HR 414 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act

Introduced Jan 26, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Jim Ryun R-KS

Latest action · Jan 26, 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.

IntroducedJan 26, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.

Cosponsors 112

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2005 to Dec 8, 2006; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Jan 26, 2005
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Jan 26, 2005
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Feb 16, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Feb 16, 2005
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Feb 16, 2005
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Feb 16, 2005
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Feb 16, 2005
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Feb 16, 2005
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Feb 16, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Feb 16, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Feb 16, 2005
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Feb 16, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Feb 16, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Feb 16, 2005
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Mar 1, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Mar 15, 2005
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Mar 15, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 6, 2005
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Apr 6, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Apr 6, 2005
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 6, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley		Apr 6, 2005
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 6, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank		Apr 21, 2005
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Apr 21, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry		Apr 21, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Apr 21, 2005
D-MN	Betty McCollum		May 4, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		May 4, 2005
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 26, 2005
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		May 26, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		May 26, 2005
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		May 26, 2005
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		May 26, 2005
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		May 26, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green		May 26, 2005
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		May 26, 2005
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		May 26, 2005
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jun 14, 2005
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Jun 14, 2005
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 12, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jul 12, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 12, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 12, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Jul 12, 2005
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 12, 2005
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jul 12, 2005
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Jul 28, 2005
R-MN	John Kline		Jul 28, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 28, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus		Sep 13, 2005
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Sep 13, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Sep 13, 2005
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Sep 13, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Sep 13, 2005
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Sep 13, 2005
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Oct 18, 2005
D-GA	John Lewis		Oct 18, 2005
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Oct 18, 2005
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Oct 18, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Nov 8, 2005
R-PA	Phil English		Nov 8, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr		Nov 16, 2005
D-NM	Tom Udall		Nov 16, 2005
D-WA	Adam Smith		Dec 14, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Dec 14, 2005
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Dec 14, 2005
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Dec 14, 2005
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Dec 14, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Dec 14, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Feb 14, 2006
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Feb 14, 2006
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Feb 14, 2006
D-NC	David E. Price		Mar 15, 2006
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Mar 15, 2006
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Apr 26, 2006
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Apr 26, 2006
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Apr 26, 2006
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Apr 26, 2006
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 26, 2006
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		May 11, 2006
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		May 11, 2006
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		May 11, 2006
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		May 11, 2006
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		May 11, 2006
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz		Jun 15, 2006
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Jun 15, 2006
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Jul 25, 2006
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jul 25, 2006
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Sep 12, 2006
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Sep 12, 2006
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Dec 8, 2006
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Dec 8, 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 Jan 26, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 26, 2005Introduced in House
Jan 26, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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. 109-51	MEMBER PROPOSALS ON TAX ISSUES INTRODUCED IN THE 109TH CONGRESS146 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Nov 16, 2005

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1060	Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act	Identical bill	May 18, 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 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.

Jan 26, 2005Introduced in House

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