HR 1479 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2011

Introduced Apr 12, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Tom Latham R-IA

Latest action · Apr 12, 2011 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.

IntroducedApr 12, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer. Denies such tax credit to any taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000.

Cosponsors 68

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2011 to Oct 9, 2012; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-NV	Dean Heller	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-NM	Martin Heinrich	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Apr 12, 2011
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Apr 12, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		May 3, 2011
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 11, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions		May 11, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 11, 2011
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		May 24, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		May 24, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley		May 25, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		May 25, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		May 31, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jun 3, 2011
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jun 14, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jun 21, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 6, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jul 7, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jul 13, 2011
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 21, 2011
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jul 25, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 7, 2011
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Sep 7, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 5, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Oct 26, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jan 24, 2012
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Feb 1, 2012
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Feb 1, 2012
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Feb 16, 2012
D-NC	David E. Price		Mar 1, 2012
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Mar 22, 2012
D-NC	Brad Miller		Apr 17, 2012
D-GA	John Barrow		Apr 17, 2012
D-IN	André Carson		May 31, 2012
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 13, 2012
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Oct 2, 2012
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Oct 9, 2012

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 Apr 12, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 12, 2011Introduced in House
Apr 12, 2011Referred 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises''), and the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2604.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 905	Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act	Related bill	May 5, 2011

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 a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.
Short Titles as Introduced: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 12, 2011Introduced in House

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