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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - 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 individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. 6/17/2008--Introduced. Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase and extend through 2008 the alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amounts; (2) extend through 2008 the offset of certain nonrefundable personal tax credits against regular and AMT tax liabilities; (3) treat net income and loss from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income and loss; (4) deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (5) limit tax treaty benefits with respect to U.S. withholding of tax requirements imposed on certain tax deductible payments made directly to a foreign parent corporation; (6) require payment settlement entities to report certain identifying information to the Internal Revenue [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Department of the Interior, Energy, Energy development, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Gas in submerged lands, Gas industry, Law, Marine resources, Oil and gas leases, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Prospecting, Public contracts
Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Bill TextTo prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and for other purposes. 6/12/2008--Introduced. Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing any new lease for exploration or production of oil or natural gas unless the lessee: (1) certifies for each existing lease that the lessee has diligently developed the lands in order to produce oil or natural gas, or is producing oil or natural gas from such lands; or (2) has relinquished all federal oil and gas leases that are not being diligently developed. Instructs the Secretary to promulgate diligent development regulations that: (1) include benchmarks for oil and gas development to ensure that leaseholders produce oil and gas from each lease within the five-year original term of the lease; and (2) require [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Affordable housing, Apartment houses, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Finance, Housing, Housing management, Housing subsidies, Mortgages, Nonprofit organizations, Social services
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S127) Bill TextA bill to extend for 5 years the Mark-to-Market program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to reauthorize through FY2011: (1) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured MultifamilyHousing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring (Mark-to-Market) program; and (2) the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring. Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to waive rent level limits for: (1) disaster-damaged eligible projects; and (2) up to 9% (currently 5%) of all units subject to restructured mortgages in any fiscal year, based on certain findings of special need. Redefines multifamily housing project eligible for the Mark-to-Market program to authorize eligibility treatment, upon owner request, for certain projects whose rents do not, on an average per unit or per room basis,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Affordable housing, Armed forces, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Commercialization, Crime prevention, Defense budgets, Defense economics, Defense procurement, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Energy, Energy research, Federal aid to housing, Fighter aircraft, Fossil fuels, Government spending reductions, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, High technology, Housing, Housing subsidies, Joint ventures, Low-income housing, Manufacturing industries, Research and development, Science policy, Technology, Violence, Weapons systems, Welfare
Latest Action: 01/30/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1328-1331) Bill TextA bill to provide for additional section 8 vouchers, to reauthorize the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program, and for other purposes. 1/30/2007--Introduced. Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to provide an additional 100,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental housing assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in FY2008. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct: (1) each participating jurisdiction to use Home Investments Partnership (HOME) grant funds to provide affordable housing to individuals or families whose income is 30% or lower than the area median income (extremely low-income); and (2) direct the Secretary to allocate HOME funds to such jurisdictions on a specified pro-rata basis. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to: (1) extend to FY2012 the authorization of appropriations for the Public [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/23/2007 - Committee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo extend for 5 years the Mark-to-Market program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1/23/2007--Introduced. Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to reauthorize through FY2011: (1) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring (Mark-to-Market) program; and (2) the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring. Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to waive rent level limits for: (1) disaster-damaged eligible projects; and (2) up to 9% (currently 5%) of all units subject to restructured mortgages in any fiscal year, based on certain findings of special need. Redefines multifamily housing project eligible for the Mark-to-Market program to authorize eligibility treatment, upon owner request, for certain projects whose rents do not, on an average per unit or per room basis, exceed [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/27/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2279) Bill TextA bill to amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to allow for certain claims of nationals of the United States against Turkey, and for other purposes. 2/27/2007--Introduced. American-Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act - Amends the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to urge the President to authorize the Secretary of State to begin negotiations with Turkey to allow for certain claims by U.S. nationals respecting real property in the Turkish-held portions of Cyprus. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury a Claims Fund for the payment of unsatisfied claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey. Sets forth payment procedures. Grants U.S. district court jurisdiction for civil actions against any private person (any natural person or legal entity other than Turkey) by a U.S. national who owns property in the Turkish-held portion of Cyprus. Sets forth the conditions under which an action may be brought [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Home ownership, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing subsidies, Job training, Low-income housing, Performance measurement, Public contracts, Public housing, Welfare, Welfare work participation
