| Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 |
Draft bill proposed. Reported by the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee on 6/24/09. Pending before full Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Hearings held in House Committee on Ways and Means. |
No multi-year reauthorization bill introduced. |
Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 is awaiting formal introduction in the House. |
The Robert C. Byrd Memorial Miner and Safety & Health Act of 2010 (H.R. 5663)
The Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2010 (S. 3671) |
Reported by the Education and Labor Committee on 7/21/10 applying only to underground mines with flammable gases. |
Referred to the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. |
Full House action pending on H.R. 5663. |
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2847)
Extends SAFETEA-LU through 12/31/10 and includes a supplemental $27.5 billion for highways, $8.4 billion for transit, $500 million for airports, and $11 billion in other infrastructure investments as well as crediting the HTF with $19.5 billion in lost interest on trust fund balances and allowing collection of interest on the balance going forward. |
Passed the House 3/4/10 on a vote of 217-201. |
Passed the Senate 3/17/10 on a vote of 68-29. |
Became Public Law No: 111-147 on 3/18/10 |
FY 2011 Transportation/HUD Appropriations (H.R. 5850 / S. 3644)
Highway Funding |
Passed the House 7/29/10 on a vote of 251 - 167.
$45.2 billion |
Reported out of committee 7/22/10 on a vote of 17 – 12.
$41.77 billion |
Full Senate action pending on S.3644. |
FY 2011 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations (S. 3686)
MSHA Funding |
Awaiting introduction in the House. |
Reported out of committee 7/29/10 on a vote of 18 – 12.
$377.3 million |
Full Senate action pending on S.3686. |
FY 2011 Interior & Environment Appropriations
USGS Funding EPA Funding |
Passed by Interior Subcommittee, awaiting full Appropriations Committee consideration.
$1.2 billion
$10 billion |
Awaiting introduction in the Senate. |
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| Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787) / America’s Commitment to Clean Water Act (H.R. 5088) |
Introduced by Rep. Jim Oberstar on 4/21/10. Referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on 4/22/10. |
Reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works with an amendment in the nature of a substitute 6/18/09 on a vote of 12-7. |
Full Senate action pending on S.787. |
Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 1409 / S. 560)
(a.k.a. Card Check) |
H.R. 1409 referred 4/29/09 to the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. |
S. 560 referred 3/10/09 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Full Senate action pending. |
Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009 (H.R. 4154)
(a.k.a. Death Tax Reform) |
Passed the House 12/3/09 on a vote of 225 - 200. Establishes a permanent $3.5 million exclusion amount and a maximum tax rate of 45% for decedents dying, and gifts made, after 12/31/09. |
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar 12/24/09. Further action blocked. |
Estate tax was eliminated as of 1/1/10, but will return to the 2001 level of a 55 percent rate with a $1 million exemption on 1/1/11 if no action is taken. |
| LIFO Repeal (Last In, First Out method of accounting) |
No action. |
No action. |
Submitted by President Obama in his budget proposal, but not included in either the House or Senate budget resolutions. Likely to be part of any tax reform package introduced in 2010. |
Other Issues of Interest |
| The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) |
Passed the House 3/21/10 on a vote of 219-212. |
Passed the Senate 12/24/09 on a vote of 60 - 39. |
Became Public Law No: 111-148 |
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454)
(a.k.a. Climate Change) |
Passed the House 6/26/09 on a vote of 219 - 212. |
Awaiting action in the Senate. |
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar on 7/7/09. |
