HR 2989 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2005

Introduced Jun 20, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Dave Camp R-MI

Latest action · Jun 20, 2005 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.

IntroducedJun 20, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to $400; (2) allow the deduction of professional development expenses; and (3) make such deduction permanent.

Cosponsors 121

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2005 to Nov 13, 2006; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Jun 20, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-OH	Deborah Pryce	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Jun 20, 2005
D-MO	Ike Skelton	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-MN	Jim Ramstad	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.	Original	Jun 20, 2005
D-TN	John S. Tanner	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-AZ	Rick Renzi	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Jun 20, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jun 24, 2005
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jun 30, 2005
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Jun 30, 2005
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jun 30, 2005
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jun 30, 2005
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Jun 30, 2005
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Jun 30, 2005
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jun 30, 2005
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Jun 30, 2005
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Jun 30, 2005
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Jun 30, 2005
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Jun 30, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Jun 30, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Jun 30, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Jun 30, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul		Jun 30, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Jul 12, 2005
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 12, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Jul 12, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Jul 12, 2005
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Jul 12, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jul 12, 2005
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 12, 2005
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 13, 2005
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Jul 13, 2005
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 18, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Jul 18, 2005
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jul 18, 2005
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jul 18, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 19, 2005
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jul 19, 2005
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jul 21, 2005
D-OR	David Wu		Jul 26, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jul 26, 2005
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jul 26, 2005
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean		Jul 27, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jul 28, 2005
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Jul 28, 2005
R-KY	Anne M. Northup		Sep 7, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Sep 7, 2005
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Sep 7, 2005
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Sep 7, 2005
R-IA	James A. Leach		Sep 7, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Sep 7, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Sep 7, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Sep 7, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Sep 7, 2005
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Sep 7, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Sep 7, 2005
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Sep 7, 2005
R-IN	Michael E. Sodrel		Sep 13, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Sep 13, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Sep 13, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Sep 13, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Sep 15, 2005
R-OR	Greg Walden		Sep 15, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Sep 27, 2005
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Sep 27, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Sep 27, 2005
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Sep 27, 2005
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Sep 27, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Sep 27, 2005
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Oct 6, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner		Oct 6, 2005
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Oct 6, 2005
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Oct 6, 2005
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Oct 6, 2005
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Oct 7, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Oct 17, 2005
D-NC	David E. Price		Oct 17, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross		Oct 17, 2005
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Oct 17, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Oct 19, 2005
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz		Oct 25, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Oct 25, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Nov 1, 2005
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Nov 1, 2005
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Nov 3, 2005
D-GA	John Barrow		Nov 3, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Nov 8, 2005
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Nov 8, 2005
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Nov 15, 2005
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Nov 15, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Nov 15, 2005
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Nov 18, 2005
R-VA	Tom Davis		Dec 7, 2005
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Dec 15, 2005
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 16, 2005
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Dec 16, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Dec 16, 2005
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Feb 1, 2006
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Feb 1, 2006
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 1, 2006
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Feb 1, 2006
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Feb 1, 2006
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Mar 13, 2006
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Mar 13, 2006
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Apr 26, 2006
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Jun 26, 2006
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jul 13, 2006
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Jul 13, 2006
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jul 26, 2006
R-CA	George Radanovich		Sep 12, 2006
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Nov 13, 2006

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 Jun 20, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 20, 2005Introduced in House
Jun 20, 2005Referred 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
House	Debate and remarks H4899	Sue W. Kelly R-NY	Jun 22, 2005

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1621	Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2005	Related bill	Sep 7, 2005

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 increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Short Titles as Introduced: Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 20, 2005Introduced in House

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