Fair Tax Act of 2013 [S.122]
Fair Tax Act of 2013 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2013. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23% in 2015, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government functions. Sets forth rules relating to: (1)
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S.122: Fair Tax Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S223) on 01/23/2013
Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2013 [S.1221]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the section heading of Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the individual retirement accounts (IRAs) of married individuals as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA.
S.1221: Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/25/2013
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013 [S.1233]
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013 - Authorizes a state to: (1) establish a program covering the leasing and permitting processes, regulatory requirements, and any other provisions by which the state would exercise its rights to develop all forms of energy resources on available federal land in the state; and (2) as a condition of certification, submit a declaration to the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture (USDA), and Energy (DOE) that such a program has been established or amended. Considers each program certified under this Act as satisfying
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S.1233: Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/26/2013
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act [S.1234]
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act - Grants any state sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding the treatment of a well by the application of fluids under pressure to which propping agents may be added for the expressly designed purpose of initiating or propagating fractures in a target geologic formation in order to enhance production of oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under land within the boundaries of that state. Subjects such a well treatment on
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S.1234: Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/26/2013
No Budget, No Pay Act [S.124]
No Budget, No Pay Act - Prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year by such date, or (2) until both houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution and pass all such appropriations bills. Prohibits any retroactive pay for such a period.
S.124: No Budget, No Pay Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 6. on 01/28/2013
Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 [S.1292]
Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 - Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to carry out the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Prohibits any entitlement to benefits under such provisions from remaining in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. Prohibits any payments from being awarded, owed, or made to any state, district, or territory under any such provision. Rescinds any unobligated balances available
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S.1292: Defund Obamacare Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 135. on 07/16/2013
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013 [S.1310]
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013 or CFPB-IG Act of 2013 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to repeal the authority of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to appoint the Inspector General of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Requires the CFPB Inspector General to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
S.1310: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/16/2013
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 [S.1312]
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such employee otherwise would be in a duty status; and (2) requiring the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether any employee participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase of proceedings before it shall be authorized official time for that purpose.
S.1312: Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/17/2013
United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2013 [S.1313]
United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2013 - Requires the President's annual congressional budget justification to include a detailed itemized request in support of the U.S. contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations (U.N.). Directs the President to use U.S. influence at the U.N. on a variety of issues, including: (1) shifting the funding mechanism for the regular budget of the U.N. from an assessed to a voluntary basis, (2) terrorism, (3) anti-Semitism, (4) maintaining U.S. influence in the U.N. Security
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S.1313: United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/17/2013