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Free Enterprise Act of 2009

Introduced Jun 10, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Mike Johanns R-NE

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 10, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 10, 2009
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Free Enterprise Act of 2009 - Requires congressional approval before any Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds are provided or obligated to any entity, on and after May 29, 2009, whose receipt of such funds would result in federal government acquisition of its common or preferred stock.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 10, 2009 to Jul 6, 2009; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MOChristopher S. BondOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-LADavid VitterOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-KYJim BunningOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-SCJim DeMintOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-NVJohn EnsignOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-AZJon KylOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-FLMel MartinezOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-UTRobert F. BennettOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-KSSam BrownbackOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-GASaxby ChamblissOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-OKTom CoburnOriginalJun 10, 2009
R-OHGeorge V. VoinovichJun 11, 2009
R-KYMitch McConnellJun 11, 2009
R-NCRichard BurrJun 11, 2009
R-TNLamar AlexanderJul 6, 2009

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 10, 2009

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 10, 2009Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 10, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6454)
  3. Jun 10, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S6454Mike Johanns R-NEJun 10, 2009

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to require prior Congressional approval of emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities.
Short Titles as Introduced
Free Enterprise Act of 2009

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 10, 2009Introduced in Senate

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