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Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act [S.1290]
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Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act This bill requires the President to include in the annual budget proposal the total level of means-tested welfare spending by the federal, state, and local governments for the most recent fiscal year for which such data is available, and estimated levels for the current and 10 ensuing fiscal years. For each of FY2019-FY2029 each state that receives means-tested welfare spending by the federal government shall report annually to the Congressional Budget Office on the total amount of such spending by the state
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/05/2017
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Health Care Options for All Act [HB-2770]
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Health Care Options for All Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that individuals eligible to purchase coverage through a health insurance exchange who reside where no exchange health plans are available may enroll in coverage offered in the small group market through the Washington, DC exchange.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/15/2017
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Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2017 [HB-2764]
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Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for the start-up expenses of a veteran-owned small business. The allowable amount of such credit is 15% of start-up expenditures that do not exceed $80,000. The credit is allowed to any individual (or the surviving spouse of such individual) who: (1) has served on active duty in the Armed Forces, and (2) has not been discharged or released from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alma Adams
Introduced In House on 05/30/2017
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Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act [HB-2756]
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Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act This bill establishes: (1) an Office of the Congressional Trade Enforcer; (2) an Office of Market Access Assistance; (3) a Trade Enforcement Division within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), headed by a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement; (4) the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business; (5) the Chief Manufacturing Negotiator; and (6) the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the dispute settlement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 05/26/2017
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21st Century Investment Act of 2017 [HB-2671]
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21st Century Investment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify the tax credit for increasing research activities to allow an increased 25% tax credit rate for expenses for research, substantially all of which occurs in the United States; and (2) increase to 15%, through 2024, the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic manufacturing production activities for which substantially all of the research and development occurred in the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Introduced In House on 05/25/2017
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SWINE Act Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act [HB-2722]
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SWINE Act Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act This bill establishes a program to certify environmentally sustainable swine waste disposal technologies and authorizes related tax credits and grants. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must certify technologies that: eliminate animal discharge into surface waters and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff; substantially eliminate atmospheric emissions of ammonia from swine waste; substantially eliminate the emission of odor from swine waste that is detectable
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Price
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 06/26/2017
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Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017 [HB-2633]
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Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $120,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which such credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limit on the allowable amount of such credit; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the adjusted gross income threshold and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2018; and (4) make such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/24/2017
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Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-2638]
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Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increased work opportunity tax credit for employers who hire veterans who have been certified as discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and who begin work for the employer after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2021. This increased credit is in addition to any work opportunity tax credit allowed to a veteran with a service-connected disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Introduced In House on 05/24/2017
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Working Families Relief Act [HB-2618]
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Working Families Relief Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and expand tax incentives for employer-provided dependent care assistance. The bill increases the limit on the amount excludible from the gross income of an employee for employer-provided dependent care assistance and requires annual inflation adjustments to such increased limit after 2018. The bill also allows tax credits for: (1) small employer dependent care assistance program start-up costs, and (2) employer matching contributions for dependent care assistance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Introduced In House on 05/24/2017
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A bill to extend the waiver of limitations with respect to excluding from gross income amounts received by wrongfully incarcerated individuals. [S.1190]
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A bill to extend the waiver of limitations with respect to excluding from gross income amounts received by wrongfully incarcerated individuals. This bill amends the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 to extend the waiver of limitations on credits or refunds related to the exclusion from gross income of certain civil damages, restitution, or other monetary awards received by wrongfully incarcerated individuals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/22/2017
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Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act [S.1193]
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Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) qualified training expenses paid with respect to U.S.-based positions for job trainees who have been unemployed for at least 90 days before enrolling in a training program and have not been employed by the taxpayer during the two-year period before the trainee was hired, and (2) investment in a qualified job training partnership between a private business and an institution of higher education or a labor organization.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/22/2017
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Health Care Options for All Act [S.1201]
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Health Care Options for All Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/22/2017
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Verify First Act [HB-2581]
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Verify First Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit advance payments of the premium assistance tax credit from being made to an individual unless the Department of the Treasury has received confirmation from the Department of Health and Human Services that the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security has verified the individual's status as a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully present in the United States. The verification process must include the appropriate use
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Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/14/2017
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Earned Income Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Act of 2017 [HB-2530]
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Earned Income Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make citizens of Puerto Rico eligible for the federal earned income tax credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Introduced In House on 05/18/2017
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Broader Options for Americans Act [HB-2579]
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Broader Options for Americans Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the premium assistance tax credit to be used for unsubsidized COBRA continuation health coverage. (Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 [COBRA], an individual may continue to receive coverage under an employer-sponsored health plan after an event that would otherwise end coverage, such as a termination of employment. This bill applies to COBRA continuation coverage if the premiums are solely the obligation of the taxpayer.)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Tiberi
S.amdt.1959 Cloture On Amendment Sa 1959 Not Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 39 - 60. Record Vote Number: 36. (cr S1148) on 02/15/2018
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Annual report; corporate tax credits [HB-2422]
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Annual report; corporate tax credits
Sponsored by: Rep. Darin Mitchell
Senate Approp Committee Action: Do Pass, Voting: (9-1-0-0) on 03/28/2017
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Family caregiver income tax credit. [SB-1301]
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Family caregiver income tax credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kate Brophy McGee
Senate Read Second Time on 01/30/2017
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School tax credit; classroom supplies [SB-1205]
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School tax credit; classroom supplies
Sponsored by: Rep. Gail Griffin
Senate Read Second Time on 01/25/2017
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School tax credit; capital outlay [HB-2218]
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School tax credit; capital outlay
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Boyer
Senate Approp Committee Action: Failed To Pass, Voting: (4-4-2-0) on 03/28/2017
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Family caregiver income tax credit [HB-2209]
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Family caregiver income tax credit
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Carter
House Wm Committee Action: Do Pass, Voting: (7-2-0-0-0-0) on 02/08/2017