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Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hres-844
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2013-01-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: 
 Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003 and to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 408 - 10 (Roll no. 658). (text: CR H7531)
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 408 - 10 (Roll no. 658).(text: CR H7531)
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H7535)
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 844.
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H7531-7536)
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 176.
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: The resolution makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 8. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the motion and the Senate amendments and provides that they shall be considered as read.
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-741, by Mr. Dreier.
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-741, by Mr. Dreier.
action_date: 2013-01-01
text: Introduced in House
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing Committee on Repeals.

Bill: 112-hres-845
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-02
text: 
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing Committee on Repeals for the repeal of obsolete laws.
 
A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who serves as a member of that committee may not serve simultaneously as a member of any other standing committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2013-01-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-02
text: Introduced in House
American Competitiveness Act

Bill: 112-s-1
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Buy American requirements
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Dams and canals
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Product development and innovation
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: 
 
 
eliminate tax loopholes that encourage companies to ship American jobs overseas; 
 
expand markets for United States exports; 
 
promote the development of new, innovative products bearing the inscription &quot;Made in America&quot;;
 
 modernize and improve U.S. highways, bridges, and transit systems;
 
 modernize and upgrade U.S. rail, levees, dams, and ports;
 
 place computers in classrooms; 
 
ensure that U.S. small businesses and households have access to high-speed broadband;
 
 invest in critical new infrastructure; and
 
 streamline U.S. regulatory policies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S128)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Middle Class Success Act

Bill: 112-s-2
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Child care and development
Crime prevention
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax rates
Infrastructure development
Labor-management relations
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Middle Class Success Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) support middle class tax relief; (2) help families afford the cost of college and improve opportunities for a secure retirement; (3) invest in infrastructure and other measures to create good, well-paying jobs; (4) help ensure that families have access to affordable child and elder care; (5) preserve and improve affordable health care; (6) ensure that all workers earn enough to meet basic living standards and do not live in poverty; (7) ensure that tax dollars do not support companies that break the law or mistreat their workers; (8) keep Social Security's promise and block proposals to privatize the program; (9) ensure that families have access to a healthy and clean environment, including access to safe drinking water; (10) ensure that workers can secure representation without employer obstruction; (11) ensure that our streets and communities are safe; and (12) address the serious housing problems facing many American families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S128)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fiscal Responsibility and Spending Control Act

Bill: 112-s-3
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax rates
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax reform and tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Fiscal Responsibility and Spending Control Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) address the rising national debt and long-term fiscal challenges through a bipartisan agreement that significantly corrects our nation's long-term fiscal imbalances, closes the gap between projected revenues and expenditures, ensures U.S. economic security, and enhances future prosperity and growth; (2) reduce the deficit and stabilize the national debt without damaging the economic recovery; (3) consider deficit reduction proposals by leading budget experts and establish a plan that can attract broad bipartisan support; (4) ensure that any plan to address long-term fiscal problems is balanced and provides fundamental reform of the federal tax code along with prudent controls on spending; (5) eliminate tax expenditures that only serve special interests and take aggressive measures to close the tax gap and stop cheating; (6) ensure that the tax code fairly distributes the tax burden and helps American businesses compete in the global marketplace; (7) extend the solvency of Social Security and ensure that no savings are used to meet deficit reduction goals in the remainder of the budget; (8) achieve savings through the elimination or consolidation of duplicative programs and activities while modernizing government procurement practices to reduce waste and leverage better value; and (9) reject efforts to exempt tax breaks for millionaires and special interests from strong pay-as-you-go budgetary rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S128)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Make America the World's Leader in Clean Energy Act

Bill: 112-s-4
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Infrastructure development
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Make America the World's Leader in Clean Energy Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should:
 
 
promote investment in clean energy jobs and industries;
 
free the United States from dependence on oil, especially foreign oil;
 
reduce costs and pollution by promoting energy efficiency;
 
promote clean energy by retooling the infrastructure and workforce of the United States;
 
ensure the government is a leader in reducing pollution, promoting the use of clean energy sources, and implementing energy efficient practices;
 
reduce harmful energy-related air, land, and water pollution; 
 
eliminate wasteful tax subsidies that promote pollution.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S128)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Reform America's Schools to Educate the Leaders of the Future Act

Bill: 112-s-5
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Reform America's Schools to Educate the Leaders of the Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) ensure that all students have equitable access to a high-quality, well-rounded education that prepares them for success; (2) fix No Child Left Behind's accountability system while continuing to focus on the success of all students; (3) provide states and school districts with the resources to turn around failing schools; (4) work with teachers to establish teacher quality assessments and supports; and (5) promote programs that encourage parental and community involvement, and youth development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Reform America's Broken Immigration System Act

