AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

Articles and editorials

Obama Omits Jobs Killed or Thwarted From Tally, H5936 [22JY]

States and the Stimulus—How a Supposed Boon Has Become a Fiscal Burden, S9 [20JA]

Tale of Two Tea Parties, H5935 [22JY]

Tax the Windfall Banking Bonuses, S989 [3MR]

Unplugged Exclusive—Stimulus Funds for School Supplies Misused, H3676 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see H.R. 5679), H5501 [1JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 6403), H7453 [15NO]

BIA: ensure amounts appropriated remain available for a certain period (see S. 3761), S6884 [5AU]

Business and industry: prohibit use of certain stimulus and disaster relief funds for business relocation incentives (see H.R. 6514), H8286 [9DE]

Conservation of energy: provide that qualified energy efficiency property is eligible for the energy tax credit and a certain Dept. of the Treasury grant (see S. 3212), S2377 [15AP]

Dept. of HHS: provide for use of unobligated discretionary stimulus funds to address AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists and other cost containment measures impacting State programs (see S. 3401), S4143 [24MY] (see S. 4006), S8477 [3DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: expand purposes for which Build America Bonds may be issued (see H.R. 4606), H601 [4FE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (see H.R. 5453), H4213 [28MY]

Economy: require renewable energy projects receiving stimulus funds to rely on domestic materials and to create and preserve jobs in the U.S. (see S. 3069), S1018 [3MR]

Food and Nutrition Act: extend period for which certain nutrition assistance may be provided (see H.R. 5656), H5303 [30JN]

GSA: study procurement under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (see S. 3429), S4442 [26MY]

Highway Trust Fund: use unexpanded balances of funds to replenish (see H.R. 4987), H2458 [25MR]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 3000), S482 [4FE] (see H.R. 5471), H4214 [28MY]

Native Americans: reserve funds for payments to the Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education for Indian children (see S. 3277), S2758 [28AP] (see H.R. 4475), H265 [20JA]

OMB: provide a list of programs with unobligated stimulus funds and make recommendations to redirect such funds to assist displaced workers or spur job creation (see S. 2981), S440 [2FE]

Public debt: rescind unobligated appropriations and repeal certain health care-related provisions to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 4500), H326 [21JA]

Public works: making supplemental appropriations for investments in clean water projects and transportation infrastructure (see H.R. 5935), H6403 (see H.R. 5935), H6455 [29JY]

Railroads: allow Ohio to reprogram American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant funds received for intercity passenger rail service to other transportation projects (see S. 3983), S8244 [29NO]

———allow States to return certain funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects to the general fund of the Treasury for budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 6408), H7498 [16NO]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (see H.R. 5931), H6403 (see H.R. 5931), H6454 [29JY]

SBA: permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program (see H.R. 4938), H2456 [25MR]

Solar energy: provide incentives for the development of solar energy (see H.R. 5252), H3273 [6MY]

Sports: make funds and tax benefits available to assist job creation and workforce diversification in the golf industry (see H.R. 5878), H6163 [27JY]

Taxation: allow specified energy property grants to real estate investment trusts without regard to the ratable share income limitations (see S. 3289), S2803 [29AP]

———encourage investments in infrastructure (see H.R. 6181), H6879 [22SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3976), S8128 [19NO] (see S. 3985), S8244 [29NO]

———extend production and investment tax credits, increase investment tax credit relative to geothermal electric power generation equipment, and extend certain energy property grants (see H.R. 6121), H6681 [14SE]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit deduction allowable for such bonuses (see S. 2994), S481 [4FE]

———provide an elective payment for specified energy property (see H.R. 4599), H601 [4FE]

Cloture motions

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8627 [8DE]

Letters

Ensure amounts appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for BIA remain available for a certain period: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S6853 [5AU]

Messages

Economic Report: President Obama, H621-H623 [22FE]

Motions

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), S8552 [6DE]

