I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3313 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain 
trading transactions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2011 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. SARBANES, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. EDWARDS, 
and Mr. HINCHEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose 
a tax on certain trading transactions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wall Street Trading 
and Speculators Tax Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSACTION TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after sub-
chapter B the following new subchapter: 
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‘‘Subchapter C—Tax on Trading Transactions 
‘‘Sec. 4475. Tax on trading transactions. 
‘‘SEC. 4475. TAX ON TRADING TRANSACTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—There is hereby imposed 
a tax on each covered transaction with respect to any secu-
rity. 
‘‘(b) RATE OF TAX.—The tax imposed under sub-
section (a) with respect to any covered transaction shall 
be 0.03 percent of the specified base amount with respect 
to such covered transaction. 
‘‘(c) SPECIFIED BASE AMOUNT.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘specified base amount’ means— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
fair market value of the security (determined as of 
the time of the covered transaction), and 
‘‘(2) in the case of any payment described in 
subsection (h), the amount of such payment. 
‘‘(d) COVERED TRANSACTION.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘covered transaction’ means— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
purchase if— 
‘‘(A) such purchase occurs or is cleared on 
a facility located in the United States, or 
‘‘(B) the purchaser or seller is a United 
States person, and 
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‘‘(2) any transaction with respect to a security 
described in subparagraph (D), (E), or (F) of sub-
section (e)(1), if— 
‘‘(A) such security is traded or cleared on 
a facility located in the United States, or 
‘‘(B) any party with rights under such se-
curity is a United States person. 
‘‘(e) SECURITY AND OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
term 
‘security’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) any share of stock in a corporation, 
‘‘(B) any partnership or beneficial owner-
ship interest in a partnership or trust, 
‘‘(C) any note, bond, debenture, or other 
evidence of indebtedness, 
‘‘(D) any evidence of an interest in, or a 
derivative financial instrument with respect to, 
any security or securities described in subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C), 
‘‘(E) any derivative financial instrument 
with respect to any currency or commodity, and 
‘‘(F) any other derivative financial instru-
ment any payment with respect to which is cal-
culated by reference to any specified index. 
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