HR 721 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2013

Introduced Feb 14, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Lynn Jenkins R-KS

Latest action · Feb 19, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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 14, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2013 - 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 2016.

Cosponsors 251

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 14, 2013
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Feb 14, 2013
D-CA	John Garamendi		Feb 25, 2013
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 25, 2013
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Feb 26, 2013
R-MO	Billy Long		Mar 11, 2013
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Mar 11, 2013
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 11, 2013
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 11, 2013
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Mar 11, 2013
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Mar 11, 2013
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Mar 11, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Mar 11, 2013
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Mar 11, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 11, 2013
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Mar 11, 2013
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Mar 11, 2013
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Mar 11, 2013
R-IA	Tom Latham		Mar 11, 2013
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 12, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Mar 12, 2013
R-TX	Kay Granger		Mar 12, 2013
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Mar 12, 2013
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Mar 12, 2013
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 12, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Mar 12, 2013
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Mar 12, 2013
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 12, 2013
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 12, 2013
R-MO	Sam Graves		Mar 12, 2013
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 13, 2013
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Mar 13, 2013
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Mar 13, 2013
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Mar 13, 2013
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Mar 13, 2013
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 13, 2013
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 13, 2013
R-NY	Tom Reed		Mar 13, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 13, 2013
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 15, 2013
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Mar 15, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Mar 15, 2013
R-NY	Chris Collins		Mar 15, 2013
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Mar 15, 2013
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Mar 15, 2013
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Mar 15, 2013
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Mar 15, 2013
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Mar 15, 2013
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Mar 15, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Mar 15, 2013
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Mar 15, 2013
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Mar 15, 2013
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Mar 18, 2013
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 18, 2013
D-CA	Jim Costa		Mar 18, 2013
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Mar 18, 2013
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Mar 18, 2013
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 18, 2013
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 18, 2013
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Mar 18, 2013
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 19, 2013
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 19, 2013
R-AL	Martha Roby		Mar 19, 2013
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Mar 19, 2013
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Mar 19, 2013
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 21, 2013
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 21, 2013
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 21, 2013
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Mar 21, 2013
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Mar 21, 2013
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 21, 2013
D-CA	Lois Capps		Mar 21, 2013
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Mar 21, 2013
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		Mar 21, 2013
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 9, 2013
R-GA	Austin Scott		Apr 9, 2013
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 9, 2013
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Apr 9, 2013
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Apr 9, 2013
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Apr 9, 2013
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Apr 9, 2013
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Apr 9, 2013
D-NC	David E. Price		Apr 9, 2013
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Apr 9, 2013
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Apr 9, 2013
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Apr 12, 2013
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Apr 15, 2013
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Apr 17, 2013
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Apr 18, 2013
R-AR	Steve Womack		Apr 18, 2013
R-MN	John Kline		Apr 24, 2013
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		May 8, 2013
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		May 14, 2013
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		May 14, 2013
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		May 14, 2013
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		May 14, 2013
D-WA	Rick Larsen		May 14, 2013
R-GA	Tom Graves		May 14, 2013
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		May 15, 2013
R-NE	Lee Terry		May 15, 2013
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		May 15, 2013
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 15, 2013
R-OK	Tom Cole		May 15, 2013
R-FL	Jeff Miller		May 17, 2013
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		May 21, 2013
R-MI	Mike Rogers		May 21, 2013
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jun 3, 2013
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jun 3, 2013
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jun 3, 2013
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jun 4, 2013
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jun 4, 2013
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jun 6, 2013
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 6, 2013
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jun 6, 2013
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jun 13, 2013
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jun 13, 2013
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jun 13, 2013
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 13, 2013
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jun 13, 2013
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jun 13, 2013
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jun 13, 2013
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jun 13, 2013
R-PA	Tom Marino		Jun 13, 2013
R-FL	Trey Radel		Jun 13, 2013
D-NY	William L. Owens		Jun 13, 2013
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jun 14, 2013
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jun 17, 2013
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Jun 18, 2013
