S 567 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 11, 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 11, 2009
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Repeals the termination date in the Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 for provisions reducing individual tax rates on capital gains and dividend income.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2009 to Apr 22, 2009, with 18 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PAArlen SpecterOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-TNBob CorkerOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-LADavid VitterOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-KYJim BunningOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-AZJon KylOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-NHJudd GreggOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-TNLamar AlexanderOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-FLMel MartinezOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-NEMike JohannsOriginalMar 11, 2009
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalMar 11, 2009

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2009Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 11, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 6330Preserving American Income on Dividends Act of 2010Related billSep 29, 2010

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2009Introduced in Senate

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