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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance

Act Details

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance was a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2008-07-17 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 110 United States Congress by Charles B. Rangel in relation with: Economics and public finance, Energy, Excise tax, Gasoline, Government trust funds, Highway use tax, Taxation, Transportation and public works.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance became law (1) in the United States on 2008-09-15. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Ways and Means (HSWM)
Senate Finance (SSFI)

Sponsor

Charles B. Rangel, Democrat, Representative from New York, district 15

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Thomas Allen, Representative, from Maine, district 1
Jason Altmire, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 4
Spencer T. Bachus, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 6
Brian Baird, Representative, from Washington, district 3
Shelley Berkley, Representative, from Nevada, district 1
Timothy Bishop, Representative, from New York, district 1
Earl Blumenauer, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 3
John Boozman, Senator, from Arkansas, district 3
Leonard L. Boswell, Democrat, Representative, from Iowa, district 3
Frederick C. Boucher, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 9
Charles Boustany, Representative, from Louisiana, district 7
Nancy Boyda, Representative, from Kansas, district 2
Bruce Braley, Representative, from Iowa, district 1
Corrine Brown, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 3
Henry Brown, Representative, from South Carolina, district 1
Vern Buchanan, Representative, from Florida, district 13
Shelley Moore Capito, Republican, Representative, from West Virginia, district 2
Michael Everett Capuano, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 8
Russ Carnahan, Democrat, Representative, from Missouri, district 3
Christopher Carney, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 10
A. B. (ben) Chandler, Democrat, Representative, from Kentucky, district 6
Howard Coble, Republican, Representative, from North Carolina, district 6
Steve Cohen, Representative, from Tennessee, district 9
Jerry Francis Costello, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 12
Joe Courtney, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 2
Robert E. (bud) Cramer, Democrat, Representative, from Alabama, district 5
Elijah Eugene Cummings, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 7
Peter Anthony Defazio, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 4
Rosa L. Delauro, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 3
Charles W. Dent, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 15
Lincoln Diaz-balart, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 21
Mario Diaz-balart, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 25
Joe Donnelly, Democrat, Senator, from Indiana, district 2
Thelma D. Drake, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 2
John J. Duncan, Republican, Representative, from Tennessee, district 2
Donna F. Edwards, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 4
Vernon James Ehlers, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 3
Jo Ann Emerson, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 8
Mary Fallin, Republican, Representative, from Oklahoma, district 5
Bob Filner, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 51
Jim Gerlach, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 6
Samuel Graves, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 6
John Hall, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 19
Robert (robin) Hayes, Republican, Representative, from North Carolina, district 8
Sandlin Herseth, Representative, from South Dakota
Brian Higgins, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 27
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 22
Mazie Hirono, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii, district 2
Paul Hodes, Democrat, Representative, from New Hampshire, district 2
Thomas Timothy (tim) Holden, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 17
Darlene Hooley, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 5
Kenny Hulshof, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 9
Steve Israel, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 2
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 30
Timothy Johnson, Representative, from Illinois, district 15
Steve Kagen, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 8
Peter T. King, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 3
Mark Steven Kirk, Republican, Senator, from Illinois, district 10
Joe Knollenberg, Representative, from Michigan, district 9
John R. (randy) Kuhl, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 29
Richard Ray (rick) Larsen, Democrat, Representative, from Washington, district 2
John B. Larson, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 1
Steven LaTourette, Representative, from Ohio, district 14
John R. Lewis, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 5
Daniel Lipinski, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 3
Frank A. Lobiondo, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 2
David Loebsack, Representative, from Iowa, district 2
Carolyn Bosher Maloney, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 14
John McHugh, Representative, from New York, district 23
Jerry Mcnerney, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 11
Gregory W. Meeks, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 6
John L. Mica, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 7
Michael H. Michaud, Democrat, Representative, from Maine, district 2
Candice S. Miller, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 10
Gary G. Miller, Republican, Representative, from California, district 42
Dennis Moore, Representative, from Kansas, district 3
Jerry Moran, Republican, Senator, from Kansas, district 1
Timothy Murphy, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 18
Jerrold Lewis Nadler, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 8
Grace Flores Napolitano, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 38
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Democrat, Delegate, from Washington DC
James Oberstar, Representative, from Minnesota, district 8
Bill Pascrell, Representative, from New Jersey, district 8
Thomas Evert Petri, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 6
Todd Platts, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 19
Ted Poe, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 2
Earl Pomeroy, Representative, from North Dakota
Nick Joe Rahall, Democrat, Representative, from West Virginia, district 3
David G. Reichert, Republican, Representative, from Washington, district 8
Laura Richardson, Representative, from California, district 37
Timothy J. Ryan, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 17
John Salazar, Representative, from Colorado, district 3
Christopher H. Shays, Republican, Representative, from Connecticut, district 4
Carol Shea-porter, Democrat, Representative, from New Hampshire, district 1
William (bill) Shuster, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 9
Albio Sires, Democrat, Representative, from New Jersey, district 13
Ike Skelton, Representative, from Missouri, district 4
Louise Mcintosh Slaughter, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 28
Vic Snyder, Representative, from Arkansas, district 2
Zachary Space, Representative, from Ohio, district 18
Betty Sutton, Representative, from Ohio, district 13
Ellen Tauscher, Representative, from California, district 10
Michael R. Turner, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 3
Fred Upton, Representative, from Michigan, district 6
Timothy Walz, Representative, from Minnesota, district 1
Lynn A. Westmoreland, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 8
Charles Wilson, Representative, from Ohio, district 6
John Yarmuth, Representative, from Kentucky, district 3
Don Young, Representative, from Alaska

Act Overview

• Number: 6532 (3)
• Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance (4)
• Date First Introduced: 2008-07-17
• Sponsor Name: Don Young
• Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
• Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
• Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 2008-09-15
• Type: hr (7)
• Main Topic: Taxation
• Related Bills: (8)

  hr6447-110, Reason: related, Type: bill

• Summary of To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
• Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to transfer from the Treasury $8.017 billion to the Highway Trust Fund.

Bill Notes

• [Note 1] An Act (like To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of a bill are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
• [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
• [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance)
• [Note 4] To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 2008-07-17) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
• [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
• [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
• [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. An Act originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
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Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance submitted yet.

Economics and public finance
Energy
Excise tax
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Highway use tax
Taxation
Transportation and public works

Further Reading

• “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
• “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
• “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.