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

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; 3 are original cosponsors, there from 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
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Mar 30, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Mar 30, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Mar 31, 2011
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Mar 31, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Mar 31, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Mar 31, 2011
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Mar 31, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham		Mar 31, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Apr 4, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Apr 6, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Apr 6, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Apr 6, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Apr 6, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden		Apr 6, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Apr 6, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Apr 6, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Apr 8, 2011
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Apr 8, 2011
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 8, 2011
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Apr 13, 2011
R-LA	John Fleming		Apr 13, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 13, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Apr 14, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Apr 14, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		Apr 15, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		May 2, 2011
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		May 2, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 2, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		May 2, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		May 2, 2011
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		May 2, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 2, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		May 2, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		May 5, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		May 10, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence		May 12, 2011
D-IN	André Carson		May 13, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		May 13, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		May 23, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		May 23, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		May 23, 2011
D-FL	Corrine Brown		May 23, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		May 23, 2011
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		May 23, 2011
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		May 23, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		May 23, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul		May 23, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		May 26, 2011
R-AL	Jo Bonner		May 26, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Jun 1, 2011
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 1, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jun 1, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 2, 2011
R-AK	Don Young		Jun 2, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jun 2, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Jun 2, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 2, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 3, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jun 3, 2011
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Jun 15, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jun 15, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jun 15, 2011
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Jun 15, 2011
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jun 15, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		Jun 22, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Jun 22, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 22, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jun 22, 2011
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jun 22, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jun 22, 2011
R-IA	Steve King		Jun 22, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 22, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		Jun 23, 2011
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jun 24, 2011
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Jun 24, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jun 24, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jun 24, 2011
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jun 28, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jun 28, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jun 28, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jul 1, 2011
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jul 6, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren		Jul 6, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry		Jul 6, 2011
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jul 6, 2011
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 6, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Jul 7, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jul 7, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jul 7, 2011
R-PA	Tom Marino		Jul 7, 2011
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Jul 11, 2011
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Jul 11, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jul 13, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jul 13, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 14, 2011
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jul 14, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jul 14, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens		Jul 14, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 15, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Jul 15, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jul 15, 2011
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jul 15, 2011
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jul 18, 2011
R-AL	Martha Roby		Jul 18, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Jul 19, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jul 19, 2011
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Jul 19, 2011
R-ND	Rick Berg		Jul 19, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jul 19, 2011
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jul 20, 2011
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 25, 2011
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Jul 26, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jul 27, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jul 29, 2011
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jul 30, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Aug 5, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Sep 8, 2011
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Sep 9, 2011
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 12, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Sep 12, 2011
D-CA	George Miller		Sep 13, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Sep 13, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		Sep 13, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Sep 15, 2011
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Sep 15, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 29, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 3, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Oct 4, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Oct 4, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Oct 6, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Oct 11, 2011
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Oct 11, 2011
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Oct 11, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Oct 18, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Oct 21, 2011
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Oct 21, 2011
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Oct 21, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Oct 21, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Oct 21, 2011
D-GA	John Barrow		Oct 24, 2011
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Oct 24, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		Oct 27, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Oct 31, 2011
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Nov 1, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Nov 1, 2011
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Nov 3, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Nov 3, 2011
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Nov 3, 2011
D-NY	Kathleen C. Hochul		Nov 4, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Nov 10, 2011
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 10, 2011
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Nov 15, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Nov 15, 2011
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Nov 15, 2011
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Nov 15, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Nov 15, 2011
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Nov 15, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Nov 15, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Nov 15, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Nov 15, 2011
R-OK	John Sullivan		Nov 15, 2011
R-TX	Kay Granger		Nov 15, 2011
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy		Nov 15, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Nov 15, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves		Nov 15, 2011
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Nov 15, 2011
R-TX	Joe Barton		Nov 16, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Nov 16, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Nov 16, 2011
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Nov 16, 2011
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Nov 16, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Nov 16, 2011
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Nov 16, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Nov 16, 2011
R-FL	Connie Mack		Nov 18, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Nov 18, 2011
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Nov 18, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott		Nov 18, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Nov 18, 2011
R-MN	Chip Cravaack		Nov 29, 2011
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Nov 29, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Nov 30, 2011
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Dec 1, 2011
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Dec 1, 2011
R-GA	Tom Graves		Dec 1, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Dec 1, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Dec 1, 2011
R-CA	Wally Herger		Dec 1, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith		Dec 2, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West		Dec 2, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller		Dec 2, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Dec 2, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Dec 2, 2011
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Dec 2, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price		Dec 2, 2011
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Dec 2, 2011
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Dec 2, 2011
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Dec 2, 2011
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Dec 2, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Dec 2, 2011
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Dec 2, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Dec 2, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Dec 2, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		Dec 2, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Dec 2, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Dec 2, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Dec 2, 2011
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Dec 2, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Dec 2, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Dec 2, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Dec 2, 2011
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Dec 6, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Dec 6, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Dec 6, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Dec 6, 2011
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Dec 6, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson		Dec 6, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Dec 6, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Dec 6, 2011
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Dec 7, 2011
R-FL	David Rivera		Dec 15, 2011
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Dec 15, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Dec 15, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Dec 15, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Dec 15, 2011
D-WI	Ron Kind		Dec 16, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Dec 20, 2011
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Dec 20, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		Jan 10, 2012
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jan 31, 2012
R-NY	Ann Marie Buerkle		Jan 31, 2012
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Mar 16, 2012
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Mar 16, 2012
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 16, 2012
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Mar 19, 2012
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Mar 21, 2012
R-GA	Austin Scott		Apr 16, 2012
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 26, 2012
D-MN	Betty McCollum		May 7, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		May 7, 2012
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 17, 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 Feb 15, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 15, 2011Introduced in House
Feb 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI to the United States Constitution. Description: The first is ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . .'' And; the second grants Congress the 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 H924.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	HEARING ON CERTAIN EXPIRING TAX PROVISIONS1,240 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Apr 26, 2012
Serial No. 112-23	RAILROAD AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS: REFORMS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE REGULATORY BURDENS285 pages	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Apr 7, 2011

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

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 extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
Short Titles as Introduced: Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 15, 2011Introduced in House

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