SMALL BUSINESS TAX RELIEF ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 976), S10357, S10358, S10363, S10383, S10433, S10434, S10456, S10457, S10500, S10501, S10502, S10507, S10508, S10509, S10510, S10511, S10512, S10513, S10514, S10515, S10517, S10518, S10519, S10520, S10522, S10523 [31JY], S10544, S10556, S10573, S10575, S10580, S10584, S10586, S10588, S10629, S10642, S10643, S10646, S10647, S10648, S10649, S10650, S10651, S10652, S10653, S10655, S10656, S10657 [1AU], S10720, S10724, S10726, S10731, S10739, S10740, S10741, S10746, S10750, S10751, S10752, S10761, S10824, S10825, S10827, S10828, S10829, S10830, S10831, S10832, S10833, S10835, S10836 [2AU], S12123, S12158, S12159, S12168, S12169, S12170, S12183, S12185 [26SE], H10816, H10840 [25SE]
———consideration of motion to suspend House Rules to allow consideration (H. Res. 161), H1852 [16FE]
———consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 675), H10814 [25SE]
Articles and editorials
Bush's Stand on Insurance Plan Contradicts Words of Compassion, S10362 [31JY]
Capitol Feud—A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder, S12842 [15OC]
Dem Health Plan a Burden on Poor, S10591 [1AU]
Insurance Folly, S10590 [1AU]
Newest Entitlement, S10590 [1AU]
Sliming Graeme Frost, S12841 [15OC]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 976), H1424 [9FE]
Enact (H.R. 976): consideration of motion to suspend House Rules to allow consideration (see H. Res. 161), H1667 [14FE]
———consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 675), H10755 [24SE]
Cloture motions
Enact (H.R. 976), S10589 [1AU], S12123 [26SE], S12206 [27SE]
———motion to proceed, S10117 [26JY], S10226 [30JY]
Letters
Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Trust Fund: Neal Birnbaum, American College of Rheumatology, S10539 [1AU]
Eligibility of individuals who were illegally in the U.S. to apply for and collect benefits through the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Representative McCrery, Committee on Ways and Means (House), S12218 [27SE]
Provisions: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, H1858 [16FE]
State Children's Health Insurance Program monthly enrollment projections by fiscal year: Peter R. Orszag, CBO, H11746 [18OC]
State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization: Dennis G. Smith, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S12225 [27SE]
———Elena Rios, National Hispanic Medical Association, H10808 [25SE]
———Janet Murguia, National Council of La Raza, H10808 [25SE]
———Michael J. Astrue, SSA, S12082 [26SE]
———National Governors Association, S10402 [31JY]
———Representative McCrery, Committee on Ways and Means (House), S12082 [26SE]
———Ronald Blackburn-Moreno, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (organization), H10808 [25SE]
———several Representatives, H10807 [25SE]
———several Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H11212 [3OC]
Messages
Veto of H.R. 976, State Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization: President Bush, H11203 [3OC]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 976), S10582 [1AU], S10736, S10749, S10753 [2AU], H10840 [25SE]
———consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 675), H10804 [25SE]
———veto, H11203 [3OC]
Questions and answers
Eligibility of individuals who were illegally in the U.S. to apply for and collect benefits through the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Michael J. Astrue, SSA, S12219 [27SE]
Remarks in House
Enact (H.R. 976), H1460 [12FE], H1854-H1860 [16FE], H2016 [28FE], H11074, H11075, H11076, H11077, H11164, H11168 [2OC], E422 [28FE]
———consideration of motion to suspend House Rules to allow consideration (H. Res. 161), H1848 [16FE]
———consideration of Senate amendments, H10803 [25SE]
———consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 675)-H10815 [25SE]
———Senate amendments, H10739-H10747 [24SE], H10760, H10761, H10762, H10763, H10816-H10889 [25SE], H10905, H10906 [26SE], H10944 [27SE], E1946 [20SE], E1961 [24SE], E1982, E1985, E1990, E1992 [26SE], E1996, E2001 [27SE]
———veto, H11173, H11174, H11175, H11176, H11177, H11204-H11214, H11231-H11236, H11241-H11248 [3OC], H11254, H11255, H11307-H11313 [4OC], H11324, H11376, H11381, H11382 [9OC], H11397, H11398, H11399, H11400, H11471-H11476, H11478, H11482-H11488 [10OC], H11497, H11533, H11536-H11542 [15OC], H11551-H11555, H11621, H11631-H11636 [16OC], H11641, H11642, H11644, H11699-H11708, H11714-H11726 [17OC], H11732, H11733, H11735-H11754, H11757, H11760, H11764-H11773 [18OC], H11850, H11851, H11852 [23OC], H11938, H11939, H11990, H11994, H11997 [24OC], H12084 [25OC], E2131, E2132 [15OC], E2162 [17OC], E2192 [22OC], E2210, E2216 [23OC]
Medicaid: ensure that disproportionate contributions by employers to insurance or pension funds are not used in calculating the Federal matching assistance percentage contributed to States, H10884 [25SE]
