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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to reform the ethics process, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act - Establishes an independent Investigations Commission within the legislative branch. Requires annual ethics training for Members and employees of the House of Representatives and for registered lobbyists. Amends Rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House to require advance authorization by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of any privately-funded trip by any Member, officer, or employee of the House. Amends such Rule and Rule XXXV (Gifts) of the Standing Rules of the Senate with respect to: (1) the market value of a flight on an airplane not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate for compensation or hire; (2) a ban on gifts worth less than $50; and (3) disbursements for a national party convention [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Bill TextA bill to require disclosure and payment of noncommercial air travel in the Senate. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Amends Rule XXXV (Gifts) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate to: (1) disclose a flight taken in connection with official duties on an aircraft that is not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate for compensation or hire (unless it is owned, operated, or leased by a governmental entity); (2) reimburse the aircraft's owner or lessee for the pro rata share of the flight's fair market value; and (3) report to the Secretary of the Senate specified information about the trip, including its purpose and the persons on it (other than the pilot). Declares that the fair market value of noncommercial air travel is the fair market value of the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of appropriate size. Amends Rule XXXVIII (Prohibition of Unofficial Office Accounts) [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/05/2007 - Considered as unfinished business. Bill TextAdopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 1/5/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Title I: Adoption of Rules of One Hundred Ninth Congress - (Sec. 101) Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 109th Congress as the Rules for the 110th Congress, with amendments. Title II: Ethics - (Sec. 202) Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) to prohibit Members, with the intent to influence on the basis of partisan political affiliation an employment decision or practice of private entities, from: (1) taking or withholding, or offering or threatening to to take or withhold, an official act; or (2) influencing, or offering or threatening to influence, the official act of another. (Sec. 203) Amends Rule [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/27/2007 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill providing greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Lobbying, Ethics, and Earmarks Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) with respect to lobbying disclosures reports, including electronic filing and mandatory free availability to the public over the Internet. Amends Rule XXXVII (Conflict of Interest) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to impose a one-year lobbying moratorium on departing Member or committee staff. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to allow U.S. officers and employees assigned to an Indian tribe, and former U.S. officers and employees employed by Indian tribes, to act as agents or attorneys for, or appear on behalf of, such tribes in connection with any matter pending before any department, agency, court, or commission. Requires public disclosure by Members of Congress of employment [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Bankruptcy, Budgets, Business, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Delegation of powers, Department of Labor, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal preemption, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Flexible benefit plans, Franchises (Retail trade), Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Health care fraud, Health insurance, Health policy, Injunctions, Insurance, Insurance agents, Insurance premiums, Labor, Labor contracts, Labor unions, Law, Licenses, Medical care, Medical economics, Medically uninsured, Professional associations, Small business, Standards, State and local government, State laws, State politics and government, State taxation, Surety and fidelity, Tax rates, Taxation, Trade associations, Trusts and trustees
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Sets forth rules governing AHPs, including requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination, contribution rates, notice of voluntary termination, correction actions, and mandatory termination. Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo amend the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998, to extend to additional small businesses the preferential right to renew a concessions contract entered into under such Act, to facilitate the renewal of a commercial use authorization granted under such Act, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. NPS Concessions Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998 to increase the anticipated annual gross receipts eligible for a concessioner's preferential right of renewal. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide to any entity that submitted a proposal and who was not awarded a proposed concessions contract a debriefing as to why it was not selected as submitting the best proposal for that concessions contract. Permits a leasehold surrender interest in a capital improvement upon U.S.-owned land within a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) under a concession [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Bankruptcy, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Criminal justice, Delegation of powers, Department of Labor, Depreciation and amortization, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal preemption, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Flexible benefit plans, Food, Franchises (Retail trade), Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Health care fraud, Health insurance, Health policy, Income tax, Injunctions, Insurance, Insurance agents, Insurance premiums, Labor, Labor contracts, Labor unions, Law, Licenses, Medical care, Medical economics, Medically uninsured, Minimum wages, Northern Mariana Islands, Professional associations, Restaurants, Small business, Standards, State and local government, State laws, State politics and government, State taxation, Surety and fidelity, Tax deductions, Tax rates, Taxation, Trade associations, Trusts and trustees, Unemployment insurance, Withholding tax
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo increase the minimum wage, to provide access to health care coverage to employees of small businesses, and to preserve American jobs. 1/9/2007--Introduced. Working Families Wage and Access to Health Care Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to incrementally increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer to maintain coverage for a plan, if there is a reasonable expectation that, without such payments, claims would not be satisfied by reason of termination of coverage.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Canada, China, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional hearings, Congressional oversight, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Countervailing duties, Dispute settlement, Dumping, East Asia, Executive departments, Expedited congressional procedure, Export subsidies, Exports, Finance, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rates, Foreign policy, Free trade, Government information, Government ownership, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, House rules and procedure, Import relief, International affairs, International finance, Latin America, Law, Legislative resolutions, Mexico, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Prices, Public meetings, Senate rules and procedure, Tariff, Tax exemption, Taxation, Trade, Trade agreements, Trade negotiations
Latest Action: 01/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S914-916) Bill TextA bill to strengthen United States trade laws and for other purposes. 1/23/2007--Introduced. Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act - Allows, under specified conditions, certain U.S. persons supportive of the government's position before a dispute settlement panel or Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to participate in consultations and panel or Appellate Body proceedings. Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system. Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to require congressional approval before any modification of an agency regulation or practice that has been adversely affected by a WTO decision. Directs the United States to negotiate with the WTO to determine clarification of its obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreement due to an adverse WTO decision if the United States, Congress, or Commission finds that such [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1851-1852) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Artist-Museum Partnership Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no sooner than 18 months after their creation. Limits the amount of such deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, as defined by this Act.
