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HR 852 111th Congress House

Re-Build America Bond Act of 2009

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects.

Introduced: February 4, 2009 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance Government trust fundsInfrastructure developmentPublic transitRailroads
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Roads and highwaysSecuritiesTransportation programs fundingWater resources funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 2, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1252)
Feb 5, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 5, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Feb 5, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 4, 2009
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Feb 4, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Feb 4, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 4, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 2, 2009

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1252)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Re-Build America Bond Act of 2009 - Establishes the Re-Build America Trust Fund.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Re-Build America Bonds.

Makes appropriations to the Trust Fund of amounts equivalent to all revenues derived from proceeds from the sale and issuance of such bonds, in order to make expenditures for rail, transit, water, highway, bridge, or road infrastructure projects.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
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Costa, Jim
California · Feb 4, 2009
Ellsworth, Brad
· Feb 4, 2009
HILL, BARON
· Feb 4, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 852: Re-Build America Bond Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-852/
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"H.R. 852: Re-Build America Bond Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-852/.
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H.R. 852, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-852/.
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