To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
Latest action · Feb 23, 2009 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 23, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable amount of the railroad track maintenance tax credit; (2) revise the types of expenditures eligible for such credit; and (3) extend such credit through 2012.
Cosponsors 261
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 23, 2009 to Jul 1, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Feb 23, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Glenn C. Nye | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Eric J. J. Massa | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Betsy Markey | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Larry Kissell | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 14, 2009 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | May 14, 2009 | |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | May 14, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | May 14, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 21, 2009 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | May 21, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Mark H. Schauer | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| R-NY | Christopher J. Lee | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| R-OK | Mary Fallin | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-ID | Walter Minnick | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jun 25, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jun 25, 2009 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Travis Childers | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-OH | John A. Boccieri | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 23, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jul 23, 2009 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Jul 23, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Jul 23, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-AL | Bobby Bright | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-IN | Brad Ellsworth | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Kevin McCarthy | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-IN | Steve Buyer | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Thomas S.P. Perriello | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Kathleen A. Dahlkemper | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Harry Teague | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Deborah L. Halvorson | Oct 23, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Oct 23, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Frank Kratovil, Jr. | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 3, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Nov 3, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-GA | Nathan Deal | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Dec 3, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Dec 3, 2009 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Dec 3, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Dec 10, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jan 20, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 4, 2010 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Mar 4, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Mar 4, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Mar 4, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Mar 11, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Mar 22, 2010 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 22, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Mark S. Critz | Jun 10, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Jul 1, 2010 |
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 23, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 23, 2009Introduced in House
- Feb 23, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 6
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 E980 | Thomas S.P. Perriello D-VA | May 28, 2010 |
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E881, E886, H3546 | Jerry F. Costello D-IL, Lynn Jenkins R-KS, Michael H. Michaud D-ME | May 19, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3315 | Aaron Schock R-IL | May 12, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3131 | Christopher J. Lee R-NY | May 5, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2987 | Jerry Moran R-KS | Apr 28, 2010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-490 | ADDRESSING SURFACE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN RURAL AMERICA63 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Aug 10, 2009 |
| Serial No. 111-29 | LONG-TERM FINANCING OPTIONS FOR THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND INCLUDING MEMBER PROPOSALS200 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jul 23, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 461 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit. | Identical bill | Feb 24, 2009 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 23, 2009Introduced 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.