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Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act [HB-964]
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Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act This bill expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted criminals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; (2) Internal Revenue Service employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 02/07/2017
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Interest for Others Act of 2017 [HB-894]
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Interest for Others Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals, trusts, or estates to exclude from gross income up to $50 per year of interest and money market fund dividend income that is contributed to charity using a program adopted by a financial institution or a money market fund. Details regarding the payments to charities must be reported to the Internal Revenue Service by any person that: (1) pays certain interest or dividends and has a charitable contribution program, or (2) is an aggregator that receives
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Sponsored by: Rep. Erik Paulsen
Introduced In House on 02/06/2017
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Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2017 [HB-889]
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Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish within the Internal Revenue Service an office to investigate and prosecute violations of tax laws by persons that appear to be violating specified federal laws prohibiting forced labor, trafficking of individuals, and transportation of minors or aliens for immoral purposes or state or territorial laws prohibiting the promotion of prostitution or of any commercial sex act. The office must cooperate with the Child Exploitation and Obscenity
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 02/06/2017
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SAVINGS Act Save Access to a Valuable Investment Needed to Generate Savings Act of 2017 [HB-855]
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SAVINGS Act Save Access to a Valuable Investment Needed to Generate Savings Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to allow: (1) an individual taxpayer to use a portion or all of a tax refund to purchase U.S. savings bonds in paper form for the taxpayer or for any individual designated by the taxpayer; or (2) an option for a tax return that allows for the gifting of such bonds and that serves individuals who rarely, if ever, have held a bank account and individuals who lack access to the Internet.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 02/03/2017
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Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act [S.300]
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Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk; and (2) the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/03/2017
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Public Service Transparency Act [HB-840]
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Public Service Transparency Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require candidates for the office of President or Vice President, nominees for a cabinet-level position, and the current occupants of such positions to disclose their federal tax returns in reports filed under such Act. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Office of Government Ethics to disclose such tax returns to the extent such returns are required to be made available by this bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/02/2017
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Steel Industry Preservation Act [S.262]
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Steel Industry Preservation Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the production tax credit for steel industry fuel. (Under current law, steel industry fuel is a fuel which is: (1) produced through a process of liquefying coal waste sludge and distributing it on coal, and (2) used as a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.) The bill modifies the tax credit for steel industry fuel to: extend the credit period and the placed-in-service date, revise the definition of "steel industry fuel" to allow blends of coal and petroleum
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/01/2017
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Steel Industry Preservation Act [HB-792]
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Steel Industry Preservation Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the production tax credit for steel industry fuel. (Under current law, steel industry fuel is a fuel which is: (1) produced through a process of liquefying coal waste sludge and distributing it on coal, and (2) used as a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.) The bill modifies the tax credit for steel industry fuel to: extend the credit period and the placed-in-service date, revise the definition of "steel industry fuel" to allow blends of coal and petroleum
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan A. Costello
Introduced In House on 02/01/2017
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service relating to documentation requirements for certain related-party interests in a corporation to be treated as indebtedness. [HJR-54]
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service relating to documentation requirements for certain related-party interests in a corporation to be treated as indebtedness. This joint resolution nullifies rules submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on October 21, 2016, relating to documentation requirements that must be satisfied for certain related-party interests in a corporation to be treated as indebtedness for federal tax purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Todd Rokita
Introduced In House on 01/31/2017
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Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 [S.236]
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Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages, to: exclude the aging period from the production period for beer, wine, or distilled spirits for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period; reduce excise tax rates on beer and distilled spirits; modify the small wine producer tax credit to increase the amount of the credit, expand the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/30/2017
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Tobacco Excise Tax and Parity Act of 2017 [HB-729]
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Tobacco Excise Tax and Parity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of tobacco products, to: increase or equalize excise taxes on small cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, large cigars, and smokeless tobacco; impose an excise tax on smokeless tobacco sold in discrete single-use units; tax other tobacco products at a level equivalent to the tax rate for cigarettes on an estimated per use basis; provide for annual inflation adjustments for excise tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence
Introduced In House on 01/30/2017
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Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 [HB-747]
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Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages, to: exclude the aging period from the production period for beer, wine, or distilled spirits for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period; reduce excise tax rates on beer and distilled spirits; modify the small wine producer tax credit to increase the amount of the credit, expand the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/30/2017
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Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [HCR-13]
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Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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Obamacare Replacement Act [S.222]
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Obamacare Replacement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Social Security Act to repeal certain provisions regarding health insurance, including: the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, limitations on insurers varying premiums by age or health status, requirements for health insurance to cover preexisting conditions and the essential health benefits, and the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits on benefits.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/24/2017
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Government By the People Act of 2017 [HB-20]
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Government By the People Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to establish a program for small individual donations to campaigns for public office and make other changes to campaign finance law. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit of 50% of qualified congressional House campaign contributions (i.e., cash contributions by an individual to a candidate for the House of Representatives or a political committee established
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [SCR-6]
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A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge: (1) relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or (2) on any business for the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station broadcast over the air.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S455-456) on 01/24/2017
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act [S.193]
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program (VITA grant program) for the development, expansion, or continuation of volunteer tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers and members of underserved populations. The program must be administered in the same manner as the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants demonstration program established under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/23/2017
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act [HB-605]
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program (VITA grant program) for the development, expansion, or continuation of volunteer tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers and members of underserved populations. The program must be administered in the same manner as the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants demonstration program established under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny K. Davis
Introduced In House on 01/23/2017
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Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017 [HB-614]
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[Property Tax ]
[Education ]
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[Real Estate ]
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Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require that each housing assistance payments contract entered into under the Section 8 rental assistance voucher program by a public housing agency (PHA) and the owner of a dwelling unit provide that such owner pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which the unit is located. A "covered tax" is any tax under state or local law assessed upon real property or the revenue of which is dedicated for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan A. Costello
Introduced In House on 01/23/2017
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Miners Protection Act of 2017 [S.175]
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Miners Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to provide health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S343) on 01/17/2017