Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2506
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2011-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Food assistance and relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Medicaid
Policy sciences
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: 
Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2011- Establishes the National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families to study, report, and make recommendations on policy changes to mitigate the impact of the effective marginal tax rate and of phaseouts in federal benefits on low-income earners and their families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1297-1298)
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-12
text: Introduced in House