JOBS AND GROWTH TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 2), S6738, S6739, S6740 [20MY]

———consideration of conference report, same-day consideration (H. Res. 249), H4562 [22MY]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H4715 [22MY]

Enact (S. 1054), S6143 [13MY], S6152, S6154, S6164, S6176, S6178, S6188, S6195, S6197, S6201, S6210, S6214, S6216, S6217, S6239, S6241, S6246, S6266, S6268, S6269, S6270, S6271, S6272, S6274, S6275, S6289, S6290, S6291, S6292, S6293, S6294, S6296, S6298, S6300, S6301, S6316, S6317, S6318, S6320, S6321, S6322, S6323, S6324, S6326, S6329, S6330, S6331, S6333, S6334, S6335, S6337, S6338, S6342, S6343, S6345, S6367, S6384, S6388, S6403 [14MY], S6409, S6422, S6426, S6432, S6434, S6435, S6437, S6438, S6439, S6441, S6442, S6443, S6451, S6452, S6454, S6455, S6456, S6518, S6520, S6522, S6523, S6524, S6525, S6526, S6527, S6528, S6529, S6530, S6531, S6532, S6533, S6548, S6549, S6551, S6552, S6553, S6556, S6562, S6564 [15MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2, provisions, S6474 [15MY], H4542 [22MY]

Articles and editorials

Consumers Trimmed Spending in April—Drop in Gasoline Sales Was Factor in Decline, S6423 [15MY]

Even Luckier Duckies, S7226 [3JN], H4963 [4JN]

Read My Lips, E1257 [13JN]

Some Investors Could Trim Their Tax Bills to Near Zero, H4732 [22MY]

Why This Tax Loophole for Losers Should End, S6442 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 1054), S6070 [13MY]

Enact (H.R. 2): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 253), H4733 [22MY]

———consideration of conference report, same-day consideration (see H. Res. 249), H4527 [21MY]

Investments: make reduction in capital gains rates for individuals permanent (see H.R. 2635), H6262 [26JN]

———make the treatment of dividend income as capital gains permanent (see H.R. 2332), H4977 [4JN]

Taxation: extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2895), H7617 [24JY]

———make increase in expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses permanent (see H.R. 2638), H6262 [26JN]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 1196), S7476 [5JN] (see H.R. 2446), H5364 [12JN]

———permanently extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2855), H7615 [24JY]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 2), H4625-H4706 [22MY]

Letters

Medicare beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas: President Bush, S6959 [22MY]

Provisions: several Senators, S6472 [15MY]

———several State and local Government organizations, S6473 [15MY]

Teacher classroom supplies tax deduction increase and expansion to include qualified professional development expenses: Diane Shust and Randall Moody, National Education Association, S6216 [14MY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 2), H4534 [22MY]

Enact (S. 1054), S6174 [14MY], S6408, S6410, S6411, S6412, S6414, S6421, S6423, S6424, S6425, S6426, S6428, S6441, S6443 [15MY]

Remarks in House

Budget: deficit, H4534-H4542 [22MY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H4762 [2JN]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 2, provisions, H5354 [12JN]

Economy: importance of job creation, H5069-H5076 [9JN], H5178 [11JN], H8192 [10SE]

Enact (H.R. 2), H4094 [14MY], H4225, H4246 [19MY], H4325, H4327, H4337-H4342 [20MY], H4372 [21MY], H4532, H4533, H4534 [22MY]

———conference report, H4716-H4732 [22MY], H4742, H4757-H4761 [2JN], H4790, H4791, H4792, H4793, H4795, H4796, H4797, H4843-H4865 [3JN], H4881, H4882, H4883, H4954-H4964 [4JN], H4983, H4984, H4985, H4993, H5033 [5JN], H5048, H5057-H5059, H5063-H5067, H5069-H5076 [9JN], H5092, H5160 [10JN], H5349 [12JN], H5412 [17JN], H5690 [23JN], H10446-H10452 [5NO], H10982, H10990 [7NO], H12106 [21NO], E1089, E1092, E1096, E1100 [2JN], E1108 [3JN], E1257 [13JN]

———consideration of conference report, same-day consideration (H. Res. 249), H4558-H4564 [22MY]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H4706-H4715 [22MY]

———motion to instruct conferees, H4534-H4542 [22MY]

Hispanic Americans: impact, H4857 [3JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5412 [17JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H5075 [9JN]

States: provide budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments, H4534-H4542 [22MY]

Taxation: accelerate elimination of the marriage penalty, H4757 [2JN], H4791 [3JN], H5048 [9JN]

———accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit, H4757-H4761 [2JN], H4792, H4793, H4795, H4796, H4797, H4845-H4847, H4850-H4857, H4860, H4861 [3JN], H4881, H4882, H4883, H4915, H4954, H4956-H4964 [4JN], H4983, H4984, H4985, H5033 [5JN], H5063-H5067, H5071, H5074 [9JN]

———make increase in expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses permanent (H.R. 2638), E1383 [27JN]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, H4852 [3JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H8274, H8275 [16SE]

———treatment of small businesses, H4372 [21MY]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard, S6425 [15MY]

Blue Ribbon Commission on Comprehensive Tax Reform: establish, S6218-S6220 [14MY], S6422 [15MY]

Budget: deficit, S6042 [13MY], S7074, S7075 [23MY]

Enact (H.R. 2), S6572-S6574 [19MY]

———conference report, S6950-S6964, S6969 [22MY], S7071-S7089, S7123 [23MY], S7186 [2JN], S7276 [4JN], S7512 [9JN], S7572 [10JN]

———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, S6964 [22MY]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S6738 [20MY]