Press releases

47 Out of 50 States Have Lost Jobs Since Democrats' Stimulus Law: Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5931 [22JY]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (H.R. 5679), H5570 [14JY], H5620 [15JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6596 [10AU]

Colleges and universities: impact on college education expenses, H2484 [13AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H390 [27JA], H3518-H3524 [18MY], H5904 [21JY], E127 [2FE], E507 [25MR], E631 [22AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H3806 [25MY], H4411, H4412, H4414-H4416 [14JN], H5599 [14JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to increase lending levels, H362 [26JA]

Economy: impact of stimulus funding, H391 [27JA], H657, H659, H737 [23FE], H920-H922 [25FE], H1108 [4MR], H1443, H1492-H1494 [16MR], H2649 [20AP], H2780, H2781 [21AP], H2837 [22AP], H2889 [27AP], H3518-H3524 [18MY], H4410 [14JN], H4491-H4494 [15JN], H5536 [13JY], H5573, H5574, H5604 [14JY], H5799-H5801, H5806 [20JY], H6268 [28JY], H6579 [10AU], H6737, H6738, H6739, H6742 [15SE], H7529 [17NO], E568 [15AP]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, H12 [12JA], H47, H110, H111 [13JA], H210, H256 [20JA], H352, H364, H370 [26JA], H392 [27JA], H479 [3FE], H655, H657, H659, H660, H661, H663, H664, H665, H666, H667, H694, H732, H736 [23FE], H757, H760, H797, H821 [24FE], H954 [26FE], H1034 [3MR], H1224, H1225, H1226, H1301-H1306 [10MR], H1448 [16MR], H2313 [24MR], H2486 [13AP], H2885 [27AP], H2990 [28AP], H3535 [18MY], H3730 [24MY], H3802, H3804 [25MY], H4443, H4447 [15JN], H5528-H5535 [13JY], H5597, H5598, H5600 [14JY], H5621 [15JY], H5736, H5737, H5740 [20JY], H5887, H5898 [21JY], H5928, H5929, H5931, H5935, H5943 [22JY], H6049, H6149, H6150 [27JY], H7028 [28SE], H8508 [15DE], E265 [26FE]

———impact of stimulus funding on tax rates, H3805 [25MY]

———importance of job creation, H651, H652, H653, H654, H655 [23FE], H3758, H3759 [25MY], H5679 [19JY], H5988 [26JY]

Enact (H.R. 1): conference report, H316, H317 [21JA], H372 [26JA], H2315 [24MR], H6630 [14SE]

Housing: impact of the extension and modification of the first-time homebuyer credit on income tax refunds, H2485, H2486 [13AP]

Insuance: impact on additional COBRA unemployment health insurance coverage, H2484 [13AP]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H6581, H6582, H6583, H6589-H6597, H6604-H6625 [10AU]

Minnesota: tribute to Community Action Partnership weatherization programs, E11 [12JA]

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (H.R. 4219), H336 [26JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H651, H652, H654, H655 [23FE], H821, H822 [24FE], H936 [26FE], H1735-H1738 [19MR]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated stimulus funds to offset funding for additional emergency unemployment compensation, H5322-H5325, H5328 [1JY]

Power resources: impact of national energy policy research funding on job creation, H3803 [25MY]

Renewable energy: impact on production tax credit, H2484, H2485 [13AP]

SBA: permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program (H.R. 4938), H2414-H2416 [25MR]

Small business: impact on tax credits, H2486 [13AP]

Taxation: allow specified energy property grants to real estate investment trusts without regard to the ratable share income limitations (H.R. 4256), H3084 [4MY]

———encourage investments in infrastructure (H.R. 6181), E1690 [22SE]

———extend the making work pay credit (H.R. 3118), H7497 [16NO]

———impact of making work pay tax credit on income tax refunds, H2483 [13AP]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, H362 [26JA]

———provide an elective payment for specified energy property (H.R. 4599), E165 [4FE]

———rates, H2483-H2488 [13AP], H2508, H2509, H2510 [14AP], H2622-H2638 [15AP], H3191 [5MY]

