HR 1519 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2009

Introduced Mar 16, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Sam Johnson R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 16, 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 16, 2009
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent maximum tax rate on Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenues resulting from this repeal.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2009 to Mar 9, 2010, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Mar 16, 2009
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Mar 16, 2009
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Mar 16, 2009
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Mar 16, 2009
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Mar 31, 2009
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Apr 27, 2009
R-NV	Dean Heller		Oct 8, 2009
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 9, 2010

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 16, 2009Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Mar 16, 2009Introduced in House

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