HR 2329 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act

Introduced May 15, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn McCarthy D-NY

Latest action · May 15, 2007 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.

IntroducedMay 15, 2007
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 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2007 to Dec 10, 2008; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	May 15, 2007
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	May 15, 2007
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	May 15, 2007
D-OR	David Wu	Original	May 15, 2007
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	May 15, 2007
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Original	May 15, 2007
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	May 15, 2007
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	May 15, 2007
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	May 15, 2007
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	May 15, 2007
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	May 15, 2007
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	May 15, 2007
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	May 15, 2007
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		May 16, 2007
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		May 16, 2007
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy		May 16, 2007
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		May 16, 2007
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		May 16, 2007
D-TN	Steve Cohen		May 16, 2007
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		May 16, 2007
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		May 17, 2007
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 17, 2007
D-NY	Brian Higgins		May 22, 2007
D-KS	Dennis Moore		May 22, 2007
R-MI	Fred Upton		May 22, 2007
R-IL	John Shimkus		May 22, 2007
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 22, 2007
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		May 23, 2007
R-PA	Tim Murphy		May 24, 2007
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 6, 2007
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jun 6, 2007
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Jun 6, 2007
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jun 6, 2007
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Jun 12, 2007
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jun 27, 2007
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jun 27, 2007
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jun 27, 2007
D-OK	Dan Boren		Jul 23, 2007
R-IN	Dan Burton		Jul 23, 2007
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Jul 23, 2007
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 23, 2007
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Jul 23, 2007
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Jul 23, 2007
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 24, 2007
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Jul 24, 2007
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Jul 24, 2007
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jul 24, 2007
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Aug 3, 2007
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Aug 3, 2007
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Sep 4, 2007
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Sep 10, 2007
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Sep 10, 2007
D-MA	Barney Frank		Sep 17, 2007
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Sep 17, 2007
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Sep 17, 2007
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Sep 24, 2007
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Sep 24, 2007
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Sep 26, 2007
D-OH	Zachary T. Space		Sep 26, 2007
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Oct 18, 2007
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Oct 18, 2007
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Oct 25, 2007
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Oct 30, 2007
D-NM	Tom Udall		Nov 13, 2007
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Nov 15, 2007
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Dec 4, 2007
D-PA	Joe Sestak		Dec 12, 2007
R-MN	John Kline		Dec 12, 2007
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Dec 12, 2007
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jan 28, 2008
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Jan 28, 2008
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Mar 5, 2008
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Mar 5, 2008
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Apr 1, 2008
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Apr 1, 2008
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Apr 15, 2008
D-VT	Peter Welch		Apr 15, 2008
R-PA	Phil English		Apr 15, 2008
D-FL	Ron Klein		Apr 15, 2008
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Apr 23, 2008
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		May 7, 2008
D-CA	Bob Filner		May 15, 2008
R-KS	Jerry Moran		May 15, 2008
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		May 15, 2008
D-IN	André Carson		Jun 5, 2008
R-NV	Dean Heller		Jun 5, 2008
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jun 5, 2008
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 5, 2008
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Jun 17, 2008
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jun 17, 2008
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jun 20, 2008
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		Jun 26, 2008
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jun 26, 2008
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jun 26, 2008
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 10, 2008
D-PA	Patrick J. Murphy		Jul 10, 2008
D-IL	Phil Hare		Jul 10, 2008
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jul 15, 2008
D-TX	Gene Green		Aug 1, 2008
R-CA	Mary Bono		Aug 1, 2008
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Aug 1, 2008
D-NC	Brad Miller		Sep 9, 2008
D-CT	John B. Larson		Sep 9, 2008
D-CO	John T. Salazar		Sep 9, 2008
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Sep 9, 2008
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Sep 9, 2008
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Sep 9, 2008
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Sep 23, 2008
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Oct 2, 2008
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Nov 20, 2008
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Dec 10, 2008

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 May 15, 2007

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 15, 2007Introduced in House
May 15, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1410	Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act	Related bill	May 16, 2007

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.

May 15, 2007Introduced in House

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