3.0.0 493 2019-11-15T21:55:05Z 2019-11-15T21:55:05Z Senate S S 2009-02-26 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-02-26T20:27:08Z ABLE Act of 2009 111 1205 HR 2009-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2009-02-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-02-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2009-02-26 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-02-26 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2009-02-26 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-02-26 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2009-02-26 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2009-03-19 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2009-03-25 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-04-22 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-04-30 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-07-30 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-10-01 False L000572 Sen. LeMieux, George S. [R-FL] George LeMieux R FL S. 2010-02-24 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2010-02-24 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2010-02-26 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2010-03-15 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2010-03-16 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-04-21 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2010-04-21 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2010-04-30 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2010-05-26 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2010-05-26 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2010-07-13 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2010-07-22 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2010-09-15 False Taxation Bank accounts, deposits, capital Disability and paralysis Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance Taxation 00 2009-02-26 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-07T16:09:54Z Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2009 or the ABLE Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt ABLE accounts for individuals with a disability to pay certain expenses of such individuals, including expenses for education, housing, transportation, employment support, medical care, and certain life necessities. Defines "individual with a disability" as an individual who is eligible to receive certain supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act.

Allows individual taxpayers a tax deduction, up to $2,000 per year, for contributions to an ABLE account. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to Congress on the use of ABLE accounts and the effect of the tax deduction for contributions to such accounts.

Requires ABLE accounts to be disregarded in determining eligibility for Medicaid benefits and for purposes of determining eligibility for other means-tested federal programs.

]]> Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced ABLE Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of ABLE accounts for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. Display Title Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s493is/xml/BILLS-111s493is.xml 2009-02-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.