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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.1910] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ] [Economic Development ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government, including programs in the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and several independent agencies. Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for Departmental Offices, including: Salaries and Expenses, Department-Wide Systems (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Boozman Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Boozman. With Written Report No. 114-97. on 07/30/2015

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USA Act Unified Savings and Accountability Act [S.1888] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Taxes ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Veterans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Social Security ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Poverty ] [Property Tax ] [Human Services ]
USA Act Unified Savings and Accountability Act Requires: (1) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidance to federal agencies to reinvigorate the role of the competition advocate, (2) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue government-wide savings goals for the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive agencies required to designate or appoint a Chief Financial Officer, (3) the Chief Information Officer of each agency to submit to the OMB a report on potentially duplicative information technology investments, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 07/29/2015

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Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act [S.187] [Taxes ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Trade ]
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale). The bill also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to classify as crude oil or as a petroleum product subject to such tax any fuel feedstock or finished fuel product transported by pipeline, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/16/2015

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Small Business Tax Compliance Relief Act of 2015 [S.1827] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ]
Small Business Tax Compliance Relief Act of 2015 This bill amends provisions of the the Internal Revenue Code relating to the taxation of small businesses to: allow small business entities with gross receipts not exceeding $10 million (currently, $5 million) to use the cash method of accounting and an exemption from the requirement to use inventories; eliminate restrictions on the depreciation of computers or peripheral equipment; extend the tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals; allow small business entities (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/22/2015

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Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2015 [S.1816] [Finance ] [Small Business ] [Investments ]
Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2015 This bill directs the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): (1) to each promulgate a regulation exempting community banks from regulations implementing "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems," and (2) to revise capital requirements as they determine appropriate in light of such required regulations. A community bank is defined as one whose consolidated assets (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/23/2016

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Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act [S.1779] [Finance ] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Crime ]
Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any pension, retirement, group life, health or accident insurance, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other employee welfare or benefit plan maintained by a federal employee's former private sector employer that makes payment of compensation contingent on accepting a position in the federal government shall not be considered exempt from certain conflict-of-interest restrictions. The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended with respect to a financial (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/15/2015

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Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act [S.174] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [International ] [Trade ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Cybersecurity ] [Economic Development ] [Crime ]
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose restrictions on foreign jurisdictions or financial institutions operating in the United States that are of primary money laundering concern or that significantly impede U.S. tax enforcement. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: expand reporting requirements for U.S. persons who hold an interest in a passive foreign investment company; establish a rebuttable presumption against the validity of transactions by institutions that do not comply with reporting requirements under (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/13/2015

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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.1725] [International ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Rights ] [National Security ] [Trade ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Elections ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Economic Development ] [Defense ] [Crime ]
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY Provides appropriations to the Department of State for the Administration of Foreign Affairs, including: Diplomatic and Consular Programs; the Capital Investment Fund; the Office of Inspector General; Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs; Representation Expenses; Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Graham Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Graham. With Written Report No. 114-79. on 07/09/2015

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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [S.1705] [Defense ] [International ] [National Security ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Military ] [Law Enforcement ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Crime ]
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2016 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) the Department of Defense (DOD); (4) the Defense Intelligence Agency; (5) the National Security Agency; (6) the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; (7) the Coast Guard; (8) the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr By Senator Burr From Select Committee On Intelligence Filed Written Report. Report No. 114-83. Additional Views Filed. on 07/16/2015

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Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 [S.1607] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ] [Economic Development ]
Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 Authorizes the President to require an independent regulatory agency to: (1) comply, to the extent permitted by law, with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies; (2) publish and provide the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs with an assessment of the costs and benefits of a proposed or final economically significant rule (i.e., a rule that is likely to have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more and is likely to adversely affect sectors of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 12/09/2016

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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 [S.1578] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Senior Citizens ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to provisions affecting taxpayer rights, to: direct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that its employees are familiar with and act in accord with enumerated taxpayer rights; increase criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized disclosure or inspection of taxpayer information and allow punitive damages for willful unauthorized inspection or disclosure; prohibit the disclosure of taxpayer information to any contractor or other agent of a governmental (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/16/2015

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Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015 [S.1562] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Trade ] [Food ]
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: allow taxpayers who are liable for not more than $50,000 per year in excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, or beer to file and pay such taxes quarterly without the requirement of posting a bond covering the operations and withdrawals of such distilled spirits, wines, or beer; allow such taxpayers who reasonably expect to have a tax liability of not more than $1,000 per year and who were liable for not more than $1,000 in taxes in the preceding calendar (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/11/2015

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Fair Tax Act of 2015 [S.155] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ] [Poverty ]
Fair Tax Act of 2015 This bill is a tax reform proposal that imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income and corporate income tax, employment and self-employment taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The rate of the sales tax will be 23% in 2017, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. There are exemptions from the tax for used and intangible property, for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S552-553) on 01/13/2015

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Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 [S.1484] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Small Business ] [Insurance ] [Investments ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Budget and Spending ]
Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 TITLE I--REGULATORY RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF CONSUMER ACCESS TO CREDIT (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from the requirement to provide consumers with an annual written disclosure of their privacy policy certain financial institutions that provide nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party to perform services for or functions on behalf of the financial institution. (Sec. 102) The Federal Home Loan Bank Act is amended to set requirements for a credit union (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Shelby Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 07/23/2015

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Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2015 [S.137] [Taxes ] [Consumer Protection ]
Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2015 This bill gives the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to regulate the practice of tax return preparers and to sanction preparers for incompetency or misconduct.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S103-104; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S104) on 01/08/2015

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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 [S.1212] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ]
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP). Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations. Amends the Small Business Act to define "ESOP business concern" and allow (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/06/2015

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Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act [S.1129] [Taxes ] [Crime ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Native American Affairs ]
Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of tobacco products, to: increase or equalize excise taxes on small cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, large cigars, and smokeless tobacco; impose an excise tax on smokeless tobacco sold in discrete single-use units; tax smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products at a level equivalent to the tax rate for cigarettes on an estimated per use basis; provide for annual inflation adjustments after 2015 to excise tax rates on cigarettes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/29/2015

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Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act [S.1127] [Taxes ] [Finance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ]
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the $1 million limitation on the deductibility of employee compensation, to: (1) extend such limitation to any individual who is a current or former officer, director, or employee of a publicly-held corporation; (2) eliminate the exemption from such limitation for compensation payable on a commission basis or upon the attainment of a performance goal; and (3) make such limitation applicable to all publicly-held corporations that are required (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S2532) on 04/29/2015

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Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2015 [S.1015] [Trade ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2015 This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that CBP partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, provide trade benefits to importers, exporters, and certain other private sector entities that meet program requirements. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the effectiveness of CBP enforcement of U.S. customs and trade laws (trade enforcement). CBP shall establish priorities and performance standards (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin Hatch Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/20/2015

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Impeaching John Andrew Koskinen, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, for high crimes and misdemeanors. [HR-828] [Taxes ] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Impeaching John Andrew Koskinen, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolves that John Andrew Koskinen, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that specified articles of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate. Sets forth articles of impeachment specifying that John Andrew Koskinen, in his conduct while Commissioner of the IRS: engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties as an officer of the United States by failing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Fleming Question Of The Privileges Of The House - Mr. Jordan Rose To A Question Of The Privileges Of The House And Submitted A Privileged Resolution. The Clerk Reported The Text Of The Resolution And The Chair Determined That The Resolution Did Constitute A Question Of The Privileges Of The House. on 12/06/2016

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