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Affirming that private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening United States businesses throughout all sectors of the economy and in every State and congressional district and that it has fostered significant investment in the United States economy. [HR-464]
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Affirming that private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening United States businesses throughout all sectors of the economy and in every State and congressional district and that it has fostered significant investment in the United States economy. Affirms that private equity: (1) plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses throughout all sectors of the economy and in every state and congressional district, and (2) has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy. Expresses the sense of the House
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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026. [HCR-125]
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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2017 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2018-FY2026. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS (Sec. 101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2017-FY2026 for: Federal Revenues, New Budget Authority, Budget Outlays, Deficits (On-Budget), Debt Subject to Limit, and Debt Held by the Public. (Sec. 102) Recommends
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Managed Carbon Price Act of 2015 [HB-972]
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Managed Carbon Price Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require U.S. coal producers, oil refinery operators, first sellers of natural gas, and producers of other greenhouse gas [GHG] emission substances and importers of any GHG emission substance (covered persons) to purchase a federal emission permit from the Department of the Treasury for the sale, combustion, or other use of a GHG emission substance. Exempts from such requirement a GHG emission substance to be used for noncombustion agricultural purposes or for which a permit has
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Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act [HB-788]
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Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the election allowed to a domestic corporation to deduct current and accumulated dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation to the corporation's last taxable year beginning before the enactment of this Act or the first taxable year which begins during the one-year period beginning on such enactment date, (2) reduce tax rates on foreign earnings of domestic corporations that reinvest such earnings in the United States and that expand their payrolls over
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Default Prevention Act [HB-692]
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Default Prevention Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to continue to borrow to pay the principal and interest on certain obligations if the debt of the United States exceeds the statutory limit. If the debt limit is exceeded, Treasury is required to issue obligations solely for the payment of the principal and interest on debt held by the public or the Social Security trust funds. The bill prohibits Treasury from using obligations issued under this bill to compensate Members of Congress. If Treasury exercises authority
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Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015 [HB-650]
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Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Truth in Lending Act to revise the exclusion from the meaning of "mortgage originator" of any employee of a retailer of manufactured homes who does not for compensation or gain take residential mortgage loan applications, for compensation or gain offer or negotiate terms of a residential mortgage loan, or advise a consumer on loan terms (including rates, fees, and other costs). Excludes from the meaning of "mortgage originator," instead, any retailer of manufactured or modular
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Student Loan Refinancing Act [HB-649]
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Student Loan Refinancing Act Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow a borrower of a loan under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to modify the interest rate on such a loan so that its interest rate is equal to the interest rate it would bear if first disbursed at the time of modification. Fixes that interest rate for the life of the loan, unless the borrower elects to modify it again.
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America Gives More Act of 2015 [HB-644]
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America Gives More Act of 2015 TITLE I--TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT (Sec. 101) This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that CBP partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, provide trade benefits to importers, exporters, and certain other private sector entities that meet program requirements. (Sec. 102) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of CBP enforcement of U.S. customs and trade laws (trade enforcement). (Sec.
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Infrastructure 2.0 Act [HB-625]
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Infrastructure 2.0 Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of earnings and profits of a deferred foreign income corporation, to: (1) make such earnings and profit subject to taxation in the last taxable year that ends before the enactment of this Act; (2) reduce the rate of tax on such earnings and profits by allowing an exemption of 75% (equal to a tax of 8.75% of repatriated earnings and profits); and (3) allow such corporations to elect to pay such tax in eight installments. Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund
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Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-597]
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Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 TITLE I--TAXPAYER PROTECTION PROVISIONS AND INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to set at $135 billion, for each of FY2015-FY2019, the authorized aggregate amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance the Export-Import Bank may have outstanding at any time. If the rate at which borrowing entities are in default on a payment obligation (default rate) is 2% or more for a quarter, the Bank may not exceed the amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance
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Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act [HB-5899]
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Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act
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Know Your Repayment Options Act [HB-5898]
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Know Your Repayment Options Act
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Transparency in Student Lending Act [HB-5838]
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Transparency in Student Lending Act
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To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes. [HB-5802]
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To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.
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LEADS Act of 2016 Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for Students Act of 2016 [HB-5755]
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LEADS Act of 2016 Letter of Estimated Annual Debt for Students Act of 2016
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Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2016 [HB-5724]
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Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2016 This bill amends the Revised Statutes and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party. (Under these laws, interest may be charged on loans to customers at the greater of: (1) a rate not more than 1% above the discount rate on 90-day commercial paper in effect
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GPA Act Grace Period Alleviation Act [HB-5622]
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GPA Act Grace Period Alleviation Act
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Student Loan Interest Rate Parity Act [HB-5567]
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Student Loan Interest Rate Parity Act
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Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act [HB-5523]
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Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act This bill revises the authority and procedures that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to seize property that has been structured to avoid Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting requirements. (Sec. 2) The IRS may only seize property it suspects has been structured to avoid BSA reporting requirements if the property was derived from an illegal source or the funds were structured for the purpose of concealing the violation
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Student Loan Fairness Act [HB-5487]
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Student Loan Fairness Act