HR 4129 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

EXPENSE Act of 2005

Introduced Oct 25, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Pete Sessions R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 25, 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.

IntroducedOct 25, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Expensing Property Expands our Nation's Strong Economy Act of 2005 or the EXPENSE Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the limitations on the expensing of depreciable business assets; and (2) allow taxpers to elect a two-year recovery period for depreciable property.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 25, 2005 to Feb 8, 2006, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Jeff Flake	Original	Oct 25, 2005
R-NY	John E. Sweeney	Original	Oct 25, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Oct 25, 2005
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Oct 25, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Nov 7, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Nov 18, 2005
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Nov 18, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Dec 6, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Dec 16, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Feb 8, 2006

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 25, 2005Introduced in House
Oct 25, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 25, 2005Introduced in House

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