S 1400 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act

Introduced Jul 7, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Debbie Stabenow D-MI

Latest action · Jul 7, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

IntroducedJul 7, 2009
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification, for depreciation purposes, of any motorsports entertainment complex as seven-year property.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 7, 2009 to Feb 22, 2010; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Jul 7, 2009
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-AZ	Jon Kyl	Original	Jul 7, 2009
D-NC	Kay R. Hagan	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	Original	Jul 7, 2009
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-NC	Richard Burr	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-IN	Richard G. Lugar	Original	Jul 7, 2009
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss	Original	Jul 7, 2009
R-AL	Jeff Sessions		Jul 15, 2009
R-KS	Sam Brownback		Oct 26, 2009
R-NV	John Ensign		Oct 27, 2009
D-VA	Jim Webb		Dec 9, 2009
D-FL	Bill Nelson		Jan 22, 2010
R-FL	George S. LeMieux		Jan 27, 2010
D-PA	Robert P. Casey Jr.		Feb 9, 2010
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand		Feb 22, 2010

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Jul 7, 2009

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 7, 2009Introduced in Senate
Jul 7, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1974	Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2009	Related bill	Apr 2, 2009

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the depreciation classification of motorsports entertainment complexes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 7, 2009Introduced in Senate

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