———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided at Regional Medical Center at Memphis, TN, H10810 [25SE]
Social Security: ensure certain low-income children are covered first under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10882 [25SE]
———provide disadvantaged children with dental services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10887 [25SE]
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H10739-H10747 [24SE], H10760, H10761, H10762, H10763, H10803-H10889 [25SE], H10905, H10906 [26SE], H10944 [27SE], H11074, H11075, H11076, H11077, H11164, H11168 [2OC], H11173, H11174, H11175, H11176, H11177, H11204-H11214, H11231-H11236, H11241-H11248 [3OC], H11254, H11255, H11307-H11313 [4OC], H11324, H11376, H11381, H11382 [9OC], H11397, H11398, H11399, H11400, H11471-H11476, H11478, H11482-H11488 [10OC], H11497, H11533, H11536-H11542 [15OC], H11551-H11555, H11621, H11631-H11636 [16OC], H11641, H11642, H11644, H11699-H11708, H11714-H11726 [17OC], H11732, H11733, H11735-H11754, H11757, H11760, H11764-H11773 [18OC], H11850, H11851, H11852 [23OC], H11938, H11939, H11990, H11994, H11997 [24OC], H12084 [25OC], E1946 [20SE], E1961 [24SE], E1982, E1985, E1990, E1992 [26SE], E1996, E2001 [27SE], E2131, E2132 [15OC], E2162 [17OC], E2192 [22OC], E2210, E2216 [23OC]
Taxation: allow a married couple who operates an unincorporated business as co-owners to file separate self-employment tax returns, H1859 [16FE]
———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel, H1857, H1859 [16FE]
Remarks in Senate
Children and youth: provide disadvantaged children with dental services, S12213 [27SE]
Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, S10877 [3AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Trust Fund, S10537-S10540, S10591 [1AU]
Drugs: require health care professionals to disclose income received from pharmaceutical companies, S10721 [2AU]
Employment: increase family and medical leave for family members of servicemembers with combat-related injuries, S10728-S10730 [2AU], S10882 [3AU]
———provide family and medical leave to primary caregivers of servicemembers with combat-related injuries, S10731 [2AU], S12220 [27SE]
Enact (H.R. 976), S2219 [17FE], S2235 [26FE], S10307 [30JY], S10340-S10342, S10346-S10389, S10401-S10408 [31JY], S10537-S10592 [1AU], S10703, S10719-S10764 [2AU], S10879-S10883 [3AU], S11498 [12SE], S11536 [17SE], S11780, S11781, S11848 [20SE], S11998, S11999 [24SE], S12017, S12018, S12024-S12028, S12044, S12046 [25SE], S12345-S12347 [1OC], S12391, S12418 [2OC]
———House amendments, S12079-S12086, S12091, S12116, S12118, S12120, S12121, S12122, S12127-S12134 [26SE], S12190-S12193, S12206-S12248 [27SE], S12332 [28SE]
———motion to proceed, S10117 [26JY], S10212-S10230, S10303, S10311 [30JY]
———unanimous-consent agreement, S10730, S10731, S10749, S10751 [2AU], S12075 [25SE]
———unanimous-consent request, S11002 [4SE]
———veto, S12479, S12480, S12485, S12486, S12495 [3OC], S12696-S12699, S12714, S12766 [4OC], S12833, S12836-S12842 [15OC], S12886-S12890, S12927, S12929 [16OC], S12950-S12952, S12954, S12966 [17OC], S13030, S13031, S13044-S13046, S13050, S13065, S13071, S13074 [18OC], S13169 [22OC]
Enact (H.R. 976), House amendments, S12198, S12204, S12254 [27SE]
Health: allow consumers to purchase private health coverage offered in any State, S10752 [2AU]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend, S10374-S10376 [31JY], S10532 [1AU], S10724 [2AU]
Insurance: improve access to affordable and meaningful health insurance coverage, especially for those in the small group and individual health insurance markets, S10739, S10740, S10754, S10759 [2AU]
———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, S10740, S10741 [2AU]
Medicare: Medicare Advantage program funding, S10762-S10764 [2AU]
Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for Indians under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10754 [2AU]
Social Security: codify the unborn child rule allowing States to provide prenatal care to unborn children and their mothers under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10726, S10727, S10748, S10754 [2AU]
———create demonstration programs to combat juvenile diabetes, S10746 [2AU]
———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, S10358, S10364-S10366, S10368 [31JY], S10554, S10577, S10582 [1AU]
———ensure access to premium assistance under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for individuals who receive employer-sponsored health care coverage, S10746, S10747 [2AU]
———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, S10371-S10373 [31JY]
———ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics, S10753, S10754 [2AU]
———ensure State Children's Health Insurance Program does not erode private health care coverage, S10589-S10591 [1AU], S10738 [2AU]
