Family Cord Blood Banking Act of 2011
Latest action · Apr 15, 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 15, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Cord Blood Banking Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat the cost of private umbilical cord blood banking services as a medical care expense for purposes of the tax deduction for medical expenses.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2011 to Oct 26, 2012; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Original | Apr 15, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | May 2, 2011 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | May 2, 2011 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | May 2, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | May 2, 2011 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 12, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | May 31, 2011 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 2, 2011 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Sep 9, 2011 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Nov 10, 2011 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Nov 10, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Dec 1, 2011 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Dec 19, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jan 18, 2012 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Feb 7, 2012 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Feb 13, 2012 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Feb 28, 2012 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Mar 6, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | May 9, 2012 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jun 19, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jun 19, 2012 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jul 10, 2012 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jul 31, 2012 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Aug 1, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Aug 2, 2012 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Aug 2, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Sep 12, 2012 | |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | Oct 26, 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 15, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2011Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2915.
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 treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Family Cord Blood Banking Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2011Introduced in House
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.
