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Corporate Politics Transparency Act [HB-418]
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Corporate Politics Transparency Act Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that quarterly and annual reports of an issuer, any proxy solicitation or consent or authorization in respect of any security, and the issuer's registration statement disclose total political expenditures in support of or in opposition to any candidate for federal, state, or local public office made by the issuer during the preceding six-year period. Requires such disclosures to include: (1) the name and political party affiliation of each candidate in support
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Introduced In House on 01/20/2015
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Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act [HB-4166]
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Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to permit the manager of a qualified collateralized loan obligation, or one or more of the majority-owned affiliates of the manager (or its knowledgeable employees and other employees), to meet the risk retention requirement for a qualified collateralized loan obligation by the purchase and holding (without transferring the credit risk) of the value of at least 5% of the equity distributed among each of the higher tranches of the issuance
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-596. on 05/26/2016
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Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 [HB-415]
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Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States) to provide that a foreign corporation that acquires the properties of a U.S. corporation or partnership after May 8, 2014, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition: (1) it holds more than 50% of the stock of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Introduced In House on 01/20/2015
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Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act [HB-414]
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Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the requirement that the Securities and Exchange Commission amend certain federal regulations about executive compensation to require each issuer of securities to disclose in any filing: (1) the median of the annual total compensation of all the issuer's employees, except the chief executive officer; (2) the annual total compensation of the chief executive officer; and (3) the ratio of the first amount to the second.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Reported By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-504. on 04/19/2016
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Partnership to Build America Act of 2015 [HB-413]
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Partnership to Build America Act of 2015 Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments, non-profit infrastructure providers, private parties, and public-private partnerships for state or local government sponsored transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). Authorizes AIF also to make equity investments in QIPs. Directs the Secretary of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 01/21/2015
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Promote Startups Act of 2015 [HB-4068]
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Promote Startups Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the maximum tax deduction for business start-up expenditures from $5,000 to $15,000 and to increase the deduction for the organizational expenditures of corporations from $5,000 to $10,000. The bill also increases the ceilings for such expenditures over which the amount of the tax deduction is reduced.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Introduced In House on 11/18/2015
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions. [HB-4016]
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the period in which a corporation may carryover excess contributions for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions from 5 to 20 succeeding taxable years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Introduced In House on 11/16/2015
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Corporate Fair Share Tax Act [HB-3934]
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Corporate Fair Share Tax Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the tax deduction of the interest expense of a U.S. corporation that is a member of a financial reporting group (a group that prepares consolidated financial statements according to accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards) to: (1) the amount of interest on indebtedness of the corporation includible in the corporation's gross income for the taxable year plus its proportionate share of the group's net interest expense in the taxable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 11/05/2015
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No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2015 [HB-3916]
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No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2015 Prohibits: (1) the use of federal funds received by any entity, other than a natural person, to advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate or to engage in any lobbying activity; (2) use such funds for voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities; or (3) donate such funds to any entity that advocates for the election or defeat of a political candidate or engages in lobbying activities. Exempts from this ban the use of funds by an entity for an activity specifically authorized
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 12/04/2015
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Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2015 [HB-3812]
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Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to develop and publish a list of countries that are tax havens for corporations. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the penalties on corporations for: (1) underpayment of tax involving an undisclosed foreign financial asset located in a tax haven country; (2) reportable transaction understatements involving transactions in a tax haven country; and (3) fraud, tax evasion, or false statements involving transactions in a tax haven
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 10/22/2015
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Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2015 [HB-3811]
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Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2015 Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require registered securities issuers to disclose annually to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to shareholders: (1) the total number of employees domiciled in the United States and listed by number in each state (including those of consolidated subsidiaries); (2) the total number of such employees physically working in and domiciled in any country other than the United States, listed by number in each country; and (3) the percentage increase or decrease
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 10/22/2015
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Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015 [HB-381]
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Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to prohibit an insured depository institution from being an affiliate of any broker or dealer, investment adviser, investment company, or any other person or entity engaged principally in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution of stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, or other securities. Prohibits officers, directors and employees of securities firms from simultaneous service on the boards of depository institutions, except in specified circumstances.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 01/14/2015
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SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 [HB-3784]
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SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish within the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. The Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation shall: assist small businesses and small business investors in resolving significant problems they may have with the SEC or with self-regulatory organizations; identify areas in which such businesses and investors would benefit from changes in SEC regulations or the rules
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Signed By President. on 12/16/2016
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To amend the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to modify the requirement to impose sanctions with respect to the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions, and for other purposes. [HB-3728]
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To amend the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to modify the requirement to impose sanctions with respect to the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions, and for other purposes. This bill changes the current discretionary authority to a requirement that the President impose sanctions under the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 with respect to the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Schweikert
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 11/03/2015
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Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act [HB-37]
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Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act TITLE I--BUSINESS RISK MITIGATION AND PRICE STABILIZATION ACT (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to exempt, from prudential rules for swap dealers and major swap participants with respect to initial and variation margin requirements for swaps not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization, those swaps in which one of the counterparties: (1) is eligible for an exception from clearing requirements because it is not a financial entity, uses swaps
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul A. Gosar
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 01/16/2015
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Student Borrower Fairness Act [HB-3675]
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Student Borrower Fairness Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit student loan borrowers to refinance their loans at interest rates offered on loans to banks by the Federal Reserve System. The cost of this bill is offset by an amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that increases the corporate income rate on companies that pay their chief executive officers or highest paid employees more than 100 times the median compensation of all their employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016
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Community Bank Flexibility Act [HB-3287]
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Community Bank Flexibility Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of small banks, to: (1) allow such banks to reorganize as either corporations or partnerships for tax purposes, (2) permit such banks to reorganize without incurring an additional tax for liquidation, and (3) impose a five-year recognition period of the built-in gains of such banks.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenny Marchant
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/29/2015
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Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 [HB-3226]
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Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) legislation is necessary to provide consumers information on products that are free of child labor, forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking; and (2) businesses and consumers, by means of publicly available disclosures, can avoid inadvertently promoting or sanctioning these crimes through production and purchase of raw materials, goods, and finished products that have been tainted in the supply chains. The bill amends
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/27/2015
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Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act [HB-3116]
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Quarterly Financial Report Reauthorization Act (Sec. 2) This bill extends the authority of the Department of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program through September 30, 2030, under which Commerce collects and publishes quarterly financial statistics of business operations, organization, practices, management, and relation to other businesses, including data on sales, expenses, assets, liabilities, and other measures of financial condition. (Sec. 3) Commerce must conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a review
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Presented To President. on 10/22/2015
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Bring Jobs Back to America Act of 2015 [HB-3083]
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Bring Jobs Back to America Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax rate on current and accumulated foreign earnings of U.S. corporations reinvested in the United States from 35% to 5% and make such lower rate permanent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Chabot
Introduced In House on 07/15/2015