The Heroes Act [S.4800]
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A bill to provide Coronavirus relief.
S.4800: The Heroes Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schumer
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 581. on 11/09/2020
Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2020 [HB-8621]
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Expands the child tax credit to allow a credit for an unborn child. The bill defines an "unborn child" as a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb. The credit may be claimed for the year immediately preceding the year of the child's birth, if the child is born alive on or before the due date for tax returns for the year. In certain cases in which a child is not taken into account for the credit for the year immediately preceding the year of the child's birth, the bill doubles the amount of the
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HB-8621: Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Introduced In House on 10/16/2020
Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act [S.905]
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Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to elect once every five years a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for use by the taxpayer or a dependent.
S.905: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/05/2011
Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011 [S.577]
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Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification numbers on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.
S.577: Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. John Boozman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/15/2011
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2011 [S.467]
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Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the marriage penalty applicable to the earned income tax credit, (2) increase such tax credit for families with three or more qualifying children and for individuals with no qualifying children, (3) extend such credit to individuals at age 21 (currently age 25) who do not have a qualifying child, (4) allow such credit for certain married individuals who live apart from their spouses and file separate tax returns (abandoned
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S.467: Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. John Kerry
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1220-1221) on 03/03/2011
Middle Class Tax Cut Act [S.3412]
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Middle Class Tax Cut Act - Title I: Temporary Extension of Tax Relief - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2013 for an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income is less than the applicable threshold amount (i.e., $200,000 for individual taxpayers, $225,000 for heads of household, and $250,000 for married couples filing a joint tax return) the tax rate reductions and other tax benefits of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Modifies individual income tax brackets for 2013 to reduce income tax for taxpayers whose adjusted
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S.3412: Middle Class Tax Cut Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Harry Reid
Motion To Proceed To Consideration Of Measure Made In Senate. (consideration: Cr S5321-5352) on 07/25/2012
Middle Class Tax Cut Act [S.3393]
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Middle Class Tax Cut Act - Extends through 2013 for a taxpayer whose income is $200,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples filing jointly): (1) the tax rate reductions and other tax benefits of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) the reduction in the tax rate for dividend and capital gain income enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Increases income tax rates and phases-out personal exemptions and itemized deductions for certain high-income taxpayers. Amends the Internal Revenue
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S.3393: Middle Class Tax Cut Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Harry Reid
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 457. on 07/18/2012
Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012 [S.3083]
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Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who is an alien and who is claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to attach to his or her tax return a photocopy of: (1) each page of the taxpayer's passport; (2) the taxpayer's nonimmigrant visa; (3) the taxpayer's employment authorization; (4) the taxpayer's arrival-departure documentation; and (5) the passport, visa, and arrival-departure documentation for each qualifying alien child of the taxpayer.
S.3083: Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/10/2012
Tax Relief for Victims of Disasters Act of 2011 [S.1632]
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Tax Relief for Victims of Disasters Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend disaster-related tax provisions relating to the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, losses, and the individual tax exemption to a qualified federally declared disaster individual (defined to mean, with respect to a federally declared disaster after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2013, any individual whose principal place of abode was located in the disaster area, who was displaced by the disaster, and who was performing employment
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S.1632: Tax Relief for Victims of Disasters Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/23/2011
HR-746: Prohibiting the consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment or adjournment sine die unless a law is enacted to provide for the extension of certain expired or expiring tax provisions that apply to middle-income taxpayers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Louise Slaughter
Referred To The House Committee On Rules. on 07/31/2012
You have voted HR-746: Prohibiting the consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment or adjournment sine die unless a law is enacted to provide for the extension of certain expired or expiring tax provisions that apply to middle-income taxpayers..
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 [HB-8]
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American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Title I: General Extensions - (Sec. 101) Makes permanent the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 for individual taxpayers whose taxable income is at or below a $400,000 threshold amount ($450,000 for married couples filing a joint return). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise income tax rates for individual taxpayers whose taxable income is at or below the $400,000 threshold amount ($450,000 for married couples filing a joint return) and increase the rate to 39.6% for taxpayers
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HB-8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Graves
Became Public Law No: 112-240. on 01/02/2013
Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act [HB-6688]
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Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act - Title I: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Subtitle A: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce tax rates on capital gain and dividend income. Extends through 2013 the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer provisions of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization,
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HB-6688: Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, Agriculture, Energy And Commerce, Financial Services, The Judiciary, Oversight And Government Reform, House Administration, And Rules, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 12/19/2012
Spending Reduction Act of 2012 [HB-6684]
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Spending Reduction Act of 2012 - Title I: Agriculture - (Sec. 101) Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to terminate the increase in the value of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) benefits for Puerto Rico and American Samoa on March 1, 2013. (Sec. 102) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit categorical SNAP eligibility to households receiving specified other program benefits in cash. (Sec. 103) Eliminates the requirement that a state agency using a standard utility
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HB-6684: Spending Reduction Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Cantor
Received In The Senate. on 12/21/2012
Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2012 [HB-6683]
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Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax benefits for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy, including: an exemption from the gross income limitation for deducting casualty losses attributable to Hurricane Sandy; expensing allowances for Hurricane Sandy disaster expenses, disaster assistance property, and environmental remediation expenses; treatment of losses attributable to Hurricane Sandy as net operating losses; suspension of mortgage revenue bond requirements for residences
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HB-6683: Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/19/2012
To permanently extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. [HB-6663]
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Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce tax rates on capital gain and dividend income.
HB-6663: To permanently extend the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mo Brooks
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/13/2012
Implementation of Simpson-Bowles Spending Reductions Act of 2012 [HB-6474]
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Implementation of Simpson-Bowles Spending Reductions Act of 2012 - Prohibits the total amount of appropriations to the White House for the Executive Office of the President, to the President, and to Congress for FY2012-FY2016 from exceeding 85% of the total amount of such appropriations for FY2011. Eliminates cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for Members of Congress during FY2013-FY2015. Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 to extend through December 31, 2015, the freeze on any COLA to the pay of certain federal civilian employees (thus
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HB-6474: Implementation of Simpson-Bowles Spending Reductions Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Ross
Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committees On Oversight And Government Reform, House Administration, Rules, And The Budget, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 09/20/2012
Family Farm and Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2012 [HB-6271]
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Family Farm and Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from a decedent's gross estate, for estate tax purposes, the adjusted value of qualified farmland and qualified family-owned business interests. Imposes an additional estate tax if, within 10 years after the decedent's death and before the date of the qualified heir's death: (1) qualified farmland ceases to be used for farming purposes or is sold outside of the qualified heir's family; or (2) material participation requirements for a qualified family-owned
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HB-6271: Family Farm and Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Tipton
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 08/01/2012