Full text of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009—better known as the Stimulus Act—leaves no business, no American untouched. Signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was established to address the current economic crisis facing the United States. The provisions of the Act call for investments in infrastructure, health care, education, the environment, energy, housing and other needed services. This set includes one volume containing the complete and official text of the Act and a separate volume full of essential documents related to the creation of, response to, and signing of the Act, including: * The President's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan * Establishment of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board * Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies (Congressional Research Service Report) * Financial Stimulus Plans: Recent Developments in Selected Countries * Budgetary Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 * Macroeconomic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 * White House Statements on ARRA regarding Working Families, State by State Jobs, Congressional District Jobs, Education, Energy, Health Care, and Infrastructure * Accountability Measures: Bill Language, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act * Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds (Presidential Memorandum) * Interim Guidance Regarding Communications with Registered Lobbyists about Recovery Act Funds (Memorandum from the Director, Office of Management and Budget)

"Signed into law on February 17, 2009 by President Barack Obama, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was established to address the current economic crisis facing the United States. The provisions of the act call for investments in infrastructure, health care, education, the environment, energy, housing and other needed services."--Back cover, v. II.

"Signed into law on February 17, 2009 by President Barack Obama, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was established to address the current economic crisis facing the United States. The provisions of the act call for investments in infrastructure, health care, education, the environment, energy, housing and other needed services."--Page 4 of cover

Contains the official text of the Act signed into law on February 17, 2009 by President Barack Obama and documents related to the creation, response to, and signing of the Act.

"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, HR 1 in the 111th Congress, will assist in supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, give financial help to the unemployed, and will provide State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes." The purposes of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 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. http://www.thecapitol.net/Publications/GovernmentSeries/1497_EconomicPolicyCrisisandtheStimulus.html