Help Veterans Own Franchises Act
Latest action · Jun 3, 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.
- IntroducedJun 3, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help Veterans Own Franchises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow business franchisors and veterans who purchase a franchise tax credits for a specified percentage of the fees paid to purchase the franchise.
Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide information about the tax credits in this Act to veterans service organizations and advocacy groups.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 3, 2009 to Sep 28, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Jun 3, 2009 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| D-ID | Walter Minnick | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jul 8, 2009 | |
| D-OH | John A. Boccieri | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Jul 20, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Sep 23, 2009 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Sep 29, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Eric J. J. Massa | Sep 30, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Betsy Markey | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Oct 2, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Oct 20, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Oct 20, 2009 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Dec 8, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Glenn C. Nye | Dec 8, 2009 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Dec 8, 2009 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Dec 8, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jan 12, 2010 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jan 12, 2010 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jan 21, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Feb 3, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| D-NC | Larry Kissell | Mar 15, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Scott Murphy | Mar 16, 2010 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | May 4, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | May 12, 2010 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jul 29, 2010 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Sep 14, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 14, 2010 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Sep 15, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Sep 15, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Sep 15, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 15, 2010 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Sep 22, 2010 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Sep 23, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 28, 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 Jun 3, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2009Introduced in House
- Jun 3, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 3
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. 111-74 | STATUS OF VETERANS SMALL BUSINESSES105 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 29, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-67 | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS' CENTER FOR VETERANS ENTERPRISE59 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 11, 2010 |
| — | FULL COMMITTEE HEARING ON EXPIRING TAX INCENTIVES: EXAMINING THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE ROAD TO AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY71 pages | Small Business Committee | Sep 30, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3818 | Help Veterans Own Franchises Act | Related bill | Sep 22, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits for the establishment of franchises with veterans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Help Veterans Own Franchises Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 3, 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.
