HR 4400 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Children's Hope Act of 2005

Introduced Nov 18, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Trent Franks R-AZ

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 18, 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.

  1. IntroducedNov 18, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Children's Hope Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit, up to $100 ($200 for joint returns), for charitable contributions to an education investment organization that disburses 90% of its contributions to provide grants to students for elementary and secondary education expenses, if at least 50% of such disbursements go to students who qualify for free or reduced-cost school lunches. Requires a taxpayer claiming such credit to first claim a state qualified scholarship tax credit, as defined by this Act, as a condition of eligibility for the federal tax credit.

Cosponsors 63

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2005 to Jul 13, 2006; 60 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAdam H. PutnamOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-COBob BeauprezOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-LABobby JindalOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-INChris ChocolaOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-FLDave WeldonOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-VAEric CantorOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-OKErnest J. Istook Jr.OriginalNov 18, 2005
R-CAGeorge RadanovichOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-MNGil GutknechtOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-AZJ. D. HayworthOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-SCJ. Gresham BarrettOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-GAJack KingstonOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-TXJeb HensarlingOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-FLJeff MillerOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-AZJim KolbeOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-KSJim RyunOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-VAJo Ann DavisOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-OHJohn A. BoehnerOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-MNJohn KlineOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-INJohn N. HostettlerOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-OKJohn SullivanOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-CAJohn T. DoolittleOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-COMarilyn N. MusgraveOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-WIMark GreenOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-NJMike FergusonOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-INMike PenceOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-TXRandy NeugebauerOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-AZRick RenziOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-UTRob BishopOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-KYRon LewisOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-TXRon PaulOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-MORoy BluntOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-OHSteve ChabotOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-IASteve KingOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-PATim MurphyOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-KSTodd TiahrtOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-OKTom ColeOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-FLTom FeeneyOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-MIVernon J. EhlersOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalNov 18, 2005
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-MOW. Todd AkinOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-TNZach WampOriginalNov 18, 2005
R-SCHenry E. Brown, Jr.Mar 9, 2006
R-CAWally HergerJun 14, 2006
R-NYVito FossellaJul 13, 2006

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Nov 18, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 18, 2005Introduced in House
  2. Nov 18, 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.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 109-96CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND VIOLENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER151 pagesHomeland Security CommitteeAug 16, 2006

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 provide for a credit which is dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and which is allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to education investment organizations that provide assistance for elementary and secondary education.
Short Titles as Introduced
Children's Hope Act of 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 18, 2005Introduced in House

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