On September 23, 2010, Congressman Michaud (D) and Congresswoman Sutton (D) sent a letter to House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer requesting that the House not adjourn before the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (H.R. 2378) has come to the House floor for a vote.
On September 23, 2010, the House passed the Senate’s version1 of H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, clearing the bill for the President.
On September 24, 2010 the Senate passed H.R. 6190, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49 United States Code, to extend the airport improvement program, and for other purposes. H.R. 6190 was passed by the House on September 23, 2010.
On September 24, 2010, the Senate passed S. 3839, to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
On September 24, 2010, the Senate began consideration of a motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3816, the Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas. S. 3816 would establish a payroll tax holiday for employers moving jobs to the U.S. from overseas and create certain disincentives to moving U.S. jobs overseas. The Senate is scheduled to resume consideration of the motion on September 27, 2010. A Chamber of Commerce letter to the Senate opposing S. 3816 is available here.
On September 23, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee ordered favorably reported (i.e, approved) with an amendment in the nature of a substitute1 the Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 (S. 3767), a bill to establish criminal penalties for “knowing” violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated.
On September 23, 2010, the House passed the Senate-passed version of H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act. The Senate-passed version of H.R. 5297 contains various export-related provisions. As a result, H.R. 5297 has been cleared for the President, who is expected to sign it on September 27, 2010. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/22/10 news, 10092213, for BP summary of the export provisions in Senate-passed H.R. 5297.) President's statement available here.