Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2008
Latest action · Jun 26, 2008 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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income for income tax purposes AmeriCorps educational awards awarded under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2008 to Sep 29, 2008; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jul 9, 2008 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Jul 10, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 14, 2008 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 14, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 14, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 14, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Sep 23, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 27, 2008 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Sep 29, 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 Jun 26, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1370)
- Jun 26, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1370 | John Lewis D-GA | Jun 26, 2008 |
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 2
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. 110-44 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: 101279 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Apr 17, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-6 | PRESIDENTIAL SIGNING STATEMENTS UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION: A THREAT TO CHECKS AND BALANCES AND THE RULE OF LAW?140 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jan 31, 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 provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
