Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-1643]
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Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. Excludes from the definition of "digital service" a service that is predominantly attributable to the direct, contemporaneous expenditure of live human effort, skill, or expertise, a telecommunications service, an ancillary service, an Internet access service, an audio or video programming service, or a hotel
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HB-1643: Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 06/17/2015
End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2015 [HB-1528]
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End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2015 This bill prohibits a state or locality from levying or collecting a discriminatory tax on the rental of motor vehicles, the business of renting motor vehicles, or motor vehicle rental property, except where such tax is imposed as of the enactment date of this Act, the tax does not lapse, the tax rate does not increase, and the tax base for such tax does not change. A tax is considered discriminatory if it is applicable to the rental of motor vehicles or to motor vehicle businesses
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HB-1528: End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 04/21/2015
Alternative Maximum Tax Act Max Tax Act [HB-144]
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Alternative Maximum Tax Act Max Tax Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an alternative maximum tax for a taxpayer other than a corporate taxpayer. Limits the tax to 50% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income, calculated by adding all federal, state, and local taxes paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year and dividing that amount by the taxpayer's adjusted gross income.
HB-144: Alternative Maximum Tax Act Max Tax Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Jolly
Introduced In House on 01/06/2015
Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-1400]
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Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, with respect to payments to states for medical assistance programs, to reduce from 6% to 5.5% on a graduated basis for 2016-2020 and each subsequent year the indirect guarantee thresholds applied for determining permissible broad-based state or local health care-related provider taxes where a requirement is in effect to hold taxpayers harmless for any portion of the costs of the tax. (Currently the state [or other unit of government] imposing a broad-based
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HB-1400: Medicaid Tax Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/20/2015
STATE Act Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act [HB-118]
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STATE Act Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the federal excise tax on gasoline and special fuels (but not below two cents per gallon) by corresponding increases in fuel taxes imposed by states as of January 6, 2015 (the date of introduction of this Act).
HB-118: STATE Act Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Doug Lamborn
Introduced In House on 01/06/2015
Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-1087]
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Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015 Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from requiring any person to collect from, or remit on behalf of, any other person any state or local fee, tax, or surcharge imposed on a purchaser or user with respect to the purchase or use of any wireless communication service within a state, unless there is a financial transaction between the person from whom the state seeks to require such collection or remittance and the purchaser or user of such service. Defines "financial transaction"
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HB-1087: Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/17/2015
A resolution designating September 30, 2020, as "Impact Aid Recognition Day" to recognize and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Impact Aid program. [SR-775]
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This resolution designates September 30, 2020, as Impact Aid Recognition Day to recognize the 70th anniversary of the Impact Aid Program. The program provides funding to local educational agencies that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases).
SR-775: A resolution designating September 30, 2020, as "Impact Aid Recognition Day" to recognize and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Impact Aid program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Voice Vote. on 11/17/2020
You have voted SR-775: A resolution designating September 30, 2020, as "Impact Aid Recognition Day" to recognize and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Impact Aid program..
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. [SCR-8]
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[Housing ]
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Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY2023 with respect to: (1) federal revenues, (2) new budget authority, (3) budget outlays, (4) deficits, (5) public debt, and (6) debt held by the public. (Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for the Social Security Administration (SSA),
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SCR-8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Conference Held. on 11/13/2013
You have voted SCR-8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023..
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 [S.743]
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Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multi-state agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes, adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sellers not qualifying for the small-seller exception (applicable to remote sellers with annual gross receipts in total U.S. remote sales not exceeding $1 million in the preceding calendar year) to collect and remit sales and use taxes for remote sales under the provisions of the Agreement, but
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S.743: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 06/14/2013
S.570: A bill to establish a competitive grant program in the Department of Energy to provide grants to States and units of local government to carry out clean energy and carbon reduction measures, to close big oil company tax loopholes to pay for the competitive grant program and reduce the deficit, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/14/2013
You have voted S.570: A bill to establish a competitive grant program in the Department of Energy to provide grants to States and units of local government to carry out clean energy and carbon reduction measures, to close big oil company tax loopholes to pay for the competitive grant program and reduce the deficit, and for other purposes..
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 [S.336]
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Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - Authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sellers not qualifying for a small-seller exception (applicable to sellers with annual gross receipts in total U.S. remote sales not exceeding $1 million) to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales under provisions of the Agreement, but only if such Agreement includes minimum simplification
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S.336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/14/2013
Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013 [S.31]
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Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
S.31: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Dean Heller
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/22/2013
A bill to provide for an extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act. [S.2735]
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Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend until December 31, 2014: (1) the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce, and (2) the grandfather provisions allowing states that imposed and enforced laws imposing a tax on internet access prior to October 1, 1998, to continue enforcing such laws.
S.2735: A bill to provide for an extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/31/2014
Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act [S.2609]
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Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act - Authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sellers not qualifying for a small-seller exception (applicable to sellers with annual gross receipts in total U.S. remote sales not exceeding $1 million) to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales under provisions of that Agreement, but only if changes to such Agreement
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S.2609: Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Motion To Proceed To Consideration Of Measure Made In Senate. (consideration: Cr S5885, S5902) on 11/12/2014
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014 [S.2347]
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Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014 - Prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience, or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.
S.2347: Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/15/2014
EXPIRE Act of 2014 [S.2260]
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Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency Act of 2014 or the EXPIRE Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 expiring tax provisions pertaining to individual and business taxpayers and the energy sector. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) a process of comprehensive tax reform should commence in the 114th Congress and should conclude before January 1, 2016; (2) Congress should endeavor to eliminate temporary provisions in the tax code by making permanent those provisions that merit permanency and
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S.2260: EXPIRE Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Motion To Proceed To Consideration Of Measure Made In Senate. (consideration: Cr S2763-2768) on 05/07/2014
Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act [S.2249]
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Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Amends the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act to exclude funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal
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S.2249: Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/10/2014
Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014 [S.1960]
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Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to amend the rules concerning the factors FEMA considers when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the need for public assistance: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to the estimated cost of the assistance (10%), localized impacts (40%), insurance coverage in force (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters
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S.1960: Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S648-649) on 01/27/2014
A bill to make permanent the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program. [S.1913]
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Makes permanent the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program (under which counties or other eligible units of local government in which U.S.-owned entitlement land is located are entitled to certain payments under such program which may be used for any governmental purpose).
S.1913: A bill to make permanent the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Bennet
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/13/2014