Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
. This Act may be cited as the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009".
. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
DIVISION A—APPROPRIATIONS PROVISIONS
DIVISION B—TAX, UNEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, STATE FISCAL RELIEF, AND OTHER PROVISIONS
. (a) .— The purposes of this Act include the following: (1) To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted by the recession. (3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health. (4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. (5) To stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.
(b) .—
The President and the heads of Federal departments and agencies shall manage and expend the funds made available in this Act so as to achieve the purposes specified in subsection (a), including commencing expenditures and activities as quickly as possible consistent with prudent management.
. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to "this Act" contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
. (a) .— Each amount in this Act is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
(b) .—
All applicable provisions in this Act are designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles.
Approved February 17, 2009.
Legislative History
, (, , ) SENATE REPORTS: accompanying S. 336 (Comm. on Appropriations). HOUSE REPORTS: (Comm. on Appropriations) (Comm. on Rules) (Comm. on Energy and Commmerce) (Comm. on Ways and Means) (Comm. on Rules) (Comm. on Rules) CONFERENCE REPORTS: (Comm. of Conference) CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): Jan. 27, 28, considered and passed House. Feb. 2-7, 9, 10, considered and passed Senate, amended. Feb. 13, House and Senate agreed to conference report. DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2009): Feb. 17, Presidential remarks and statement.