American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

H.R. 1 in the 111th Congress (2009–2010) became law — introduced on Jan 26, 2009, sponsored by Dave Obey with 9 co-sponsors. Congress held 41 roll call votes on it.

During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Status: Became law
Introduced: Jan 26, 2009
Co-sponsors: 9
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Public law: Public Law 111-5

What it does

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - (Sec. 5) Designates each amount in this Act as: (1) an emergency requirement, necessary to meet certain emergency needs in accordance with the FY2008-FY2009 congressional budget resolutions; and (2) an emergency for Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) principles.

Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

Sponsor

Dave Obey (D-WI). Co-sponsors: 9 Democrats.

Where it stands

IntroducedJan 26, 2009
Passed the HouseFeb 13, 2009
Passed the SenateFeb 10, 2009
Sent to the PresidentFeb 16, 2009
Became lawFeb 17, 2009

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 111-5. (Feb 17, 2009)

How Congress voted

On the Conference Report
Senate · Feb 13, 2009 · Conference Report Agreed to60–38
On the Motion
Senate · Feb 13, 2009 · Motion Agreed to60–38
On Agreeing to the Conference Report
House · Feb 13, 2009 · Passed246–183
On Motion to Recommit Conference Report with Instructions
House · Feb 13, 2009 · Failed186–244
On Question of Consideration of Conference Report
House · Feb 13, 2009 · Passed232–195
On Motion to Instruct Conferees
House · Feb 10, 2009 · Passed403–0
On Passage of the Bill
Senate · Feb 10, 2009 · Bill Passed61–37
On Passage
House · Jan 28, 2009 · Passed244–188

Every roll call vote on this bill

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 2009House · Jan 27, 2009
On Agreeing to the AmendmentHouse · Jan 28, 2009
On Agreeing to the AmendmentHouse · Jan 28, 2009
On Agreeing to the AmendmentHouse · Jan 28, 2009
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 2009House · Jan 28, 2009
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 2009House · Jan 28, 2009
To strengthen the infrastructure investments made by the bill.Senate · Feb 3, 2009
To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.Senate · Feb 3, 2009
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income…Senate · Feb 3, 2009
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for dividends received from controlled…Senate · Feb 3, 2009
To eliminate unnecessary spending.Senate · Feb 4, 2009
In the nature of a substitute.Senate · Feb 4, 2009
To ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by…Senate · Feb 4, 2009
To reimplement Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to require deficit reduction and spending cuts upon 2 consecutive…Senate · Feb 4, 2009
To appropriate, with an offset, $5,232,000,000 for procurement for the Department of Defense to reconstitute…Senate · Feb 4, 2009
To reduce income taxes for all working taxpayers.Senate · Feb 4, 2009
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend for 2009 the 1993 income tax increase on Social…Senate · Feb 4, 2009
To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided…Senate · Feb 4, 2009
In the nature of a substitute.Senate · Feb 5, 2009
To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring…Senate · Feb 5, 2009
To allow the free exercise of religion at institutions of higher education that receive funding under…Senate · Feb 5, 2009
In the nature of a substitute.Senate · Feb 5, 2009
In the nature of a substitute.Senate · Feb 5, 2009
To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded…Senate · Feb 5, 2009
To ensure that taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-stimulative projects.Senate · Feb 6, 2009
To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded…Senate · Feb 6, 2009
To limit wasteful spending, to fund a systematic program of foreclosure prevention, to be administered by…Senate · Feb 6, 2009
To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period…Senate · Feb 6, 2009
To improve provisions relating to energy tax incentives and provisions relating manufacturing tax incentives…Senate · Feb 6, 2009
Prohibiting direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform…Senate · Feb 6, 2009
To temporarily increase the limitations on offsetting ordinary income with capital losses and to strike the…Senate · Feb 6, 2009
No Statement of Purpose on File.Senate · Feb 6, 2009
In the nature of a substitute.Senate · Feb 9, 2009
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 2009House · Feb 10, 2009
In the nature of a substitute.Senate · Feb 10, 2009
A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment…Senate · Feb 10, 2009
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 2009House · Feb 13, 2009
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 2009House · Feb 13, 2009
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending 2009House · Feb 13, 2009
A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment…Senate · Feb 13, 2009
A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment…Senate · Feb 13, 2009

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Committees

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Budget Committee
Appropriations Committee

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