———establish an incentive program to encourage enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10721 [2AU]
———establish multiagency nationwide campaign to educate small business concerns about the State Children's Health Insurance Program options available to children, S10750 [2AU]
———exclude individuals with alternative minimum tax liability from eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage, S10575-S10577 [1AU], S10737 [2AU]
———increase access to State Children's Health Insurance Program on an actual need basis as adjusted for cost-of-living, S10732, S10748 [2AU]
———limit coverage for populations other than low-income children or pregnant women under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10381 [31JY], S10541, S10542 [1AU], S10733-S10735, S10737 [2AU]
———limit use of funds for States receiving an increased match under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to health care-related activities, S10721 [2AU]
———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10554 [1AU]
———prohibit individuals who were illegally in the U.S. from applying for and collecting benefits through the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S12218, S12219 [27SE]
———provide disadvantaged children with dental services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10751 [2AU]
———provide funding and incentives to increase enrollment of uninsured children under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10558-S10565, S10578, S10583 [1AU], S10758 [2AU]
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10212-S10230, S10307, S10311 [30JY], S10346-S10389, S10401-S10408 [31JY], S11536 [17SE], S11780, S11781, S11848 [20SE], S11998, S11999 [24SE], S12017, S12018, S12024-S12028, S12044, S12046 [25SE], S12079-S12086, S12091, S12116, S12118, S12120, S12121, S12122, S12127-S12134 [26SE], S12190-S12193, S12198, S12204, S12206-S12248, S12254 [27SE], S12332 [28SE], S12345-S12347 [1OC], S12391, S12418, S12430 [2OC], S12479, S12480, S12485, S12486, S12495 [3OC], S12696-S12699, S12714, S12766 [4OC], S12833, S12836-S12842 [15OC], S12886-S12890, S12927, S12929 [16OC], S12950-S12952, S12954, S12966 [17OC], S13030, S13031, S13044-S13046, S13050, S13065, S13071, S13074 [18OC], S13169 [22OC]
———require individuals eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and employer sponsored health coverage use the employer sponsored health coverage, S10725, S10747 [2AU]
———State Children's Health Insurance Program income eligibility determination standards, S10364-S10371, S10373 [31JY]
Southwick, Leslie H.: nomination to be circuit judge, S10544-S10551 [1AU]
SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, S10750 [2AU]
Taxation: eliminate tax deferral of certain income of controlled foreign corporations, S10588 [1AU], S10724 [2AU]
———increase tobacco products excise tax to provide for reauthorization of State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10753 [2AU]
———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction, S10749 [2AU]
———provide a refundable and advanceable credit for health insurance and provide for improved private health insurance access and affordability, S10377-S10380, S10403 [31JY], S10743-S10745 [2AU]
———provide for a point of order against legislation that would increase Federal excise tax rates that disproportionately affect low-income individuals, S10556, S10581 [1AU]
———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, S10719, S10720, S10736, S10754 [2AU]
———sunset increase in tax on tobacco products to provide for reauthorization of State Children's Health Insurance Program, S10736 [2AU]
Reports filed
Consideration of Motion To Suspend House Rules To Allow Consideration of H.R. 976, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 161) (H. Rept. 110-13), H1667 [14FE]
Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 976, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 675) (H. Rept. 110-346), H10755 [24SE]
Provisions: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 976) (H. Rept. 110-14), H1787 [15FE]
Rulings of the Chair
Enact (H.R. 976): consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 675), H10804 [25SE]
Statements
Provide Individuals Relief From the Alternative Minimum Tax: Senator Specter, S10719 [2AU]
Tables
Budget revisions for State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization, S10307 [30JY], S13071 [18OC]
State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization projections of average monthly enrollment by fiscal year, H11745, H11746 [18OC]
Texts of
H. Res. 161, consideration of motion to suspend House Rules to allow consideration of H.R. 976, provisions, H1848 [16FE]
H. Res. 675, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 976, provisions, H10803 [25SE]