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Rebuild America Act [HB-5727]
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Rebuild America Act - Establishes grant programs for investment in projects to: (1) modernize, renovate, and repair educational facilities; (2) renovate energy systems, including planning and assessment activities and implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects; and (3) rebuild U.S. infrastructure. Directs the President to develop a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to establish sectoral technology and innovation centers to assist small or medium-sized manufacturers
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/04/2012
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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2012 [HB-4013]
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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2012 - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through 2012 the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employees and self-employed individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wally Herger
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/13/2012
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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 [HB-3765]
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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 - Title I: Temporary Payroll Tax Relief - (Sec. 101) Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend: (1) the reduction in the rate of the self-employment tax on self-employed individuals through 2012; and (2) the reduction in the rate of the employment tax on employees until February 29, 2012. Makes the reduction in the tax rate for self-employed individuals applicable to self-employment income not exceeding the excess of $18,350 over the amount
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Camp
Committee On Transportation Discharged. on 12/23/2011
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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 [HB-3743]
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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 - Title I: Temporary Payroll Tax Relief - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to: (1) extend through 2012 the 2% reduction in the self-employment tax rate for self-employment income not exceeding the excess of $18,350 over any wages and compensation paid to a self-employed taxpayer, and (2) extend through February 29, 2012, the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employee wages and compensation not exceeding $18,350. Title II: Temporary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Capital Markets And Government Sponsored Enterprises. on 01/12/2012
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Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2011 [HB-3701]
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Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2011 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to State for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 12/22/2011
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Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 [HB-3630]
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Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 - Title I: Extension of Payroll Tax Reduction - (Sec. 101) Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through the remainder of 2012 the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employees and self-employed individuals. Eliminates the special rule for 2012 limiting the amount of wages eligible for such tax rate reduction. Title II: Unemployment Benefit Continuation and Program Improvement - Extended Benefits, Reemployment, and Program Integrity
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Upton
Became Public Law No: 112-96. on 02/22/2012
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Entrepreneur Startup Growth Act of 2011 [HB-3571]
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Entrepreneur Startup Growth Act of 2011 - Directs the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), to establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide certain self-employed individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes of $50,000 or less with affordable tax preparation and business development assistance. Authorizes the Commissioner to make program grants of not more than $75,000 to community-based organizations, microlenders, nonprofit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Domestic Monetary Policy And Technology. on 01/12/2012
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Small Business Pension Promotion Act of 2011 [HB-3561]
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Small Business Pension Promotion Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to take steps to address any significant and broadly applicable decrease in the value of investments held by defined contribution plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs), including by allowing: (1) taxpayers to use a later asset valuation date than otherwise required, and (2) additional time for making distributions from such plans and accounts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a deduction in computing the net earnings from self-employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gwen Moore
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/29/2012
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STARTUP Act [HB-3427]
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Startup Technical Assistance for Reemployment Training and Unemployment Prevention Act or the STARTUP Act - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize states to establish a self-employment assistance program (a program to provide unemployed individuals with an allowance in lieu of extended unemployment compensation to establish a business and become self-employed). Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to allow individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation to participate in a self-employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Domestic Monetary Policy And Technology. on 01/12/2012
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Franchise Education for Veterans Act [HB-3351]
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Franchise Education for Veterans Act - 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: Rep. Tim Ryan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 12/08/2011
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Savings Account for Every American Act of 2011 [HB-2109]
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Savings Account for Every American Act of 2011 - Allows employees and self-employed individuals with a Social Security number to elect to participate in a S.A.F.E. account. Defines such an account as a trust created exclusively for the benefit of an individual or his or her beneficiaries. Requires: (1) employers of electing employees to establish a payroll deduction program to make employee contributions (6.2% of wages) to such accounts, and (2) employer matching contributions after a participating employee has maintained an account for 15 years.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Workforce, U.s. Postal Service, And Labor Policy . on 06/20/2011
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Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 [HB-2088]
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Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2011 - 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 beneficiariees from otherwise applicable employment and unemployment taxes; (3) allow self-employed individuals a tax deduction for the health insurance costs of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/06/2011
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Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2011 [HB-1957]
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Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for social security taxes paid for employee cash tips to employers of cosmetologists. Requires employers of cosmetologists to report income and tips of their cosmetologist employees and to provide income and tip information to self-employed cosmetologists to whom they pay more than $600 in the taxable year. Imposes similar reporting requirements upon individuals who rent chairs to cosmetologists. Requires such employers to provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/24/2011
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Commuter Relief Act [HB-1825]
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Commuter Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a uniform monthly benefit amount of $200 for all types of transportation fringe benefits (commuting reimbursements, transit passes, parking, and bicycle commuting reimbursements) and allow a cost-of-living adjustment for such benefit amount beginning after 2012; (2) make self-employed individuals eligible for transit pass fringe benefits; (3) require certain employers who have an average of 50 employees during the calendar year to offer a parking cash-out program under which
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E853) on 05/11/2011
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American Jobs Act of 2011 [HB-12]
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American Jobs Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American). Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Domestic Monetary Policy And Technology. on 10/21/2011
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SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act of 2009 [S.988]
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SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a new employee benefit cafeteria plan to be known as a Simple Cafeteria Plan. Defines "Simple Cafeteria Plan" as a cafeteria plan which: (1) is established and maintained by an employer with an average of 100 or fewer employees during a two-year period; (2) requires employers to make contributions or match employee contributions to the plan; (3) requires participating employees to have at least 1,000 hours of service for the preceding plan year and allows such employees
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Bingaman
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5236-5237) on 05/06/2009
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SHOP Act [S.979]
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Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2009 or the SHOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate an office within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to administer a health insurance program for small businesses and self-employed individuals to purchase health insurance coverage meeting certain requirements. Establishes a Small Business Health Board to monitor the implementation of the program and make recommendations for improvements. Requires the Administrator
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5133-5134) on 05/05/2009
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Equity for Our Nation's Self Employed Act of 2009 [S.725]
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Equity for Our Nation's Self Employed Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing the tax on self-employment income.
Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin Hatch
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3925) on 03/26/2009
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Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2010 [S.3430]
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Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for social security taxes paid for employee cash tips to employers of cosmetologists. Requires employers of cosmetologists to report income and tips of their cosmetologist employees and to provide income and tip information to self-employed cosmetologists to whom they pay more than $600 in the taxable year. Imposes similar reporting requirements upon individuals who rent chairs to cosmetologists. Requires such employers to provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4444-4445) on 05/26/2010
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Affordable Health Choices Act [S.1679]
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Affordable Health Choices Act - Title I: Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans - Subtitle A: Effective Coverage for All Americans - Part I: Provisions Applicable to the Individual and Group Markets - (Sec. 101) Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth provisions governing health insurance plans and issuers, including to: (1) prohibit preexisting condition exclusions; (2) limit premium variances; (3) provide for guaranteed coverage of every employer and individual and automatic renewal of coverage; (4) require reports on premium
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Harkin
Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Harkin. Without Written Report. on 09/17/2009