AMERICAN JOBS CREATION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4520), S8151, S8244 [15JY], H4303, H4347 [17JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 681), H4303 [17JN]

Analyses

Provisions on Deductions Relating to Domestic Production Activities Income: Dept. of the Treasury and IRS, E1872 [11OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4520, provisions, S8221 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

Employers Support Grows, S10804 [8OC]

Sanctions Alter Dynamic on House Tax Bill, H4300 [17JN]

Studios Take Hit in Tax Bill, S11206 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

Enact (H.R. 4520): consideration (see H. Res. 681), H4286 [16JN]

———consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 830), H8856 [7OC]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 828), H8407 [6OC]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 4520): conference report, S10764 [8OC], S11038 [10OC]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 4520), H8411-H8640 [7OC]

Letters

Dept. of Labor proposals to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Randy Fleming, S10943 [9OC]

Elimination of age surtax on stockholder-owned life insurance companies: Senator Specter, S11194 [11OC]

FDA authority to regulate tobacco products: Andrew Carter, Ohio Children's Hospital Association, S10936 [9OC], S11022 [10OC]

———John F. Scruggs, Altria Group, Inc., S11207 [11OC]

———John L. Kirkwood, American Lung Association, S10936 [9OC], S11023 [10OC]

———M. Cass Wheeler, American Heart Association, S10937 [9OC], S11023 [10OC]

———Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), S10937 [9OC], S11022 [10OC]

———several individuals, S10939, S10940 [9OC]

———Sharon I.S. Rounds, American Thoracic Society, S10936 [9OC], S11023 [10OC]

———Steven C. Parrish, Altria Group, Inc., S11207 [11OC]

Financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a Reserve component of the uniformed services: Barry Kasinitz, International Association of Fire Fighters, S11198 [11OC]

———Craig R. Benson, Governor of New Hampshire, S11198 [11OC]

———F.C. Rockholm, Roseville, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

———Gus Morrison, Fremont, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

———Marty Blum, Santa Barbara, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

———Sacramento, CA, employee, S11197 [11OC]

———Stephen C. Padilla, Chula Vista, CA, City Council, S11198 [11OC]

Medicaid coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease: several Senators, S11193 [11OC]

Provide FDA with certain authority to regulate tobacco products: Allison R. Shulman, National Association of Convenience Stores, S8175 [15JY]

———American Conservative Union, S8175 [15JY]

———Association of National Advertisers, American Association of Advertising Agencies, and American Advertising Federation, S8175 [15JY]

———Scott Ramminger, American Wholesale Marketers Association, S8177 [15JY]

Provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard and allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve: Senator Landrieu, S10965 [9OC]

Provisions: John W. Snow, Sec. of the Treasury, S11030 [10OC]

———Mark W. Everson, IRS, E1872 [11OC]

———Representative English, E1921 [11OC]

———Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4434 [17JN]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4435 [17JN]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4434, H4435 [17JN], E1921 [11OC]

Subsistence whaling tax deduction: Senator Murkowski, S11194 [11OC]

Tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve: several Senators, S11194 [11OC]

———William S. Cohen, Dept. of Defense, S11199 [11OC]

Tax treatment of the motion picture industry relative to compliance with certain World Trade Organization rulings: Carla A. Hills, Hills & Co., S11207 [11OC]

———Mickey Kantor, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, S11207 [11OC]

Lists

National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve outstanding employers, S10806 [8OC]

Senate staff assisting with H.R. 4520, provisions, S11219 [11OC]

State, county, and local governments covering pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard, S11196 [11OC]

Supporters of DeWine/Kennedy amendment to H.R. 4520, provisions, to provide the FDA with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, S8177 [15JY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4520), H4408 [17JN], H7749 [29SE]

Poems

``Taxpayer's Lament—Why Am I Paying for Other People's Humvees?'' Representative Markey, E1940 [11OC]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: price supports for tobacco, H4299, H4302, H4397-H4399, H4403, H4404, H4407, H4432 [17JN]

———prohibit funding to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, H4299, H4302, H4397-H4399, H4403, H4404, H4407, H4432 [17JN]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H4393-H4403 [17JN], H8720, H8724 [7OC]

Enact (H.R. 4520), H4291, H4292, H4293, H4294, H4305, H4393-H4433 [17JN], H7749 [29SE], E1182, E1187, E1189 [18JN], E1220 [23JN], E1393 [16JY], E1506 [22JY]

———conference report, H8711-H8726 [7OC], E1852 [10OC], E1909, E1914, E1917, E1918, E1921, E1923, E1940, E1945, E1950 [11OC], E2150 [6DE]

———consideration (H. Res. 681), H4295-H4305 [17JN]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830), H8704-H8711 [7OC]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 830), same-day consideration (H. Res. 828), H8651-H8658 [7OC]

———motion to instruct conferees, H7750-H7757 [29SE]

———motion to recommit, H4431-H4433 [17JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, H4405, H4407, H4431, H4432 [17JN], H8717, H8719, H8721 [7OC]

———allow a recovery period for depreciation of motorsport entertainment complexes, H8723 [7OC]