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jun 18, 2013
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jun 18, 2013
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jun 18, 2013
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 20, 2013
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jun 20, 2013
D-IL	William L. Enyart		Jun 20, 2013
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jun 25, 2013
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 25, 2013
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Jun 25, 2013
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jun 25, 2013
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jun 27, 2013
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jun 27, 2013
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Jun 27, 2013
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jul 9, 2013
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jul 9, 2013
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jul 9, 2013
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Jul 9, 2013
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jul 9, 2013
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jul 9, 2013
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jul 11, 2013
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 11, 2013
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jul 16, 2013
D-TX	Pete P. Gallego		Jul 17, 2013
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jul 19, 2013
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 23, 2013
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 24, 2013
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 26, 2013
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jul 31, 2013
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Aug 2, 2013
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Aug 2, 2013
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Sep 9, 2013
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Sep 9, 2013
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Sep 9, 2013
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Sep 11, 2013
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Sep 17, 2013
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Sep 19, 2013
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Sep 20, 2013
R-PA	Scott Perry		Sep 20, 2013
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Sep 25, 2013
R-MT	Steve Daines		Sep 25, 2013
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 28, 2013
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Oct 2, 2013
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Oct 2, 2013
R-GA	Doug Collins		Oct 7, 2013
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Oct 7, 2013
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Oct 22, 2013
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Oct 28, 2013
D-GA	John Barrow		Oct 28, 2013
D-IL	Bill Foster		Oct 29, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Oct 29, 2013
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Oct 30, 2013
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Oct 30, 2013
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Oct 30, 2013
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 30, 2013
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Oct 30, 2013
D-AZ	Ron Barber		Oct 30, 2013
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Nov 12, 2013
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Nov 12, 2013
D-IN	André Carson		Nov 14, 2013
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Nov 18, 2013
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Nov 20, 2013
R-IN	Luke Messer		Nov 20, 2013
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Nov 20, 2013
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Nov 20, 2013
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Nov 21, 2013
R-NC	Howard Coble		Nov 21, 2013
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Nov 21, 2013
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 21, 2013
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Nov 21, 2013
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Nov 21, 2013
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Nov 22, 2013
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Nov 22, 2013
R-LA	John Fleming		Dec 2, 2013
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Dec 2, 2013
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Dec 2, 2013
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Dec 2, 2013
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Dec 2, 2013
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Dec 3, 2013
R-IL	John Shimkus		Dec 3, 2013
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Dec 5, 2013
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Dec 5, 2013
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Dec 5, 2013
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Dec 9, 2013
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Dec 9, 2013
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Dec 9, 2013
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Dec 10, 2013
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Dec 10, 2013
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Dec 12, 2013
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Dec 12, 2013
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Dec 12, 2013
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Dec 19, 2013
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Dec 19, 2013
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Jan 7, 2014
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Jan 27, 2014
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jan 29, 2014
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Feb 3, 2014
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Feb 5, 2014
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Feb 28, 2014
D-NV	Dina Titus		Mar 14, 2014
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Mar 21, 2014
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 21, 2014
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Mar 21, 2014
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Mar 24, 2014
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Mar 24, 2014
D-CT	James A. Himes		Mar 24, 2014
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 24, 2014
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Mar 25, 2014
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Mar 26, 2014
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Apr 1, 2014
R-MI	Fred Upton		Apr 2, 2014
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Apr 28, 2014
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		May 8, 2014
R-IL	Aaron Schock		May 19, 2014
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		May 20, 2014
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Jun 5, 2014
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jul 22, 2014
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jul 22, 2014
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jul 23, 2014
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jul 23, 2014
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Nov 12, 2014

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 14, 2013
	Trade Subcommittee	Referred Feb 19, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 19, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2013Referred 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: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H549.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 411	Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2013	Identical bill	Feb 28, 2013

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 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House

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