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to authorize the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing agencies to improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance, and for other purposes. 3/7/2007--Introduced. Moving to Work Charter Program Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into charter contracts, beginning in FY2008, with up to 250 public housing agencies administering the public housing program or the section 8 housing assistance program under the United States Housing Act of 1937. States that such charter contracts shall: (1) supersede and have a term commensurate with any annual contributions contract between a public housing agency and the Secretary; and (2) provide that a participating public housing agency shall receive capital and operating assistance allocated to it under specified laws. Exempts charter contracts from the requirements of the United States Housing Act of 1937, except those for payment of wages prevailing [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007 E300-301) Bill TextTo establish the treatment of actual rental proceeds from leases of land acquired under an Act providing for loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Provides that any actual rental proceeds from the lease of land acquired with a Farmers Home Administration Direct Loan by an Indian tribe or tribal corporation certified by the Secretary of the Interior shall be deemed to: (1) constitute the rental value of that land; and (2) satisfy the requirement for appraisal of that land.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Advertising, Business, Business records, Communications, Consumer credit, Consumer education, Consumer protection, Consumers, Contracts, Criminal justice, Criminal liability, Damages, Deceptive advertising, District courts, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Federal preemption, Federal reserve system, Federal Trade Commission, Fees, Finance, Financial statements, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Garnishment, Government information, Government liability, Government paperwork, Independent regulatory commissions, Injunctions, Insurance premiums, Labeling, Labor, Law, Lease and rental services, Leases, Liability (Law), Liability insurance, Limitation of actions, Maintenance and repair, Negotiable instruments, Parties to actions, Prices, Property insurance, Restrictive trade practices, Small business, State and local government, State laws, Surety and fidelity, Taxation, Warranties
Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes. 3/28/2007--Introduced. Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prescribe consumer protection guidelines for rental-purchase transactions, including: (1) the determination of rental-purchase cost; (2) disclosure requirements; (3) prohibitions against confessions of judgment, wage assignments, and waiver of consumer claims or defenses; (4) furnishing of statements of account; (5) point-of-rental disclosures; and (6) rental-purchase advertising disclosures. Declares that an action for civil liability may be brought against a merchant's assignee only if the violation is apparent on the face of a rental-purchase agreement to which [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4309-4310) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes. 4/10/2007--Introduced. Housing America's Workforce Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for up to 50 percent of the qualified housing expenses paid for the benefit of their employees. Defines "qualified housing expenses" to include homeownership assistance and rental assistance. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of $10,000 or six percent of an employee's home purchase price, or up to $2,000 for rental assistance. Excludes from employee gross income the value of employer-paid housing assistance.Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants in FY2008-FY2010, on a competitive basis, to nonprofit housing organizations or local governments for certain costs, including operating costs and technical assistance costs, of employer-assisted [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - 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 individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. 6/17/2008--Introduced. Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase and extend through 2008 the alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amounts; (2) extend through 2008 the offset of certain nonrefundable personal tax credits against regular and AMT tax liabilities; (3) treat net income and loss from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income and loss; (4) deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (5) limit tax treaty benefits with respect to U.S. withholding of tax requirements imposed on certain tax deductible payments made directly to a foreign parent corporation; (6) require payment settlement entities to report certain identifying information to the Internal Revenue [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Department of the Interior, Energy, Energy development, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Gas in submerged lands, Gas industry, Law, Marine resources, Oil and gas leases, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Prospecting, Public contracts
Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Bill TextTo prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and for other purposes. 6/12/2008--Introduced. Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing any new lease for exploration or production of oil or natural gas unless the lessee: (1) certifies for each existing lease that the lessee has diligently developed the lands in order to produce oil or natural gas, or is producing oil or natural gas from such lands; or (2) has relinquished all federal oil and gas leases that are not being diligently developed. Instructs the Secretary to promulgate diligent development regulations that: (1) include benchmarks for oil and gas development to ensure that leaseholders produce oil and gas from each lease within the five-year original term of the lease; and (2) require [...] 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, 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, Valuation, 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: Disaster relief, Emergency management, Eviction, Finance, Foreclosure, Housing, Labor, Leases, Liens, Mortgages, Rental housing, Transportation, Travel costs, Unemployment
Latest Action: 12/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Bill TextTo amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize temporary mortgage and rental payments, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Mortgage and Rental Disaster Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide temporary assistance in the form of mortgage or rental payments to or on behalf of individuals and households who, as a result of financial hardship caused by a major disaster, have received written notice of dispossession or eviction from a residence because of a foreclosure of mortgage or lien, cancellation of sales contract, or lease termination, entered into before such disaster. Defines such a "financial hardship" to include: (1) the loss of employment or significant income because a job, a business, or a business interest was located in a disaster area; or (2) suffering financially because of travel restrictions or [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Block grants, Budgets, Community development, Finance, Foreclosure, Housing, Infrastructure, Low-income housing, Moderate income housing, Mortgages, Relocation, Social services, State and local government
Latest Action: 12/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to provide $1,000,000,000 in emergency Community Development Block Grant funding for necessary expenses related to the impact of foreclosures on communities. 12/12/2007--Introduced. Community Foreclosure Assistance Act of 2007 - Makes appropriations for additional emergency Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) assistance to states, metropolitan cities, and urban counties to carry out CDBG programs under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1974: (1) for necessary expenses related to the impact of housing foreclosures, and other related economic and community development activities; and (2) to provide foreclosure-based rental assistance for individual renters in the form of relocation assistance. Prohibits the direct or indirect provision of such funds, except for certified housing counseling services, to an individual homeowner for foreclosure prevention purposes, including refinancing assistance, loans, or any other form of financial assistance. [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Business, Computer software, Finance, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign corporations, Holding companies, Income tax, Insurance, International finance, Leases, Stockholders, Tax exemption, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Technology, Trade
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize the application of the subpart F rules to computer software, to expand the subpart F de minimis rule, and to extend certain expiring provisions. 11/16/2007--Introduced. Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to taxation of U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations to: (1) exclude from foreign personal holding company income rents and royalties attributable to computer software that is leased or licensed for use outside the United States and that was developed or marketed by a controlled foreign corporation or related person; (2) increase to $5 million (currently, $1 million) the de minimis dollar amount for determinations of foreign base company income; (3) permanently extend the look-thru rule for for the tax treatment of income received or accrued from a controlled foreign corporation; and (4) permanently extend the exemption from foreign personal holding company income for active financing [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Disaster relief, Emergency management, Eviction, Finance, Foreclosure, Housing, Labor, Leases, Liens, Mortgages, Rental housing, Transportation, Travel costs, Unemployment
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14628-14630) Bill TextA bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to authorize temporary mortgage and rental payments. 11/16/2007--Introduced. Mortgage and Rental Disaster Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide temporary assistance in the form of mortgage or rental payments to or on behalf of individuals and households who, as a result of financial hardship caused by a major disaster, have received written notice of dispossession or eviction from a residence because of a foreclosure of mortgage or lien, cancellation of sales contract, or lease termination, entered into before such disaster. Defines such a "financial hardship" to include: (1) the loss of employment or significant income because a job, a business, or a business interest was located in a disaster area; or (2) suffering financially because of travel restrictions or station or road [...] 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, 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, Valuation, 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, 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, Valuation, 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.
Also tagged in: Families, Family services, Homeless, Housing, Housing subsidies, Low-income housing, Nonprofit organizations, Social services, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Welfare
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to carry out a pilot program to prevent at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into homelessness, and for other purposes. 11/13/2007--Introduced. Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for certain very low-income veteran families. Allows such assistance to be in the form of: (1) a grant for costs of planning a supportive housing project; (2) a capital advance for such project; and (3) project rental assistance. Requires the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that any housing assistance provided to veterans or veteran families includes a range of services tailored to the needs of very [...] show full description
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