———clarify rules governing deductions for the donation of cars to charity, E1917 [11OC]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads, H8723, H8725 [7OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4296-H4305, H4393-H4408, H4431 [17JN], H8656, H8720, H8722 [7OC]

———small business deductions for purchases of sport utility vehicles (SUVs), E1940 [11OC]

———tax treatment of the motion picture industry relative to compliance with certain World Trade Organization rulings, H8657 [7OC]

———treatment of cigar manufacturers, E1852 [10OC]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, H8715-H8719, H8723 [7OC], E1909 [11OC]

Virgin Islands: residency requirements for tax liability, H10916, H10917 [6DE], E1950 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: provide financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a Reserve component of the uniformed services, S11195-S11198 [11OC]

———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard, S10402 [5OC], S10791-S10793, S10799, S10801-S10807 [8OC], S10962-S10969 [9OC], S11012, S11025-S11029, S11033, S11034, S11039-S11045, S11047, S11060-S11063, S11084 [10OC], S11195-S11202, S11219, S11304 [11OC]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S10942-S10944 [9OC], S11187 [10OC], S11237 [11OC]

Disasters: provide funds to make disaster assistance available for all customarily eligible agricultural producers as emergency spending and not funded by cuts in certain other agricultural legislation, S11085-S11087 [10OC]

Employment: clarify regulations relative to overtime compensation, S10972 [9OC]

———eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs, S10410 [5OC], S11029 [10OC]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S10410 [5OC], S10944 [9OC], S11029 [10OC], S11794 [20NO]

Enact (H.R. 4520), S8150-S8178, S8199, S8217-S8221 [15JY], S8402 [16JY], S9519 [22SE], S9558 [23SE], S10394, S10402, S10410 [5OC], S10547 [6OC]

———conference report, S10624 [7OC], S10791-S10793, S10795-S10807, S10815, S10816 [8OC], S10928-S10932, S10934-S10945, S10957-S10960, S10962-S10978 [9OC], S11012, S11019-S11045, S11047-S11050, S11052-S11055, S11060-S11063, S11084-S11087 [10OC], S11191-S11222, S11235, S11237, S11243, S11244, S11246, S11249, S11303 [11OC]

———conference report, unanimous-consent agreement, S11068 [10OC]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S8104, S8105 [14JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify provisions relating to overtime pay, S8173, S8219, S8220 [15JY]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, S8151-S8178, S8217, S8219 [15JY], S10934-S10942, S10944, S10959, S10969-S10972, S10977 [9OC], S11021-S11025, S11030, S11034 [10OC], S11205, S11216, S11243, S11244 [11OC]

Floods: disaster assistance to Pennsylvania, S11047 [10OC]

Kohl, Senator: recusal from votes due to conflict of interest, S11033 [10OC]

Medicaid: coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease, S11054 [10OC]

Minimum wage: level, S10943 [9OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve, S10402 [5OC], S10791, S10799, S10801-S10807 [8OC], S10962-S10969 [9OC], S11012, S11025-S11029, S11033, S11034, S11039-S11045, S11047, S11060-S11063, S11084 [10OC], S11195-S11202, S11219, S11304 [11OC]

———alternative energy production tax credit, S11034 [10OC]

———clarify tax treatment of attorney's fees and costs paid by those receiving settlements for unlawful discrimination, S11036 [10OC]

———credit the Highway Trust Fund with the full amount of fuel taxes and combat fuel tax evasion, S11024 [10OC]

———formula used to calculate the financial statement limitation for computing the amount of permanently reinvested earnings eligible for repatriation, S11036 [10OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, S10957-S10960 [9OC], S11194 [11OC]

———repeal tax deferral for U.S. companies that outsource manufacturing facilities to foreign countries and import products back into the U.S., S11303 [11OC]

———tax treatment of the motion picture industry relative to compliance with certain World Trade Organization rulings, S11205 [11OC]

———treatment of certain business aircraft, S10976, S10977 [9OC]

———treatment of certain business expenses, S10976, S10977 [9OC]

———treatment of vehicles defined as off-highway vehicles, S11213 [11OC]

Tobacco products: eliminate price supports and compensate quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities, S8151-S8178, S8217, S8219 [15JY]

———terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, S10793 [8OC], S10959, S10977 [9OC], S11019 [10OC], S11219 [11OC]

Reports

Incentives to Employers of Members of the Reserve Components: Dept. of Defense, S11199 [11OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4520, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 830) (H. Rept. 108-762), H8856 [7OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4520, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 681) (H. Rept. 108-549), H4286 [16JN]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4520) (H. Rept. 108-755), H8856 [7OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4520) (H. Rept. 108-548), H4286 [16JN]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 830, Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4520, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 828) (H. Rept. 108-752), H8407 [6OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 4520), H7751 [29SE]

Statements

Provisions: Executive Office of the President, H4403 [17JN]

Tobacco Quota Buyout: Senator Dole, S11237 [11OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 681, consideration of H.R. 4520, provisions, H4295 [17JN]

H. Res. 828, same-day consideration of H. Res. 830, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4520, provisions, H8651 [7OC]

H. Res. 830, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4520, provisions, H8704 [7OC]

H.R. 4520, provisions, S8281-S8399 [16JY], H4306-H4347 [17JN]