Economic stimulus bill
You may have heard about the President’s Stimulus Package, but have you had the opportunity to learn about this very controversial program? Are you aware that it is composed of many different pieces of legislation?
Take a look at the following information available on www.thomas.gov. Thomas.gov was launched in 1995 (at the inception of the 104th Congress), to make federal legislative information available to the general public. To access summaries of each bill, click on the appropriate link, and then select the “CRS Summary” or “Summary” link in the grid in the center of the page. If you have the time and/or inclination, you may read the entire text of each bill!
H.R.1 Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
H.Res.88 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
H.Res.92 Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
H.R.290 To provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain improvements in State unemployment compensation laws.
H.R.291 To provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits.
H.R.598 To provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.
H.R.629 To provide energy and commerce provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
H.R.679 Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
S.336 An original bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
S.350 An original bill to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.
For additional information on the legislative process, take a look at “How our laws are made,” written by Charles W. Johnson, Parliamentarian, House of Representatives, available at: http://www.thomas.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html.
