HR 1738 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2011

Introduced May 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor David G. Reichert R-WA

Latest action · May 5, 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.

IntroducedMay 5, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Amends Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, to: (1) increase the maximum dollar amount of such deduction to $500, (2) allow the deduction of professional development expenses, and (3) make such deduction permanent.

Cosponsors 99

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2011 to Apr 25, 2012.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	May 26, 2011
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Jun 16, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Jul 12, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis	Aug 12, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Aug 19, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Aug 30, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold	Aug 30, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Aug 30, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Sep 2, 2011
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Sep 7, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Sep 7, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Sep 7, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Sep 8, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Sep 8, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe	Sep 8, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Sep 9, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack	Sep 12, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Sep 12, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Sep 15, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Sep 15, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Sep 21, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Sep 21, 2011
D-WI	Ron Kind	Sep 21, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Sep 22, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Sep 22, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Sep 29, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Sep 29, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Sep 29, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan	Oct 3, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Oct 3, 2011
R-AK	Don Young	Oct 4, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Oct 4, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton	Oct 5, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Oct 11, 2011
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Oct 11, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross	Oct 11, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch	Oct 11, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden	Oct 12, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus	Oct 12, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Oct 14, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Nov 1, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna	Nov 2, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Nov 4, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price	Nov 4, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps	Nov 14, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Nov 14, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Nov 14, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank	Nov 16, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe	Nov 16, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Nov 16, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Nov 16, 2011
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Nov 17, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller	Nov 18, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Nov 18, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Dec 1, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Dec 1, 2011
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Dec 8, 2011
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Dec 12, 2011
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Dec 14, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Dec 15, 2011
R-IL	Judy Biggert	Dec 15, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Dec 15, 2011
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Dec 16, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Dec 16, 2011
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Dec 19, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Dec 19, 2011
D-CA	Judy Chu	Dec 19, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel	Dec 19, 2011
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Dec 23, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Jan 6, 2012
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Jan 13, 2012
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Jan 13, 2012
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Jan 13, 2012
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm	Jan 13, 2012
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Jan 13, 2012
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Jan 18, 2012
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Jan 18, 2012
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Jan 23, 2012
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling	Jan 23, 2012
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Jan 24, 2012
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Feb 2, 2012
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Feb 14, 2012
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Feb 14, 2012
D-MO	Russ Carnahan	Feb 14, 2012
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Feb 14, 2012
D-CO	Jared Polis	Feb 15, 2012
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Feb 16, 2012
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Feb 24, 2012
D-CA	Karen Bass	Feb 24, 2012
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Feb 24, 2012
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Feb 27, 2012
D-CA	John Garamendi	Feb 29, 2012
D-MI	Hansen Clarke	Mar 6, 2012
D-GA	John Lewis	Mar 6, 2012
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Mar 26, 2012
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Mar 29, 2012
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Apr 24, 2012
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Apr 25, 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 May 5, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 5, 2011Introduced in House
May 5, 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: ``Amendment XVI to the Constitution of the United States: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3109.

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 increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Short Titles as Introduced: Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

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May 5, 2011Introduced in House

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