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USAccounts: Investing in America's Future Act of 2018 [HB-5118]
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USAccounts: Investing in America's Future Act of 2018 This bill establishes in the Treasury the USAccount Fund from which the Department of the Treasury must make an initial $500 automatic contribution and subsequent matching contributions of up to $500 annually to accounts known as USAccounts. USAccounts shall be established under this bill for individuals born after December 31, 2018, who have not yet attained age 18. The bill provides for contributions by the government and the private sector to such USAccounts and allows tax-exempt distributions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Ellison
Introduced In House on 02/27/2018
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Save American Workers Act of 2017 [HB-3798]
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Save American Workers Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service a week to an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service a week.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Introduced In House on 09/14/2017
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Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2017 [HB-4604]
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Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to specify optional measures that a fiduciary for a pension plan may take in selecting an insurer and a guaranteed retirement income contract to assure that the fiduciary meets the prudent man standard of care required under ERISA. A "guaranteed retirement income contract" is an annuity contract for a fixed term or a contract (or provision or feature thereof) which provides guaranteed benefits annually (or more frequently)
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Introduced In House on 12/07/2017
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STARS Act Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2017 [HB-3956]
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STARS Act Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. The bill defines a "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed at certain seasons or periods
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 10/04/2017
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Protect Access to Birth Control Act [HB-4082]
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Protect Access to Birth Control Act This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/20/2017
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Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2018 [S.2474]
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Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to create an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF) to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate the plan. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to set forth additional reporting and notification
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Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/28/2018
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METRO Accountability and Reform Act Metro Efficiency, Transparency, Reliability, Oversight, Accountability and Reform Act [HB-4534]
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METRO Accountability and Reform Act Metro Efficiency, Transparency, Reliability, Oversight, Accountability and Reform Act This bill amends the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 to reauthorize through FY2029 the grant program for capital and preventive maintenance projects for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall issue language to amend the WMATA Compact to establish a Metro Reform Board and transmit such language to the signatories of the compact (i.e., Maryland,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 12/05/2017
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Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2017 [S.1782]
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Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the employer mandate to provide health care coverage, to: (1) modify the formula for calculating the number of full-time employees employed by an applicable large employer subject to the mandate; and (2) define a "full-time employee" as an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours per week (currently, 30 hours).
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/07/2017
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Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2017 [HB-3707]
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Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for up to $5,000 for the training of a qualified individual in a qualified apprenticeship program or multi-employer apprenticeship program. A "qualified individual" is an individual who: (1) is an apprentice participating in a qualified apprenticeship program or multi-employer apprenticeship program, (2) has been employed in either program for a period of at least seven months that ends within the taxable year,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
Introduced In House on 09/07/2017
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National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017 [HB-3679]
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National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Pascrell
Introduced In House on 09/05/2017
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Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act [HB-3671]
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Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act This bill transitions away from fossil fuel sources of energy to clean energy sources (e.g., energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy). By 2027: (1) 80% of electricity sold must be generated from clean energy resources, (2) 80% of new vehicle sales from manufacturers must be sales of zero-emission vehicles, and (3) 80% of train rail lines and train engines must be electrified. By 2035: (1) 100% of electricity must be generated from clean energy resources, (2) 100% of vehicle sales from
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/22/2018
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Making Your Retirement Accessible Act MyRA Act [HB-3653]
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Making Your Retirement Accessible Act MyRA Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an employee retirement option known as a MyRA account. A MyRA account functions as a Roth Individual Retirement Account. An employee who elects to establish a MyRA account may contribute any portion of a tax refund or make automatic payroll contributions to the account. The funding of MyRA accounts is limited to retirement savings bonds issued by the Department of the Treasury with a specified interest rate and maturity date. The bill imposes a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Introduced In House on 08/15/2017
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Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act [HB-3648]
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Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employees in the building and construction industry to make distributions from their tax-exempt multi-employer pension plan at age 55 if: (1) they are not separated from employment at the time of such distributions, (2) they were participants in such plan on or before April 30, 2013, and (3) the plan provides for payment of separate accrued benefits when the employee attains the plan's normal retirement age. The bill suspends payment of distributions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay
Introduced In House on 08/11/2017
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Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017 [HB-3569]
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Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of public safety officer for purposes of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to include a campus police officer who is employed by an institution of higher education and authorized to enforce criminal laws. Specifically, the bill extends death, disability, or education benefits to a campus police officer or survivors of a campus police officer who dies or becomes disabled as a result
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Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/06/2017
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We the People Act of 2017 [HB-3537]
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We the People Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Price
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/06/2017
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PACE Act Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act [HB-3632]
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PACE Act Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit), to: (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Valadao
Introduced In House on 07/28/2017
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Rightsizing Pension Premiums Act of 2017 [HB-3596]
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Rightsizing Pension Premiums Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) modify the formula that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) uses to calculate the funded percentage of single-employer pension plans, and (2) reduce single-employer PBGC premiums for pension plans that are sponsored by certain small employers or have specified PBGC funded percentages. The bill also prohibits the budget effects of provisions that change PBGC premiums from being counted for the purposes of determining
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 07/28/2017
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Strong Families Act [HB-3595]
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Strong Families Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for a specified percentage (not to exceed 25%) of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on family and medical leave, (2) limit the allowable amount of such credit with respect to any employee to the product of the normal hourly wage rate of such employee for each hour (or fraction thereof) of actual services performed for the employer and the number
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terri A. Sewell
Introduced In House on 07/28/2017
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Automatic IRA Act of 2017 [HB-3499]
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Automatic IRA Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard E. Neal
Introduced In House on 07/27/2017
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 [HB-3358]
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, the Job Corps, Federal Unemployment Benefits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
Committee On Appropriations Senate Subcommittee On Departments Of Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 115-277. on 12/05/2017