H.R.5623 - Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase of a principal residence before October 1, 2010, in the case of a written binding contract entered into with respect to such principal residence before May 1, 2010, and for other purposes. view all titles (5)

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  • Short: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 as introduced.
  • Short: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 as passed house.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase of a principal residence before October 1, 2010, in the case of a written binding contract entered into with respect to such principal residence before May 1, 2010, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 as passed senate.
  • Short: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 as enacted.

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Latest Vote

Result: Passed - June 29, 2010

Roll call number 401 in the House

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 5623 Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act

Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 2/3 (66%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 94%
 

Official Summary

7/2/2010--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 29, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend eligibility for the first-time homeb

Official Summary

7/2/2010--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 29, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) extend eligibility for the first-time homebuyer tax credit until September 30, 2010, for taxpayers who entered into a binding contract to purchase a principal residence before May 1, 2010;
(2) extend the penalty for tendering a bad check to the Internal Revenue Service to tendering any instrument in payment, by any commercially acceptable means; and
(3) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose prisoner tax return information to state agencies charged with the responsibility for administration of prisons. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend through FY2015 the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect a fee for the use of the electronic travel authorization system. Amends the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 to extend the implementation of such Act until after the collection of fees for use of the electronic travel authorization system and extend until FY2015 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer such fees to the Corporation for Travel Promotion. Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

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Organizations Supporting H.R.5623

  • National Association of Realtors

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