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FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act [S.248]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
A bill to provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/04/2021
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Supporting State and Local Leaders Act [S.262]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
A bill to allow tax credits to State and local governments for paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/04/2021
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Supporting State and Local Leaders Act [HB-786]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To allow tax credits to State and local governments for paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/04/2021
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Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act [HB-821]
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[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty service industry.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Introduced In House on 02/04/2021
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FAMILY Act Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act [HB-804]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
To provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/04/2021
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Essential Pay for Essential Workers Act [HB-738]
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[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
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[Grants ]
To require employers to pay essential pay to health care employees during public health emergencies, and to provide a tax credit for the cost of such pay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/02/2021
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Keeping the Lights On Act of 2021 [HB-615]
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[Small Business ]
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[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
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[Public Health ]
To provide a payroll credit for certain fixed expenses of employers subject to closure by reason of COVID-19.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jimmy Panetta
Introduced In House on 01/28/2021
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Filtering and Retrofitting the Environment for Safe and Healthy Activities Indoors and Revenue (FRESH AIR) for Businesses Act [S.122]
[Air Quality ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
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A bill to provide a credit against payroll taxes to businesses and nonprofit organizations that purchase or upgrade ventilation and air filtration systems to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne communicable diseases.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/28/2021
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FairTax Act of 2021 [HB-25]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 01/04/2021
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Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2019 ExCEL Act of 2019 [HB-4079]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
Replaces existing federal student loan programs with the Income Dependent Education Assistance (IDEA) Loan Program and the IDEA Loan Repayment Program. Loans under these programs are not eligible for the federal public service loan forgiveness program. The repayment program offers a single repayment plan that caps annual debt repayments based on the borrower's income. The Department of Education (ED) must provide an online tool to enable borrowers to make payments and access specified details regarding loans. The bill provides ED with access to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Zeldin
Introduced In House on 07/25/2019
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Economic Freedom Zones Act of 2015 [S.790]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Immigration ]
[Environmental ]
[Small Business ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
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[Finance ]
[Human Services ]
Economic Freedom Zones Act of 2015 Prohibits federal assistance (e.g., loans, loan guarantees, or purchases) from being provided to: (1) a municipality or a zip code (eligible entity), other than an entity that is designated an Economic Free Zone by this Act; (2) a municipality that is a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding; or (3) a municipality that is insolvent. Sets forth requirements for the designation of an eligible entity that is a municipality as an Economic Freedom Zone for a 10-year period, including bankruptcy eligibility, insolvency, or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/18/2015
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Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act [S.786]
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[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Social Security ]
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Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act Establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA), to be headed by the Deputy SSA Commissioner. 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 individual who:
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/18/2015
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Let Seniors Work Act of 2015 [S.767]
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[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Retirement ]
[Taxes ]
Let Seniors Work Act of 2015 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the payroll tax for individuals who have attained retirement age, and (2) remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/17/2015
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National Debt and Taxation Transparency Act of 2015 [S.745]
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[Finance ]
[Inflation ]
National Debt and Taxation Transparency Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, beginning not later than October 1, 2017, to provide each individual who has a valid social security number, who received a Form W-2 in the previous taxable year, and who has filed a tax return in any previous taxable year (eligible individual) with a taxpayer account statement. An initial statement must be provided to each eligible individual with a current mailing address not later than September 30, 2020. The taxpayer account statement shall
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/16/2015
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Social Security Expansion Act [S.731]
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[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Social Security Expansion Act Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2021; revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/12/2015
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Innovators Job Creation Act of 2015 [S.455]
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[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Innovators Job Creation Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business to elect to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, a partnership, or a person other than a tax-exempt organization that had gross receipts of less than $5 million for the taxable year and that did not have gross receipts for any period preceding the five-taxable-year period
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Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/11/2015
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Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 [S.386]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 Prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one state from being subject to income tax in any state other than: (1) the state of the employee's residence, and (2) the state within which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days during the calendar year. Exempts employers from withholding of tax and information reporting requirements for employees not subject to income tax under this Act.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/05/2015
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A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone. [S.3272]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone. 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/14/2016
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Puerto Rico Assistance Act of 2015 [S.2381]
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[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Puerto Rico Assistance Act of 2015 TITLE I--TAXES The bill provides for a reduction in employment and self-employment tax rates for qualified residents of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands during a payroll tax holiday period beginning after December 31, 2015, and ending before January 1, 2021. TITLE II--PUBLIC PENSIONS The bill requires reports on: (1) the financial condition of Puerto Rico public pension plans, and (2) state and local government employee pension benefit plans. The bill amends
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/09/2015
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Physician Shortage Minimization Act of 2015 [S.2371]
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[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Physician Shortage Minimization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify, for employment tax purposes, certain physicians who provide medical services for a temporary period (locum tenens physicians) as independent contractors rather than as employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Isakson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/08/2015