Sources for the Economic Stimulus Package of 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, AKA the Economic Stimulus Bill, was signed into law February 17, 2009 as P.L.111-5.

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The Law

Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year 2009--Chart from THOMAS (Library of Congress) for H.1, showing the progression of the legislation through both the House and Senate.

GPO Access Congressional Record--search (with quotation marks) "Conference Report on H.R. 1" to retrieve full report as it was published in 5 parts.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--searchable text version from AskSam.com
 

Supplemental Links

Recovery.gov--site devoted to information about the economic stimulus package sponsored by the Executive Branch.

IRS Economic Stimulus Payment--explanation concerning 2008 and 2009 activity and possible reimbursements. See also their Newsroom page

Economic Stimulus Package--From the Small Business Administration, includes an online seminar. See also Business.gov--a blog devoted to interpreting the stimulus package in terms of small business concerns.

Education Department: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--information specific to education and educators from the act.

Information Regarding the Arts and Economic Stimulus--news release from the National Endowment for the Arts

Statistical Abstracts of the United States--source of employment and other related statistics. See also the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Small Business Administration--see their 'Scam Alert' notification for scammers contacting small business about the stimulus package.

FinancialStability.gov--From the US Treasury department, directed to consumers and homeowners (appears to be under construction, so content may change)

Making Home Affordable--Links to resources for refinancing and loan modification  See also: The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation page from the IRS and Mortgages page from the FTC on deceptive loan scams.

 

Congressional Comments

Democrats.senate.gov--currently devotes the front page to discussion of the economic stimulus package (latest posting 2/12/09). For access to Democratic House comments, see the Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) site.

GOP.gov--site for Republicans in Congress.

 

Non-Governmental Sites

CQ Researcher (CSUSM Users only)--offering a number of reports to inform Congress on current issues relating to the economy, including public works as economic stimulus (2/20/09) and the auto industry (2/9/09).

Stimulus Watch--lists of projects anticipating funding through the stimulus package. Listed by state, but can also be searched by keyword, city or program type.

New York Times articles--selected articles remarking on the activity, discussion and progress of the bill.

American Library Association Washington Office--specifically addressing library issues and funding included in the bill.

Google News Archive--search for the BBC or other news agencies for world-wide economic stimulus news.

 

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