Toda America, Inc.: Dept. of Energy Electric Drive Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative grant recipient to build hybrid battery plant in Battle Creek, MI, H655 [23FE]

Unemployment: rates, H5679 [19JY], H5723, H5724 [20JY], H5988 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

BIA: ensure amounts appropriated remain available for a certain period (S. 3761), S6853 [5AU]

———ensure amounts appropriated remain available for a certain period (S. 3761), unanimous-consent request, S6852, S6853 [5AU]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S5078 [17JN], S7735 [29SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5141-S5143 [18JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: Build America Bonds funding, S1503 [15MR], S1575, S1577-S1579, S1584, S1586 [16MR]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to provide low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure, S3818 [17MY]

Economy: impact of stimulus funding, S234 [26JA], S2278 [14AP], S5292-S5294 [23JN], S5838-S5840 [14JY], S7590-S7592 [28SE]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, S113 [21JA], S318 [28JA], S1336 [10MR], S4914 [15JN]

Government regulations: establish more efficient management and transparency in programs created by stimulus funds, S1215 [5MR], S1329 [10MR]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, S688 [23FE], S6498 [29JY], S6558, S6565-S6567 [2AU], S6605 [3AU], S6678-S6685 [4AU], S6760, S6765, S6766 [5AU]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, unanimous-consent request, S5096 [17JN]

National objects: impact of stimulus funds on economy and job creation, S1156-S1158 [4MR]

National security: improve border security through reductions in unobligated appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S4183-S4185, S4193, S4194 [25MY], S4417-S4420, S4423, S4429-S4432 [26MY], S4475-S4481 [27MY], S4567 [28MY]

OMB: provide a list of programs with unobligated stimulus funds and make recommendations to redirect such funds to assist displaced workers or spur job creation (S. 2981), S445 [2FE]

———rescind certain unobligated stimulus funds to offset funding for nonemergency designations of certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1276 [9MR]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, S8688 [9DE], S8844 [13DE], S9013 [14DE], S10252 [15DE]

SBA: extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, S5954 [15JY]

———permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend Small Business Loan Guarantee Program (H.R. 4938), S2105 [25MR]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment using unobligated stimulus funds, S1006-S1009 [3MR]

States: provide a certain percentage of stimulus funds to States and local governments for use as an administrative expense reserve to track receiving and spending of stimulus funds, S1154 [4MR]

Tax Extenders Act: strike emergency designation for provisions on additional unemployment compensation, COBRA continuation coverage, and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1007, S1008, S1011 [3MR]

Taxation: encourage investments in infrastructure, S8737, S8742, S8758, S8777, S8780 [10DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), S8251 [29NO], S8258 [30NO], S8363-S8365 [2DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8617, S8627, S8628 [8DE], S8739, S8744, S8746, S8752, S8778 [10DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), unanimous-consent request, S8363 [2DE]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit deduction allowable for such bonuses, S989, S990 [3MR], S1147-S1149 [4MR], S1287 [9MR], S2994-S2997 [30AP], S3580 [12MY]

———make permanent the increase in limitations on expensing of certain depreciable small business assets, S987-S991, S995, S997 [3MR]

———use funds saved from eliminating unnecessary and duplicate Federal programs to offset revenues lost from the extension of certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S984, S1011 [3MR]

———use unspent stimulus funds to offset revenues lost from the extension of certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S984, S1010 [3MR]

Transportation: provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, S418-S420 [2FE]

Reports

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund—State and Tribal Use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Funds: Gene Falk, Congressional Research Service, H2288 [24MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund Establishment and Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Temporary Increase Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1606) (H. Rept. 111-584), H6578 [9AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 1606, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund establishment and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage temporary increase extension, H6590 [10AU]

H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund establishment and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage temporary increase extension, H6604-H6609 [10AU]

H.R. 4938, permit use of previously appropriated funds to extend SBA Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, H2414 [25MR]

S. 2981, Reevaluate and Redirect the Stimulus Act, S445 [2FE]