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Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act [HB-3752] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Unemployment ]
Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until December 31, 2014, the suspension of employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire unemployed individuals. Limits the aggregate reduction in taxes from such suspension to $5,000 per employee. Modifies the unemployment requirement to require a signed affidavit from the unemployed individual that, during the 27-week period ending on the hiring date, such individual: (1) was receiving federal or state unemployment compensation, or (2) was unemployed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E1870) on 12/12/2013

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Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013 [HB-3712] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ]
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013 - Establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA), to be headed by the Deputy Commissioner of SSA. Entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for each month beginning on the first day of the first month in which the individual meets the criteria specified below and ending 365 days later (benefit period), not to exceed 60 qualified caregiving days per period. Qualifies for such a benefit payment any (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/12/2013

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Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act [HB-3640] [Taxes ] [Manufacturing ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Science ]
Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for increasing research activities, to: (1) increase such credit (from the sum of 20% of the excess of qualified research expenses for the taxable year over the base amount, 20% of the basic research payments, and 20% of the amounts paid by the taxpayer in carrying on any trade or business during the taxable year to an energy research consortium for energy research to the sum of 30% of each of those); (2) make such credit permanent; and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/03/2013

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Small Business Efficiency Act [HB-3581] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Small Business Efficiency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat professional employer organizations (PEOs), certified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as employers for employment tax purposes (thus allowing such PEOs to pay wages and collect and remit payroll taxes on behalf of an employer). Sets forth IRS certification requirements for PEOs, including financial review and reporting requirements. Requires a PEO to post a bond each year, up to $1 million, to guarantee payment of employment taxes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Schiff Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/21/2013

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 [HB-3546] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until December 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 11/20/2013

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Tax Code Termination Act [HB-352] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
Tax Code Termination Act - Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2017, except for self-employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, and railroad retirement taxes. Requires a two-thirds majority vote in Congress to change such termination date. Declares that any new federal tax system should be a simple and fair system that: (1) applies a low rate to all Americans, (2) provides tax relief for working Americans, (3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax collection abuses, (4) eliminates the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E50) on 01/23/2013

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Narrowing Exceptions for Withholding Taxes Act of 2013 [HB-348] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Finance ] [Social Security ]
Narrowing Exceptions for Withholding Taxes Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to require a shareholder of a subchapter S corporation engaged in a professional service business to include all items of income or loss attributable to such business in determining such shareholder's net earnings from self-employment for purposes of computing employment tax liability. Defines a "professional service business" as any trade or business substantially (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 01/22/2013

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VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2013 [HB-3395] [Veterans ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Military ] [Unemployment ]
VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2017 the work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified veteran (defined as an unemployed veteran who is certified as being a member of a family receiving food stamp assistance and who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability), (2) revise tax credit eligibility requirements for documenting the status of veterans and their receipt of unemployment compensation, and (3) extend the payroll tax offset for such credit to certain (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 10/30/2013

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American Health Care Reform Act of 2013 [HB-3121] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
American Health Care Reform Act of 2013 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores or revives provisions amended or repealed by such Act or such health care provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to allow an income tax standard deduction for a specified percentage of an individual's health insurance costs, regardless of whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions. Excludes the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/22/2014

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Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 [HB-3118] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Retirement ]
Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013. Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/22/2014

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Coal Healthcare and Pensions Protection Act of 2013 [HB-2918] [Healthcare ] [Pensions ] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Mining ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Retirement ]
Coal Healthcare and Pensions Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to revise the formula for determining the amount of funds derived from coal mine operator-paid reclamation fees which shall be transferred each year from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan to pay health benefits to retired miners. Requires calculation of such amount by taking into account only those beneficiaries who are actually enrolled in the Plan as of enactment of this Act, as well as (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 08/07/2013

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Growing Small Farms Act of 2013 [HB-2899] [Agriculture ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Unemployment ]
Growing Small Farms Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the liability of employers of agricultural labor for federal unemployment tax under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), to increase from $20,000 or more to $40,000 or more the amount of wages which such employers must pay in a calendar quarter for agricultural labor before being treated as employers for FUTA purposes. Provides for an inflation adjustment to such increased wage threshold after 2014.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/31/2013

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Health Equity Act of 2013 [HB-2820] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Health Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax deduction allowed to self-employed individuals for health insurance costs; (2) allow a new tax deduction for the health care insurance costs of a taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents; and (3) expand the tax deduction for medical expenses to include costs for a membership in a fitness program or athletic club, fitness equipment, or weight loss program up to $1,200 in a taxable year and allow tax-free reimbursements for such expenses up to $1,200 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/24/2013

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Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013 [HB-2755] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Immigration ]
Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, compensation received by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as administratively uncontrollable overtime pay (premium pay); (2) exempt such overtime pay from withholding of tax requirements; and (3) allow a taxpayer to elect to include such overtime pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Veasey Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/19/2013

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Postal Reform Act of 2013 [HB-2748] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ]
Postal Reform Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of federal law relating to the governance, workforce, and financing of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Title I: Postal Service Modernization - Authorizes USPS to establish a general, nationwide mail delivery schedule of five days per week that does not result in nondelivery of mail for more than two consecutive days, including as a result of federal holidays. Requires USPS, until December 31, 2018, to provide domestic competitive product service six days per week to each street address that was scheduled (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell Issa Reported (amended) By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-733, Part I. on 01/02/2015

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To allow certain State and local government employees to elect to treat employment as medicare qualified government employment for purposes of entitlement to Medicare coverage. [HB-2618] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ]
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to: (1) establish procedures under which an eligible state or local government employee who is not otherwise covered under a state's voluntary agreement for coverage of state and local employees may make an irrevocable election to treat employment as Medicare qualified government employment; and so (2) extend to services performed by such employees entitlement to Medicare coverage under SSA title XVIII, including (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Al Green Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/23/2013

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Fair Tax Act of 2013 [HB-25] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Poverty ]
Fair Tax Act of 2013 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2013. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23% in 2015, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government functions. Sets forth rules relating to: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 01/03/2013

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Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013 [HB-2499] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from an employee's gross income employer-provided accident and health plan benefits extended to a domestic partner or non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiary eligible to receive such benefits under an employer plan (i.e., "eligible beneficiary"); (2) exempt such benefits paid to eligible beneficiaries from otherwise applicable employment and unemployment taxes; (3) allow self-employed individuals a tax deduction for the health insurance costs of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/23/2013

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Legal Agricultural Workforce Act [HB-242] [Agriculture ] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ]
Legal Agricultural Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a W-visa nonimmigrant classification for temporary agricultural workers. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish: (1) a nonimmigrant temporary agricultural worker program (W-visa) which shall include annual numerical limitations and monthly limitations based on enrollment requests, historical agricultural employment needs, and the reports of U.S. workers applying for agricultural employment; and (2) a trust fund to administer and enforce the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Ross Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 01/25/2013

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Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 [HB-2133] [Veterans ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Social Security ] [Budget and Spending ]
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages. Appropriates amounts to the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to cover any revenue loss (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/23/2013

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