HR 721 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011

Introduced Feb 15, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Lynn Jenkins R-KS

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 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.

IntroducedFeb 15, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for railroad track maintenance, to: (1) expand the types of maintenance expenditures eligible for such credit, and (2) extend such credit through 2017.

Cosponsors 256

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2011 to May 17, 2012, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Feb 15, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 15, 2011
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Feb 15, 2011
D-CA	Jim Costa		Feb 17, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver		Mar 9, 2011
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Mar 9, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Mar 9, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 9, 2011
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 9, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Mar 9, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Mar 9, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 11, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 17, 2011
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Mar 29, 2011
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Mar 30, 2011

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Actions 2

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Feb 15, 2011Introduced in House
Feb 15, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 100	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.	Related bill	Jan 25, 2011
S 672	Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011	Identical bill	Mar 29, 2011

Subjects

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Feb 15, 2011Introduced in House

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