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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans. [S.1618]
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain purchases of employee-owned stock from being considered as outstanding voting stock for the purpose of the tax on excess business holdings of a private foundation in a business enterprise. The bill applies to any voting stock
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Sponsored by: Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/24/2017
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Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 [HB-3354]
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Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 230. on 09/27/2017
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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2017 [HB-3338]
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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Such a plan may not: (1) restrict benefits for any medically necessary hospital stay to less than 48 hours for a mastectomy or breast
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/20/2017
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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017 [S.1589]
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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017 This bill 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 employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). The Department of the Treasury must establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations. The bill also amends the Small Business Act to define "ESOP business
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/19/2017
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100 by '50 Act [HB-3314]
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100 by '50 Act This bill calls for the United States to aggressively reduce carbon pollution as rapidly as practicable and achieve 100% clean and renewable energy by 2050. It provides financial support (e.g., grant programs and loans) for clean and renewable energy, including support for affordable zero-emission vehicle-based public transportation, solar energy, and energy efficiency retrofits in homes. The bill provides job training, unemployment compensation, health benefits, and pension and other benefits and services to adversely affected workers
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/22/2018
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First Responder Fair RETIRE Act First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 [HB-3303]
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First Responder Fair RETIRE Act First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 This bill preserves special federal retirement benefits for certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and diplomatic special security agents who cannot meet the minimum age and service requirements for special retirement benefits due to a work-related injury or illness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 03/15/2018
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Otto Warmbier Banking Restrictions Involving North Korea Act of 2017 [S.1591]
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Otto Warmbier Banking Restrictions Involving North Korea Act of 2017 This bill requires the President to: (1) submit to Congress a list of financial institutions that are providing financial or banking support to the government of North Korea; (2) impose specified financial and asset blocking sanctions on an institution that has knowingly engaged in such conduct, and (3) impose specified civil penalties upon a U.S. institution based upon whether it has taken steps to prevent a recurrence of such conduct. The President: (1) may suspend, renew, or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 115-161. on 01/30/2018
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Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-3269]
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Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act of 2017 This bill repeals provisions requiring federal employees, including foreign service employees, who began service after 2012 to pay an increased contribution (4.4%, up from 0.8%) toward funding their annuities under the Federal Employees Retirement System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 07/17/2017
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Small Business Employee Ownership Promotion Enhancement Act of 2018 [S.1538]
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Small Business Employee Ownership Promotion Enhancement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to appoint a SCORE Employee Ownership Director, whose duties shall relate to the various forms of employee ownership. The director shall be responsible for: administering and disbursing materials that contain general information and technical assistance for the establishment of employee ownership structures; coordinating efforts for employee ownership with SCORE chapters located throughout
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
By Senator Risch From Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-436. on 12/19/2018
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Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017 [HB-3136]
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Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow funds paid to an individual to aid in the pursuit of graduate or postdoctoral study or research to be saved in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill permits the funds to be considered compensation for purposes of current law provisions that limit annual deductible IRA contributions to the lesser of: (1) the deductible amount permitted under current law, or (2) the compensation includible in the individual's gross income for the year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Introduced In House on 06/29/2017
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Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act [HB-3084]
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Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
Introduced In House on 06/27/2017
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Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act [S.1444]
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Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employee to elect to defer, for income tax purposes, income attributable to certain stock transferred to the employee by an employer. The employee may defer the inclusion of income from the stock until the year that includes the earliest of the dates on which: the stock becomes transferable; the employee becomes an excluded employee; stock of the corporation becomes readily tradable on an established securities market; seven years have passed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/27/2017
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [HB-1]
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. It also establishes an oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. (Unless otherwise specified, provisions referred to in this summary as temporary or as a suspension of an existing provision apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026.) TITLE I Subtitle A-- Individual Tax Reform
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Became Public Law No: 115-97. (txt | Pdf) on 12/22/2017
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Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 [HB-2]
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Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, and crop insurance. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: require farmers to make a new election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for
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Sponsored by: Rep. K. Michael Conaway
Signed By President. on 12/20/2018
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Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act [HB-3037]
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Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limit on the amount of employer-provided group term life insurance that an employee may exclude from his or her gross income for income tax purposes. Currently, an employee may exclude from gross income up to $50,000 of the cost of such insurance plus any amount paid by the employee for the purchase of such insurance. The bill increases the $50,000 limit to $375,000, and adjusts such increased limit for inflation in taxable years beginning after 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael C. Burgess
Introduced In House on 06/23/2017
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Help All Americans Save for College Act of 2017 [HB-3046]
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Help All Americans Save for College Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) and ABLE accounts. (Tax-favored ABLE [Achieving a Better Life Experience] accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses.) The bill excludes employer contributions to an employee's 529 plan or ABLE account from the gross income of an individual, certain employment taxes, and taxes on self-employment earnings. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 07/05/2017
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Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2017 [HB-2999]
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Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish cost sharing limits for health plans that cover prescription drugs and use a formulary or other tiered cost sharing structure. Such health plans may not impose higher cost sharing requirements, including copayment and coinsurance, for specialty drugs than for other prescription drugs in a nonpreferred brand name drug tier. If a health plan's formulary contains more than one nonpreferred brand name drug tier, the tier with the lowest cost sharing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/23/2017
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High Risk Pool, No Reward Act of 2017 [HB-2984]
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High Risk Pool, No Reward Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of the continuous coverage penalty under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible for health insurance coverage in the individual market of that state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/23/2017
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Good for the Gander Act of 2017 [HB-2986]
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Good for the Gander Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of limits on premium variation by age under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible only for health insurance coverage with the highest age band premium in the individual market of that state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/23/2017
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No Carve Out for Congress Act of 2017 [HB-2985]
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No Carve Out for Congress Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify health insurance plan options for Members of Congress elected from a state that receives a federal waiver of essential health benefits under the American Health Care Act of 2017, if that bill is enacted. Such Members shall not be eligible for government health plans and shall be eligible only for health insurance coverage with the lowest actuarial value (which is the plan that has the enrollee pay the highest percentage of cost sharing)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/23/2017