Enact (S. 1054), S6039-S6043, S6049, S6051-S6060 [13MY], S6147-S6226, S6233-S6248 [14MY], S6407-S6415, S6421-S6445, S6451-S6475 [15MY]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S6048 [13MY], S6196, S6226, S6405 [14MY]

Foreign aid: deny funding to groups that do not explicitly oppose prostitution and sex trafficking, S6457 [15MY]

Insurance: provide health care coverage for qualified caregivers, S6439 [15MY]

IRS: clarify treatment of net operating loss in calculating taxes, S6442, S6443 [15MY]

———use of private collection companies to collect IRS debt, S6443, S6463 [15MY]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, S6462, S6470 [15MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S6214 [14MY], S6421, S6459, S6460 [15MY]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas, S6200 [14MY], S6413, S6461, S6462, S6474 [15MY], S6959 [22MY]

———improve reimbursement to rural health care providers and facilities by reducing tax cut on dividends, S6202-S6204 [14MY], S6413 [15MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S6039-S6041 [13MY]

———ensure that trust fund surpluses are not reduced to fund tax cuts on corporate dividends, S6164-S6166, S6171-S6174 [14MY]

States: ensure that fiscal relief is not compromised to fund tax cuts on corporate dividends, S6458, S6459 [15MY]

———provide budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief through increased Medicaid payments, S6204-S6214 [14MY], S6414, S6462, S6463 [15MY], S7123 [23MY]

———use of budget crisis relief and temporary fiscal relief for child care, S7084, S7085 [23MY]

Taxation: abolish certain tax cuts, S6438, S6439 [15MY]

———accelerate dividend exclusion and increase in the child tax credit and expand refundability of such credit, S6178-S6180 [14MY], S6410 [15MY]

———accelerate increase in child tax credit, S6246 [14MY], S6428, S6429 [15MY]

———accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit, S7220-S7226 [3JN]

———accelerate marriage penalty relief for earned income tax credit, S6195 [14MY], S6412 [15MY]

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities, S6426 [15MY]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax, S6469 [15MY]

———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures, S6198-S6200 [14MY]

———allow pension plans to replace Treasury bonds with conservative long-term corporate bonds and establish Commission on Defined Benefit Pension Plans, S6436 [15MY]

———clarify rules governing bonus deduction for depreciable business assets, S6458 [15MY]

———deductability of fees incurred by financial institutions due to certain mandatory regulatory examinations, S6457 [15MY]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends, S6200, S6223, S6245, S6248 [14MY], S6433, S6440 [15MY], S6950 [22MY]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes, S6240, S6241 [14MY], S6427, S6428 [15MY]

———excise tax on excessive attorney fees for certain legal judgments, settlements, or agreements, S6222, S6225 [14MY], S6424, S6461 [15MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools, S6440 [15MY]

———expand refundability of child tax credit, S6188, S6198 [14MY], S6411 [15MY]

———improve tax equity for military personnel, S6247 [14MY]

———income forecast depreciation method, S6458 [15MY]

———increase criminal monetary penalty limitation for underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud, S6409 [15MY]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses, S6216 [14MY], S6423, S6424 [15MY]

———limit deduction for charitable contributions of patents, copyrights, trademarks and similar properties, S6456, S6457 [15MY]

———limit phase-in of revenue reducing measures, S6440 [15MY]

———make higher education more affordable, S6241 [14MY], S6426, S6460 [15MY]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (S. 1196), S7488 [5JN]

———permanently extend research and development credit, S6191-S6195 [14MY], S6412 [15MY]

———permit additional advanced refunding of tax-exempt bonds, S6248 [14MY]

———preserve the value of the low-income housing credit, S6442 [15MY]

———provide a uniform definition of a qualifying child, S6177 [14MY]

———provide credit for individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives, S6041 [13MY], S6431 [15MY]

———provide for deficit reduction by delaying the acceleration of income tax reductions, S6439 [15MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S10890-S10892 [1AU]

———repeal dividend and top rate tax cuts and use savings for Medicare prescription drug program, S6437 [15MY]

———repeal dividend and top rate tax cuts and use savings for Pell Grant Program, Hope Scholarship, and Lifetime Learning Credits funding, S6438 [15MY]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax, S6176-S6178 [14MY], S6409, S6410 [15MY]

———repeal tax benefits relative to company-owned life insurance, S6441 [15MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits, S6155-S6157, S6159-S6164, S6197, S6198, S6242 [14MY], S6408, S6464 [15MY]

———require chief executive officers of corporations to sign tax returns, S6960 [22MY], S7084 [23MY]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support, S6435 [15MY]

———sunset certain tax increases, S6432 [15MY]

———treatment of existing inversions by corporations to avoid the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country, S6440 [15MY]

———treatment of income earned while working abroad, S6174, S6175 [14MY], S6434 [15MY]

———treatment of the depreciation of certain property in integrated hotel, restaurant, and casino businesses, S6459 [15MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S6180-S6191 [14MY], S6410, S6411 [15MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 253) (H. Rept. 108-129), H4733 [22MY]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 108-126), H4733 [22MY]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1054), S6070 [13MY]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 249) (H. Rept. 108-124), H4527 [21MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 2), H4537 [22MY]

Enact (S. 1054), S6437, S6441 [15MY]

Statements

Research Equals Jobs Growth and Economic Growth: R&D Credit Coalition, S6192 [14MY]

Tables

Budget outlook with conference tax cuts, H4711 [22MY]

Individuals benefiting from a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program by State, S6184 [14MY]

State nominal and real annual budget increases, S6473 [15MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 249, same-day consideration of consideration of conference report on H.R. 2, provisions, H4558 [22MY]

H. Res. 253, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2, provisions, H4706 [22MY]

H.R. 2, provisions, S6741-S6786 [20MY]

S. 1196, Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act, S7489 [5JN]