S 3604 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Economic Recovery Act, 2008

Introduced Sep 26, 2008 Originated Senate Sponsor Harry Reid D-NV

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 26, 2008 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 26, 2008
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Economic Recovery Act, 2008 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2008 for infrastructure, energy, and economic recovery to: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Commerce; (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ); (4) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (5) the Legal Services Corporation; (6) the Department of Defense (DOD) - Civil Corps of Engineers; (7) the Department of the Interior; (8) the Department of Energy (DOE); (9) the Department of the Treasury, including the Office of Inspector General; (10) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); (11) the General Services Administration (GSA); (12) the Small Business Administration (SBA); (13) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (14) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (15) the Department of Labor (DOL); (16) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (17) the Department of Education; (18) the legislative branch; (19) the Department of Transportation (DOT); and (20) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2008 to provide a temporary increase in benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2008 to provide a temporary: (1) increase in the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under the Social Security Act; and (2) reinstatement of authority to provide federal matching payments for state spending of child support incentive payments.

Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2008 to extend the period of emergency unemployment compensation (EUC).

Exempts weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and December 8, 2009, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law of such state provides for payment (at any time or under any circumstances) of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)

National Park Centennial Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the National Park Centennial Fund.

Designates each amount in the Economic Recovery Act, 2008 as: (1) an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs; and (2) a supplemental appropriation for FY2008, or, if enacted after FY2008, for FY2009.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
Senate 206On the Motion to Proceed S. 3604Motion to Proceed Rejected52–42Sep 26, 2008

Yea 52

Nay 42

Not voting 6

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 26, 2008.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WVRobert C. ByrdOriginalSep 26, 2008

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateAppropriations Committee
Referred Sep 26, 2008

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 26, 2008Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 26, 2008Introduced in the Senate, read twice. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S9660-9668)
  3. Sep 26, 2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9574-9577)
  4. Sep 26, 2008Motion to proceed to consideration of measure, having failed to achieve the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 42. Record Vote Number: 206.
  5. Sep 26, 2008Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
House · SenateDebate and remarks H10288–H10295, S9894, S9958, S9995Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Jeff Sessions R-AL, Louie Gohmert R-TX, Michele Bachmann R-MN, Patrick J. Leahy D-VT, Scott Garrett R-NJ, Thaddeus G. McCotter R-MI, Virginia Foxx R-NCSep 27, 2008
SenateDebate and remarks S9560–S9564, S9574–S9577, S9601, S9602Text printed S9660–S9668Recorded votes S9577motion to proceedBarbara A. Mikulski D-MD, Barbara Boxer D-CA, Carl Levin D-MI, Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Harry Reid D-NV (text), Jim DeMint R-SC, Pete V. Domenici R-NM, Tom Harkin D-IA, Wayne Allard R-COSep 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 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 110-101ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND JOB CREATION THROUGH INVESTMENT IN AMERICA328 pagesWays and Means CommitteeOct 29, 2008

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3688A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation, to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers, and for other purposes.Related billNov 18, 2008
S 3689Economic Recovery Act of 2008Related billNov 19, 2008
HR 7110Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008Related billNov 18, 2008

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for economic recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Economic Recovery Act, 2008
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
National Park Centennial Fund Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 26, 2008Introduced in Senate

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