HR 4110 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

American Parity Act of 2005

Introduced Oct 20, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Rahm Emanuel D-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Oct 20, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 20, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

American Parity Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to states and local governments for assistance in making priority expenditures. Defines priority expenditures as ordinary and necessary maintenance and operating expenses for: (1) primary, secondary, or higher education; (2) public safety; (3) public health; (4) social services for the disadvantaged or aged; (5) roads, transportation, and water infrastructure; and (6) housing, as well as ordinary and necessary capital expenditures authorized by state law. Requires at least one third of grant amounts to be made available to local governments.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2005 to Nov 9, 2005; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MABarney FrankOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-VARick BoucherOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NJRush HoltOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-OHTim RyanOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalOct 20, 2005
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalOct 20, 2005
I-VTBernard SandersOct 26, 2005
D-NYCharles B. RangelOct 26, 2005
D-ORDarlene HooleyOct 26, 2005
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOct 26, 2005
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOct 26, 2005
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOct 26, 2005
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOct 26, 2005
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOct 26, 2005
D-WVNick J. Rahall IINov 4, 2005
D-PARobert A. BradyNov 9, 2005

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 20, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2005Introduced in House
  2. Oct 20, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
  3. Sep 29, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8517)

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require grants to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq.
Short Titles as Introduced
American Parity Act of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2005Introduced in House

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