HR 986 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2005

Introduced Feb 17, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Heather Wilson R-NM

Latest action · Feb 17, 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.

IntroducedFeb 17, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible educator an annual $2,000 tax credit.

Defines: (1) "eligible educator" as an individual who is a kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in an eligible elementary or secondary school for at least 900 hours during a school year; and (2) "eligible elementary or secondary school" as a school that is eligible for schoolwide assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Cosponsors 83

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 17, 2005 to May 2, 2006; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AL	Artur Davis	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CO	Bob Beauprez	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-NC	Bob Etheridge	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-KY	Geoff Davis	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OH	John A. Boehner	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Feb 17, 2005
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-NM	Tom Udall	Original	Feb 17, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 1, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 1, 2005
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Mar 1, 2005
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 1, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Mar 2, 2005
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Mar 2, 2005
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Mar 2, 2005
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Mar 3, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Mar 3, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Mar 8, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Mar 14, 2005
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Apr 5, 2005
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Apr 8, 2005
D-NC	David E. Price		Apr 12, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner		Apr 13, 2005
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		May 12, 2005
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Jun 7, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Jul 22, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jul 26, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley		Jul 26, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Sep 7, 2005
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Sep 7, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 13, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Sep 13, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Sep 20, 2005
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Sep 21, 2005
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Sep 27, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Sep 27, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Oct 6, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Oct 6, 2005
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Oct 7, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 7, 2005
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Oct 7, 2005
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Oct 7, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Oct 17, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross		Oct 17, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Oct 27, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Nov 1, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Nov 7, 2005
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Nov 7, 2005
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Nov 14, 2005
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Nov 14, 2005
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Nov 15, 2005
R-OR	Greg Walden		Nov 16, 2005
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 16, 2005
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Jan 31, 2006
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jan 31, 2006
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Feb 1, 2006
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Feb 14, 2006
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Feb 14, 2006
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Feb 15, 2006
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Feb 28, 2006
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 9, 2006
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Apr 4, 2006
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		May 2, 2006
D-WI	Gwen Moore		May 2, 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 Feb 17, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 17, 2005Introduced in House
Feb 17, 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. 109-88	MEMBER PROPOSALS ON TAX ISSUES INTRODUCED IN THE 109TH CONGRESS77 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Sep 26, 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 a tax credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools.
Short Titles as Introduced: Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 17, 2005Introduced in House

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