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Latest Action: 02/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit. 2/14/2007--Introduced. Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an increased rehabilitation tax credit for certain low-income buildings; (2) allow a basis reduction adjustment for property eligible for the credit; (3) increase the credit for certain smaller buildings; (4) allow property eligible for the credit to be used for lodging purposes; (5) modify placed-in-service rules for credit property; (6) modify qualification rules for credit property that is tax-exempt use property; (7) increase the credit for buildings in high cost areas; and (8) exempt certain condominium transactions from rehabilitation tax credit recapture requirements.
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Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Boxer. With written report No. 110-499. Minority views filed. Bill Text
An original bill to restore the value of every American in environmental decisions, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to restore the value of every American in environmental decisions, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Budgets, Business, Corporation taxes, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy conservation, Energy transportation, Finance, Gas industry, Heating, Housing, Income tax, Natural gas, Oil well drilling, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation, Welfare
Latest Action: 07/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to provide weatherization and home heating assistance to low income households, and to provide a heating oil tax credit for middle income households. 7/24/2008--Introduced. Weatherization, Assistance, and Relief for Middle-Income Households Act of 2008 or the WARM Act of 2008 - Makes additional appropriations in FY2008 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a income-based tax credit for 50% of home heating oil expenditures made on or after June 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2009, up to $1,000 ($2,000 for joint returns); (2) deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; and (3) establish a fair market value standard for determining foreign oil and gas extraction income.
Also tagged in: Accounting, Americans in foreign countries, Budgets, Business, Children, Corporation taxes, Customs administration, Depletion allowances, Depreciation and amortization, Energy, Finance, Financial services, Foreign corporations, Foreign policy, Foreign tax credit, Gas industry, Government contractors, Income tax, Interest, International affairs, Inventories, Oil well drilling, Pensions, Petroleum industry, Public contracts, Subsidiary corporations, Tax administration, Tax deductions, Tax evasion, Tax exclusion, Tax penalties, Tax rates, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Tax treaties, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Trade, Unemployment insurance, User charges, Withholding tax
Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5835-5836) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide relief to improve the competitiveness of United States corporations and small businesses, to eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, and for other purposes. 6/19/2008--Introduced. Manufacturing, Assembling, Development, and Export in the USA Tax Act or the MADE in the USA Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phase in a reduction in the maximum corporate income tax rate from 35 to 28% between 2009 and 2013; (2) increase the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities and limit such deduction to business entities other than C corporations; (3) make permanent the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business property; (4) repeal certain limitations on the exclusion for the housing expenses of U.S. citizens working abroad; (5) include all foreign-source royalties in passive category income in applying the foreign tax credit limitation; (6) apply the foreign [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/18/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the maximum reduction in estate tax value for farmland and other special use property, to restore and increase the estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests, and for other purposes. 6/18/2008--Introduced. Save Family-Owned Farms and Small Businesses Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $1.85 million the maximum reduction amount for alternative valuations of farmland and other business property for estate tax purposes; and (2) restore after 2008 the estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests and increase such deduction to $2 million. Allows annual inflation adjustments to such increased amounts after 2009.
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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo provide to the Secretary of Interior a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of materials CA-20139 and CA-22901, and for other purposes. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Soledad Canyon Mine Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw from further mineral entry the areas subject to them, which are located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to Santa Clarita, California.Requires Transit Mixed Concrete Corporation to receive, as compensation for cancellation of the contracts, their fair market value and its expenditures and covered liabilities in trying to bring the contracts into commercial production.Increases the adjusted basis of the contracts upon cancellation for federal tax purposes.Directs the Secretary, before any disposition of land, mineral or surface estate for any area located in the city of Victorville, California, to: (1) consult with the city and surface owners;[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Bicycles, Biomass energy, Bonds, Business, Capital gains tax, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Commuting, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Corporation taxes, Depreciation and amortization, Electric appliances, Electric power production, Electric utilities, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy crops, Energy development, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Finance, Fuel cells, Gas industry, Geothermal resources, Government contractors, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Heat pumps, Hydroelectric power, Income tax, Infrastructure, Investment tax credit, Irrigation, Labor, Local government, Minimum tax, Minimum wages, Municipal solid waste, Natural gas, Natural gas vehicles, New York City, New York State, Ocean energy resources, Oils and fats, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Public contracts, Refuse as fuel, Service stations, Solar energy, Solid wastes, State and local government, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax incentives, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Tidal power, Transportation, Wages, Water resources, Wind power
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. 2/27/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to renewable energy sources and energy conservation. Title I: Production Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2011 the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal energy, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste, and qualified hydropower). Imposes a limit on such tax credit based upon investment in renewable resource facilities placed in service after 2009 in lieu of the current phaseout provisions for [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Business, Capital gains tax, Charitable contributions, Commodity tax straddles, Congress, Diesel motor, Dividends, Electric power production, Energy, Energy research, Estate tax, Excise tax, Finance, Foreign corporations, Foreign tax credit, Foundations, Gasoline, Gift tax, Government information, Hotels, motels, etc., Hydrogen, Income tax, Individual retirement accounts, Interest, Investments, Legislation, Minimum tax, Nuclear power plants, Pensions, Public records, Real estate investment trusts, Rent, Research and development tax credit, Science policy, Service stations, Small business, Sulphur, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax exclusion, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Unrelated business income tax, Wind power
Latest Action: 12/29/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-172. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 12/29/2007--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 - Makes technical amendments and clerical corrections to the Internal Revenue Code, including corrections to provisions enacted by: (1) the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; (2) the Pension Protection Act of 2006; (3) the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005; (4) the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; (5) the Energy Policy Act of 2005; (6) the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004; (7) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (8) the Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999; and (9) the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Business, Capital gains tax, Charitable contributions, Commodity tax straddles, Congress, Diesel motor, Dividends, Electric power production, Energy, Energy research, Estate tax, Excise tax, Finance, Foreign corporations, Foreign tax credit, Foundations, Gasoline, Gift tax, Government information, Hotels, motels, etc., Hydrogen, Income tax, Individual retirement accounts, Interest, Investments, Legislation, Minimum tax, Nuclear power plants, Pensions, Public records, Real estate investment trusts, Rent, Research and development tax credit, Science policy, Service stations, Small business, Sulphur, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax exclusion, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Unrelated business income tax, Wind power
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14494) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 - Makes technical and clerical corrections to the Internal Revenue Code, including corrections to provisions enacted by: (1) the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; (2) the Pension Protection Act of 2006; (3) the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005; (4) the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; (5) the Energy Policy Act of 2005; (6) the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004; (7) the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003; (8) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (9) the Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999; and (10) the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.
Also tagged in: Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Business, Capital gains tax, Charitable contributions, Commodity tax straddles, Congress, Diesel motor, Dividends, Electric power production, Energy, Energy research, Estate tax, Excise tax, Finance, Foreign corporations, Foreign tax credit, Foundations, Gasoline, Gift tax, Government information, Hotels, motels, etc., Hydrogen, Income tax, Individual retirement accounts, Interest, Investments, Legislation, Minimum tax, Nuclear power plants, Pensions, Public records, Real estate investment trusts, Rent, Research and development tax credit, Science policy, Service stations, Small business, Sulphur, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax exclusion, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Unrelated business income tax, Wind power
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 - Makes technical and clerical corrections to the Internal Revenue Code, including corrections to provisions enacted by: (1) the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; (2) the Pension Protection Act of 2006; (3) the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005; (4) the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; (5) the Energy Policy Act of 2005; (6) the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004; (7) the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003; (8) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (9) the Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999; and (10) the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.
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