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Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009

Introduced: May 21, 2009 Introduced by: Cleaver, Emanuel Democratic · Missouri See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 21, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 21, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
May 21, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Public Finance. Requires the Director of such Office to carry out a program to provide reinsurance for insured losses of municipal bond insurers.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and submit to Congress within five years after the enactment of this Act a plan for the sale of reinsurance assets acquired under this Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that reinsurance provided by this Act shall not be treated as a federal guarantee for purposes of disallowing the exemption of interest on municipal bonds.

What's happening now May 21, 2009

Referred to House Ways and Means

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · May 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2589: Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2589/
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"H.R. 2589: Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2589/.
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H.R. 2589, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2589/.
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