Expressing the sense of the House that a Contract with America should restore American competitiveness.

Bill: 114-hres-22
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax rates
Infrastructure development
Medicaid
Medicare
Oil and gas
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax reform and tax simplification
Taxation of foreign income
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a Contract with America should include a roadmap to restore American competitiveness by:
 
 
 simplifying the corporate tax structure with lower statutory rates and no loopholes;
 
 taxing overseas profits earned by American multinational companies only where they are earned;
 
 easing the immigration of highly skilled individuals;
 
 responsibly developing America's shale-gas and oil reserves;
 
 aggressively addressing distortions and abuses in the international trading system;
 
improving American logistics, communications, and energy infrastructure;
 
 simplifying and streamlining federal regulation; and
 
 creating a sustainable federal budget, including entitlement reform. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-07
text: Introduced in House