International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013 [HB-1555]
International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat foreign corporations that are managed, directly or indirectly, within the United States as domestic corporations for U.S. tax purposes; (2) subject certain royalty income and income from intangibles received from a controlled foreign corporation to U.S. taxation; and (3) revise the tax treatment of property other than stock received in connection with a corporate reorganization (i.e., boot) to provide that such property shall be treated as a taxable dividend.
HB-1555: International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/15/2013
Fairness in International Taxation Act [HB-1556]
Fairness in International Taxation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a reduction under any treaty of the United States of tax withholding for a tax deductible payment made between persons who are members of the same foreign controlled group of entities unless there would be a similar reduction for payments made directly to the foreign parent corporation of such entities.
HB-1556: Fairness in International Taxation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/15/2013
Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 [HB-1565]
Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to reauthorize for FY2014-FY2017 the grant program for improvements to the criminal history record system. Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to: (1) establish a four-year implementation plan to ensure maximum coordination and automation of reporting of records or making records available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to states, Indian tribal
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HB-1565: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/30/2013
Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013 [HB-1588]
Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require drug manufacturers to pay the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) drug rebates for rebate eligible (low-income) individuals. Excludes from Medicare coverage as a part D drug any drug or biological manufactured by a manufacturer that has not entered into and have in effect a rebate agreement with the Secretary. Requires a rebate agreement to require a drug or biological manufacturer
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HB-1588: Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/03/2013
Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act [HB-1593]
Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act or STOP Act - Establishes a Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Council, composed mainly of civilians, as an independent entity from the chain of command of the Department of Defense (DOD). Directs the Council to: (1) appoint personnel to the Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office, and advise such Office; (2) appoint the Director of Military Prosecutions (Director); (3) review each request of the Director with respect to a case stemming from a sexual-related offense that has been referred
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HB-1593: Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 05/06/2013
Student Loan Relief Act of 2013 [HB-1595]
Student Loan Relief Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Federal Direct Stafford loans to loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2015.
HB-1595: Student Loan Relief Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 07/08/2013
Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2013 [HB-1621]
Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the increase (from $5,000 to $10,000) in the tax deduction for the start-up expenditures of an active trade or business permanent (currently, limited to taxable years beginning in 2010).
HB-1621: Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H2148) on 04/18/2013
VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act of 2013 [HB-1623]
VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website publicly accessible information concerning pending and completed claims of compensation for a veteran's service-connected disability or death. Requires such information to include the number of claims pending and completed, and the average number of days between submission and completion, within certain periods. Requires the information provided to be updated at least every seven days.
HB-1623: VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/28/2013
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act [HB-1630]
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads
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HB-1630: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 04/26/2013
HB-164: To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 01/31/2013
You have voted HB-164: To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel..