Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009
Latest action · Sep 17, 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.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the $250 economic recovery payment payable to certain individuals through calendar year 2010.
Applies the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax in 2010 to certain earnings in excess of $250,000.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2009 to Oct 27, 2009; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Sep 17, 2009 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Sep 17, 2009 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Sep 17, 2009 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Oct 5, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Oct 7, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Oct 15, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Oct 19, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Oct 27, 2009 |
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 Sep 17, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Sep 17, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10473 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10406 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Oct 14, 2009 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9354 | Bernard Sanders I-VT | Sep 15, 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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41488 | One-time Payment in Lieu of a Social Security COLA Archived | Report | Nov 12, 2010 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3597 | Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 | Related bill | Sep 18, 2009 |
| HR 3810 | Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 | Related bill | Oct 15, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for such year, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2009Introduced in Senate
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.
