S 2277 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the issuance of qualified veterans' mortgage bonds for Alaska, Oregon, and Wisconsin and to modify the definition of qualified veteran.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 31, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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. IntroducedOct 31, 2007
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $100 million the veterans mortgage bond limitation in Alaska, Oregon, and Wisconsin; (2) eliminate the phase-in of the bond limitation; and (3) revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for mortgage bond financing eligibility purposes to make such definition applicable to veterans in all states.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 31, 2007 to Dec 17, 2007, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalOct 31, 2007
D-WIHerb KohlOriginalOct 31, 2007
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonNov 1, 2007
D-ORRon WydenNov 1, 2007
D-CABarbara BoxerNov 6, 2007
R-TXJohn CornynDec 12, 2007
R-AKLisa MurkowskiDec 17, 2007

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 31, 2007Introduced in Senate
  2. Oct 31, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 31, 2007Introduced in Senate

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