American Health Security Act of 2013 [S.1782]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
American Health Security Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of the Senate concerning: (1) enactment of a Medicare-for-All Single Payer Health Care System; (2) recognition of health care as a human right; (3) state flexibility in designing health care programs; and (4) the goals of a new single-payer health care system, efficiencies through integrated care, and implementation of policies to ensure higher quality, better prevention, and lower per capita costs. Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident
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S.1782: American Health Security Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/09/2013
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 [S.1747]
[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
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S.1747: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S8365) on 11/20/2013
Fair Playing Field Act of 2013 [S.1706]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Finance ]
Fair Playing Field Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the classification of workers for employment tax purposes, to: (1) repeal the prohibition against issuance of regulations and guidance by the Secretary of the Treasury on workers' employment tax status (i.e., as an employee or as an independent contractor) enacted by the Revenue Act of 1978; (2) direct the Secretary to issue regulations and other guidance to clarify the proper employment status of workers for employment tax purposes; (3) prohibit a retroactive assessment
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S.1706: Fair Playing Field Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/14/2013
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013 [S.1645]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013 - 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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S.1645: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/05/2013
VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2013 [S.1624]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
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
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S.1624: VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/30/2013
Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax Reform Act [S.1616]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Investments ]
Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of individual and married taxpayers, to: reduce to two the number of individual income tax brackets, imposing a 15% tax rate on income up to $87,850 ($175,700 for married couples filing a joint return and surviving spouses) and a 35% rate on income above such level; eliminate or reduce the capital gains tax rate based on taxable income levels; repeal after 2013 the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for individual and corporate taxpayers;
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S.1616: Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax Reform Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/30/2013
Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act of 2013 [S.1469]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act of 2013 - Allows access to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) beginning in 2015 for persons who would have been entitled to, or could have enrolled in part A (Hospital Insurance) Medicare benefits, or who could have enrolled in part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) Medicare. States that a covered individual who elects to enroll in such program shall enroll as an individual and not as self and family. Bases monthly premiums on adjusted gross income. Requires the Office of Personnel Management
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S.1469: Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read The Second Time And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/01/2013
Fair Tax Act of 2013 [S.122]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Finance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
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: (1)
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S.122: Fair Tax Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S223) on 01/23/2013
Small Business Job Creation Act [S.115]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Small Business Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a credit against payroll tax liability equal to 10% of the increase of such employer's payroll in a calendar quarter over a corresponding quarter in the previous calendar year. Limits the total credit amount available for all quarters to $500,000. Denies such credit to any employer with 100 or more employees unless such employer shows an increase in payroll exceeding 3% in a calendar quarter. Directs the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to: (1) notify all employers
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S.115: Small Business Job Creation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/23/2013
Fiscal Sustainability Act of 2013 [S.11]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Fiscal Sustainability Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize a five-year renewable comprehensive Medicaid waiver to allow a state to elect to provide medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid), directly or by contract, to eligible individuals pursuant to the comprehensive waiver in lieu of providing such assistance under an approved state plan or an approved waiver. Allows a state to elect also to treat under the same comprehensive Medicaid waiver individuals eligible for child health assistance under
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S.11: Fiscal Sustainability Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/26/2013
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting Federal employees. [HR-388]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Unemployment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Retirement ]
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives, with respect to federal employees, that: Congress and the President should end the pay freeze and prevent any further cuts to pensions or benefits; employee contributions to their retirement system should not be increased; the annuity multiplier used to determine retirement benefits should not be decreased; the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuity supplement should not be eliminated and employees who are eligible to retire should be able to do so; plans for Social Security
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HR-388: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting Federal employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, And In Addition To The Committee On Ways And Means, 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 10/22/2013
CARE Act [HB-980]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mining ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2013 or CARE Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer specified excess funds derived from coal mine operator-paid reclamation fees to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan for use solely to pay pension benefits required under such Plan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan eligibility requirements. Makes eligible for health benefits from the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan an individual who would be eligible
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HB-980: CARE Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 03/07/2013
Main Street Revival Act [HB-952]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Main Street Revival Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a specified small business to pay its first-year employment taxes in four annual installments. 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-952: Main Street Revival Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 03/05/2013
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2013 [HB-886]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of certain small business stock, (2) carrybacks and alternative minimum tax rules relating to small business tax credits, (3) the reduction in the recognition period for the built-in gains from the sale of S corporation stock, (4) the increased limitation for the expensing of depreciable business assets, (5) the use of the percentage of completion accounting method for long-term contracts,
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HB-886: America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Kind
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/28/2013
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013 [HB-766]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million 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). Establishes the amount of such tax as 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 tax (AMT) amount,
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HB-766: Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/15/2013
Startup Act 3.0 [HB-714]
[Immigration ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Startup Act 3.0 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM field) and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa, if the alien is searching for STEM field employment; and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in
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HB-714: Startup Act 3.0
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/08/2013
Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 [HB-707]
[Agriculture ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to rename H-2A nonimmigrant temporary agricultural workers as STRAW workers. Includes dairy or ranch workers in such category. Eliminates the 50% rule requiring employers to agree to accept all qualified U.S. workers until 50% of the certified employment period has been completed. Provides that an employer shall not be required to pay a wage rate greater than the greatest of the federal, state, and local minimum wage rates. Prohibits the Legal
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HB-707: Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Austin Scott
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/08/2013
Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act [HB-699]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Trade ]
[Food ]
Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal the FY2013 sequester and reduce the FY2014 sequester. Eliminates the 2% maximum permissible reduction in budget authority for veterans' medical care. Extends through FY2014 agricultural commodity programs generally under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, but not the direct payment programs for wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, long and medium grain rice, soybeans, other
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HB-699: Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 03/01/2013
Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act [HB-676]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Veterans ]
Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act - 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. Prohibits an institution from participating unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations
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HB-676: Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee Indian And Alaska Native Affairs. on 02/22/2013
Scrap the Cap Act [HB-5852]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Retirement ]
Scrap the Cap Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the cap ($117,000 in 2014) on income that is subject to employment and self-employment taxes used to fund social security benefits.
HB-5852: Scrap the Cap Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Grayson
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/11/2014