec 8, 2003
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Dec 8, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Dec 8, 2003
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Feb 4, 2004
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Mar 31, 2004
D-HI	Ed Case		Jun 16, 2004
R-MN	John Kline		Sep 14, 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 17, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 17, 2003Introduced in House
Sep 17, 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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1841	James L. Oberstar D-MN	Sep 17, 2003

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. 108-63	THE BENEFITS OF TAX INCENTIVES FOR PRODUCERS OF RENEWABLE FUELS AND ITS IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND FARMERS71 pages	Small Business Committee	May 6, 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 biodiesel used as a fuel.
Short Titles as Introduced: Renewable Fuels and Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 17, 2003Introduced in House

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