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Mom and Mom SHOP Act of 2016 Mom and Pop SHOP Act of 2016 Pop and Pop SHOP Act of 2016 [HB-5856] [Healthcare ] [Small Business ] [Insurance ]
Mom and Mom SHOP Act of 2016 Mom and Pop SHOP Act of 2016 Pop and Pop SHOP Act of 2016 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make eligible for the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP health insurance exchange) an individual (and his or her spouse or domestic partner) who owns, or is a partner in, a business that has no employees.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 07/14/2016

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No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act [HB-5830] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply payroll and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the Social Security contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio Introduced In House on 07/14/2016

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American Savings Account Act of 2016 [HB-5450] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Investments ]
American Savings Account Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a new retirement option for all employees and self-employed individuals to be known as the American Savings Account Fund. This fund operates in a manner similar to the Thrift Savings Fund, which is available to federal employees. The bill establishes an American Savings Account Board of Directors to establish policies for fund investment and management. The board shall select or establish a list of investment funds and options (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici Introduced In House on 06/10/2016

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Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016 [HB-5111] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ]
Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill makes a provision of a form contract void from the inception if it: (1) prohibits or restricts an individual who is a party to such a contract from engaging in written, oral, or pictorial reviews, or other similar performance assessments or analyses of, including by electronic means, the goods, services, or conduct of a person that is also a party to the contract; (2) imposes penalties or fees against individuals who engage in such communications; or (3) transfers or requires the individual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Became Public Law No: 114-258. on 12/14/2016

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Working Parents Flexibility Act of 2016 [HB-4699] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Working Parents Flexibility Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax-exempt parental leave savings account for the care of a child, to which an individual taxpayer who has earned income from employment during the past 12 months may make tax deductible cash contributions of up to $6,750 in a taxable year and not more than an aggregate of $24,000 for all taxable years. Taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $250,000 in a taxable year are ineligible for such a tax deduction. The bill excludes from gross income: (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko Introduced In House on 03/03/2016

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Notification of Your Eldercare Rights Act [HB-4170] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Senior Citizens ] [Consumer Protection ] [Human Services ]
Notification of Your Eldercare Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to: draft disclosures which describe the rights and liabilities of customers and providers of domestic care services, require that any provider of domestic care services give such disclosures to each customer before entering into a contract with the customer, and disclose to the customer whether the individual or individuals who will provide such services are employees of the provider of domestic care services or independent contractors. It shall be unlawful, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016

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Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 [HB-3762] [Healthcare ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ]
Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 TITLE I--HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which provides for investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and restrain the rate of growth in health care costs. Unobligated funds are rescinded. (Sec. 102) Funding for community health centers is increased. (Sec. 103) Certain funding for U.S. territories that establish (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Price Pursuant To The Order Of The House Of January 25, 2016, The Chair Announced That The Unfinished Business Was The Further Consideration Of The Veto Message Of The President On H.r. 3762. on 02/02/2016

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Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act [HB-3621] [Social Security ]
Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require allocations to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund equal to: (1) 2.65% of the amount of wages and self-employment income paid between December 31, 2015, and January 1, 2021, and (2) 1.80% of wages and self-employment income paid after December 31, 2020.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Introduced In House on 09/28/2015

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Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2015 [HB-3368] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Human Services ] [Unemployment ] [Poverty ] [Economic Development ]
Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2015 This bill amends title XX (Block Grants to State for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to assist low-income individuals and individuals who have been unemployed for at least three months in developing self-employment opportunities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Lewis Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 08/12/2015

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Paycheck Relief Act of 2015 [HB-3267] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ]
Paycheck Relief Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates on wage income and corresponding tax rates on self-employment income.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roger Williams Introduced In House on 07/28/2015

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One Social Security Act [HB-3150] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Budget and Spending ]
One Social Security Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a new, restructured Social Security Trust Fund to consist of the employment and self-employment taxes imposed with respect to wages and self-employment income. The annual report to Congress on the operation and status of the Trust Fund shall include an actuarial analysis of the benefit cost with respect to disabled (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 07/27/2015

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FAIR Social Security Act Fair Adjustment and Income Revenue for Social Security Act [HB-1984] [Social Security ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ]
FAIR Social Security Act Fair Adjustment and Income Revenue for Social Security Act This bill repeals the cap on the amount of income ($118,500 in 2015) that is subject to the employment or self-employment tax for funding social security benefits. The bill also reallocates employment and self-employment tax revenues to increase Social Security Trust Fund solvency. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor must prepare and publish an index for each calendar month to be known as the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015

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Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act [HB-1811] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Inflation ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015

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Social Security 2100 Act [HB-1391] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Budget and Spending ]
Social Security 2100 Act Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: increase the primary insurance amount formula factor from 90% to 93% for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2016; 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 (IRC) to increase the gross income threshold for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2015

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Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act [HB-8747] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Unemployment ]
To direct the Secretary of Labor to award formula and competitive grants for layoff aversion activities, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith Introduced In House on 11/12/2020

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Franchise Education for Veterans Act of 2013 [S.938] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Small Business ]
Franchise Education for Veterans Act of 2013 - Allows eligible individuals to use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans' educational assistance benefits for franchise training. Provides training assistance limits for each 12-month period, prohibiting an individual from receiving more than 12 months and more than $15,000 of such assistance. Authorizes such training assistance under the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program, with the same assistance limits.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry Moran Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 113-111. on 06/12/2013

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Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013 [S.728] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from an employee's gross income employer-provided accident and health plan benefits extended to a domestic partner or non-dependent, non-spouse beneficiary eligible to receive such benefits under an employer plan (i.e., "eligible beneficiary"); (2) exempt such benefits paid to eligible beneficiaries from otherwise applicable employment and unemployment taxes; (3) allow self-employed individuals a tax deduction for the health insurance costs of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/15/2013

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Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 [S.567] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ]
Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013. Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/14/2013

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Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act [S.500] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Senior Citizens ]
Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/07/2013

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Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act [S.308] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Inflation ]
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPIEC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-lving increases in OASDI (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mazie Hirono Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/13/2013

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