To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.
Latest action · Mar 10, 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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore, make permanent, and eliminate the dollar limitation for the tax exclusion for amounts received under a qualified group legal services plan.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2009 to Jan 27, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Original | Mar 10, 2009 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Mark H. Schauer | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 8, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Oct 27, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Jan 27, 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 Mar 10, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E611)
- Mar 10, 2009Referred 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 E611 | Fortney Pete Stark D-CA | Mar 10, 2009 |
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.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-110 | SMOKELESS TOBACCO: IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION'S YOUTH AND USE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL228 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 14, 2010 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 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.