Bill: 112-s-6
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Reform America's Broken Immigration System Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should:
 
 
 strengthen our commitments to border security;
 
 pass legislation, such as the DREAM Act, supporting national and economic security;
 
implement a rational legal immigration system to ensure that the best and brightest can come to the United States and create jobs;
 
require all U.S. workers to have tamper-proof identification to further prevent and penalize illegal hiring;
 
hold accountable people here illegally by requiring them to either earn legal status or be immediately deported; and 
 
adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure that families are able to be together.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform Act

Bill: 112-s-7
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) simplify and shrink the tax code to reduce burdens on taxpayers and businesses, (2) eliminate wasteful tax breaks for special interests and remove corporate tax loopholes, (3) get rid of extra tax breaks for millionaires, and (4) crack down on cheaters and close the tax gap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Tough and Smart National Security Act

Bill: 112-s-8
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Computer security and identity theft
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign aid and international relief
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iran
Iraq
Latin America
Mexico
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Right of privacy
Terrorism
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Violent crime
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Tough and Smart National Security Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: 
 
 
ensure that members of the Armed Forces, particularly those serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, and veterans get needed support;
 
work with the President to attack al Qaeda and other terrorist groups with a comprehensive strategy;
 
confront the nuclear threat from Iran and North Korea;
 
enhance U.S. tools for pursuing key national security interests; and 
 
 reform cybersecurity policy to prevent cyber attacks, protect privacy and civil liberties, and avert and respond to catastrophic cyber incidents.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Political Reform and Gridlock Elimination Act

Bill: 112-s-9
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Political Reform and Gridlock Elimination Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) pass the DISCLOSE Act to prevent a corporate takeover of our elections and ensure that our democracy is open, transparent, and controlled by the people; and (2) reform Senate rules and procedures to reduce excessive obstruction and delay, while protecting the legitimate rights of individual Senators and the minority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Economic Success Act

Bill: 112-s-10
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Family Economic Success Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) guarantee pay equity for women; (2) reward companies that promote flexible work environments for working parents with children and for workers who are caregivers; (3) guarantee paid family and medical leave and paid sick days; and (4) improve the quality and affordability of child care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129-130)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-11
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2011 - Renders inapplicable the general terminating date (i.e., December 31, 2012) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to provisions of that Act that eliminate the tax effect known as the marriage penalty in the standard tax deduction, the 15% income tax bracket, and the earned income tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S130)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S130)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Job Creation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-12
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Employment taxes
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Research and development
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Job Creation Act of 2011 - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to reduce the employment tax rate to 4.2% for employers and to 8.4% for self employed individuals
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requiring individuals to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage, (2) make permanent the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business and investment property, including computer software, and (3) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research expenditures.
 
Repeals the provision of PPACA that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or more.
 
Rescinds $39 billion of appropriated but unobligated discretionary funds. Exempts unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and identify from which appropriation accounts such rescissions shall apply and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress on such rescissions.
 
Suspends the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate or enforce any regulation for a period of one year, unless a regulation is necessary for immediate health or safety reasons.
 
Sets conditions, including a revised statute of limitations, for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims regarding health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce.
 
Allows a court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees in health care lawsuits. Limits such fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded.
 
Authorizes the award of punitive damages in health care lawsuits only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer, and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. 
 
Provides for periodic payments of future damages exceeding $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Tax Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-13
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Games and hobbies
General taxation matters
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Taxation of foreign income
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Fair Tax Act of 2011 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2011.
 
 
 
 
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 2013, 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) the collection and remittance of the sales tax, and (2) credits and refunds. Allows a monthly sales tax rebate for families meeting certain size and income requirements. 
Grants states the primary authority for the collection of sales tax revenues and the remittance of such revenues to the Treasury. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to: (1) the filing of monthly reports and payments of tax, (2) accounting methods, (3) registration of sellers of goods and services responsible for reporting sales, (4) penalties for noncompliance, and (5) collections, appeals, and taxpayer rights. 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate sales tax revenues among: (1) the general revenue, (2) the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund, (3) the disability insurance trust fund, (4) the hospital insurance trust fund, and (5) the federal supplementary medical insurance trust fund. 
 Prohibits the funding of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after FY2015. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury: (1) an Excise Tax Bureau to administer excise taxes not administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and (2) a Sales Tax Bureau to administer the national sales tax. 
Terminates the sales tax imposed by this Act if the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (authorizing an income tax) is not repealed within seven years after the enactment of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate