Social Security Expansion Act [HB-1114]
[Social Security ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Retirement ]
Social Security Expansion Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2023; (2) revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; and (3) increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to
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HB-1114: Social Security Expansion Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/01/2017
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2017 [HB-1113]
[Social Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) separate the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund ("Social Security trust funds") from the federal budget; and (2) specify that amounts made available to the Social Security trust funds from Social Security taxes be used solely for OASDI purposes, and not for the establishment or funding of private accounts.
HB-1113: Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/02/2017
Obamacare Replacement Act [HB-1072]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Obamacare Replacement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Social Security Act to repeal certain provisions regarding health insurance, including: the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, limitations on insurers varying premiums by age or health status, requirements for health insurance to cover preexisting conditions, and the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits on benefits. The bill allows a refundable
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HB-1072: Obamacare Replacement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/17/2017
Flat Tax Act [HB-1040]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Retirement ]
Flat Tax Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize an individual or a person engaged in business activity to make an irrevocable election to be subject to a flat tax (in lieu of the existing income tax provisions) of 19% for the first two years after an election is made, and 17% thereafter. The bill calculates taxable income for individual taxpayers by subtracting a basic standard deduction and an additional standard deduction for each dependent from the total of wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation. "Business
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HB-1040: Flat Tax Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Blake Farenthold
Introduced In House on 02/14/2017
FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act [S.337]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Social Security ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act This bill establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA). The bill entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for each month beginning on the first day of the 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. An individual qualifies for such a benefit payment if such individual: is insured
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S.337: FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/07/2017
FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act [HB-947]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Social Security ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act This bill establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA). The bill entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for each month beginning on the first day of the 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. An individual qualifies for such a benefit payment if such individual: is insured
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HB-947: FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 02/22/2017
Obamacare Replacement Act [S.222]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Obamacare Replacement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Social Security Act to repeal certain provisions regarding health insurance, including: the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, limitations on insurers varying premiums by age or health status, requirements for health insurance to cover preexisting conditions and the essential health benefits, and the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits on benefits.
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S.222: Obamacare Replacement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/24/2017
Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act [HB-676]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act This bill establishes the Medicare for All Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, dietary and nutritional therapies, prescription drugs, emergency care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and vision care. Only public or nonprofit institutions may participate. Nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that deliver care in their own
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HB-676: Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Ellison Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be Considered As The First Sponsor Of H.r. 676, A Bill Originally Introduced By Former Representative Conyers, For Purposes Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 03/07/2018
Let Seniors Work Act of 2017 [S.158]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Let Seniors Work Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the federal payroll tax with respect to the earnings of an individual who has attained retirement age, and (2) remove limitations on the amount of outside income that an OASDI beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
S.158: Let Seniors Work Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/17/2017
EMPLEO Act Economic Mobility for Productive Livelihoods and Expanding Opportunity Act of 2017 [S.38]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
EMPLEO Act Economic Mobility for Productive Livelihoods and Expanding Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require every employer to pay to each of his or her eligible Puerto Rican employees who in any workweek are engaged in commerce and who receive qualified wage subsidy payments minimum wages of $5.00 an hour, determined without regard to those wage subsidy payments. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat certain employers who make qualified wage subsidy payments to eligible Puerto Rico
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S.38: EMPLEO Act Economic Mobility for Productive Livelihoods and Expanding Opportunity Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/05/2017
Environmental Justice Act of 2017 [HB-270]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Environmental Justice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the employment taxes of a tax-exempt organization equal to 40% of amounts paid or incurred by such organization to support environmental justice communities or projects. The limit on the amount of such credit for a calendar year is $10,000.
HB-270: Environmental Justice Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. John Lewis
Introduced In House on 01/04/2017
Tax Code Termination Act [HB-29]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Tax Code Termination Act This bill terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2021, except for self-employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, and railroad retirement taxes. A two-thirds majority vote in Congress is required to change such termination date. The bill 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,
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HB-29: Tax Code Termination Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
Fair Tax Act of 2017 [S.18]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
Fair Tax Act of 2017 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 2019, 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
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S.18: Fair Tax Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/03/2017
Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2017 [HB-80]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Food ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the admission of alien refugees into the United States unless Congress passes a joint resolution giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to resume admitting them. The Government Accountability Office shall report on: (1) the national security impact of refugee admissions; and (2) specified costs of providing refugees with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, disability insurance under title II of the Social Security Act, the supplemental nutrition assistance
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HB-80: Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 01/12/2017
Resettlement Accountability National Security Prioritization Act of 2017 [HB-81]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Resettlement Accountability National Security Prioritization Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the admission of covered aliens into the United States for four years unless Congress passes a joint resolution giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to admit them. No covered alien may be admitted into the United States after such four-year period. "Covered alien" means an alien applying for refugee admission to the United States who: (1) is a national of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, or Yemen; or (2) has no nationality and whose
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HB-81: Resettlement Accountability National Security Prioritization Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 01/12/2017
FairTax Act of 2017 [HB-25]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Poverty ]
FairTax Act of 2017 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 2019, 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
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HB-25: FairTax Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
Main Street Revival Act of 2017 [HB-2265]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Main Street Revival Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a specified small business to pay its first-year employment taxes in four annual installments. The bill defines "specified small business" as any HUBZone business (a business operating in a historically underutilized business zone as defined by the Small Business Act) that is not reasonably expected to employ more than 25 full-time employees in its first year of operation.
HB-2265: Main Street Revival Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Swalwell
Introduced In House on 05/01/2017
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2017 [S.955]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million (high-income taxpayer) to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (tentative fair share tax). The amount of the tax is the excess (if any) of the tentative fair share tax over the excess of: (1) the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax liability, the alternative minimum
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S.955: Paying a Fair Share Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2017
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2017 [HB-2159]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million (high-income taxpayer) to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (tentative fair share tax). The amount of the tax is the excess (if any) of the tentative fair share tax over the excess of: (1) the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax liability, the alternative minimum
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HB-2159: Paying a Fair Share Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 04/26/2017
Sinai Service Recognition Act [HB-2138]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Sinai Service Recognition Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a qualified hazardous duty area to be treated in the same manner as a combat zone for certain tax provisions. A "qualified hazardous duty area" is the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt if a member of the Armed Forces performs services in such location that qualify for special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger. The requirement applies to specified tax provisions relating to: the special rule where a deceased spouse was in missing status; the exclusion
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HB-2138: Sinai Service Recognition Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Neal
Introduced In House on 04/25/2017