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Bring Small Businesses Back Tax Reform Act

Bill: 114-hr-5374
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2016-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: 

Bring Small Businesses Back Tax Reform Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish new maximum individual tax rates for qualified business income that does not exceed $1 million (i.e., small business income). The maximum rates are: (1) 10% of such income not exceeding $150,000, and (2) 20% for income that exceeds $150,000 and is not more than $1 million. 
 
The rates apply to up to $1 million of qualified business income that is: (1) gross earnings derived by an individual from any active trade or business carried on by the individual, excluding deductions attributable to the trade or business; and (2) the taxpayer's distributive or pro rata share of pass-through income from entities such as a partnership or S corporation. Qualified business income does not include capital gains, interest, dividends, or royalties. 
 
For taxpayers that are not a corporation or a partnership with a corporation as a partner, the bill repeals the annual limitation on the election to deduct certain depreciable business assets. 
 
The bill also permits certain small businesses whose average gross receipts do not exceed $25 million (currently, $5 million) to use the cash accounting method without limitations and exempts such businesses from inventory rules. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Medicaid for Americans Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5375
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2016-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: 

Preserving Access to Medicaid for Americans Act of 2016

 
This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to eliminate: (1) certain Medicaid payment reductions with respect to states that did not implement Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and (2) specified maintenance of effort requirements with respect to CHIP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide Federal funds for the Chicago State University.

Bill: 114-hr-5376
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2016-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Illinois

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: 
This bill authorizes and appropriates additional funds for the Chicago State University, in Chicago, Illinois, to improve its academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability. Specifically, it authorizes and appropriates $10 million for FY2016 and $20 million for FY2017 and each subsequent fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to include guidance documents in the congressional review process of agency rulemaking.

Bill: 114-hr-5377
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: 
This bill requires guidance documents of federal agencies to be considered rules that are subject to the congressional review process, which Congress can use to overturn certain agency actions through a joint resolution of disapproval. &quot;Guidance document&quot; is defined as a statement of general applicability and future effect, other than a regulatory action, issued by a federal agency that sets forth: (1) a policy on a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue; or (2) an interpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue.
 
Significant guidance documents are subject to review as major rules, which delays their effective date and requires the Government Accountability Office to review the agency's compliance with the regulatory process. A &quot;significant guidance document&quot; is a guidance document disseminated to regulated entities or the general public that may reasonably be anticipated to: (1) lead to an annual effect of at least $100 million or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, employment, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency, or otherwise interfere, with an action taken or planned by another federal agency; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of any entitlement, grant, user fees, or loan programs or the rights or obligations of recipients; or (4) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates.
 
 A guidance document is not considered to be significant if it: (1) concerns regulations issued in accordance with administrative procedures for rules required by statute to be made on record after opportunity for an agency hearing; (2) pertains to a U.S. military or foreign affairs function other than procurement regulations and regulations involving the import or export of non-defense articles and services; (3) concerns regulations that are limited to the organization, management, or personnel matters of a federal agency; or (4) belongs to a category of guidance documents exempted by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the National Science Foundation from conducting a study of the history of standards and standardization in the United States.

Bill: 114-hr-5378
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
General science and technology matters
Government studies and investigations
National Science Foundation
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: 
This bill prohibits the National Science Foundation from using or furnishing to others funds to study the history of standards and standardization in the United States, including standards related to uniform systems of weights, measures, timekeeping, electrical units, and product specifications governing everything from screw threads to paper sizes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-27
text: Introduced in House
REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5380
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: 

Revamping the Education of our Veterans to Align Manufacturing through Partnerships with Community Colleges Act of 2016 or REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2016 

 
 This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) analyze the demand for additional trained employees in their locality and the skills possessed by veterans who receive federal educational assistance and seek local employment; (2) carry out an existing, or implement a new, certificate or degree program that provides those veterans with training that addresses local demand for trained employees; and (3) facilitate the establishment of an advisory board to provide guidance to the training program and assist trained veterans in their pursuit of local employment.
 
 The advisory board shall be composed of local business representatives and an employee from the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
College Preparation Tax Credit Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5381
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: 

College Preparation Tax Credit Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified college preparation expenses. An individual may use the credit for up to three years for qualified college preparation expenses that include: 
 
 
 the fees required for taking any Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exam, the SAT, the ACT, or any SAT subject test; 
 
 expenses related to preparation for the exams; 
 
 fees and expenses related to applications for admission to pursue a postsecondary course of study at an institution of higher education; and
 
similar expenses and fees prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service in regulations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Employment Benefits Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5382
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: 

Student Loan Employment Benefits Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee up to $5000 per year of the amounts paid by an employer under a student loan payment assistance program. 
 
The student loan payment assistance program must be a separate written plan of an employer to provide employees with student loan payment assistance which meets specified requirements. 
 
The bill defines &quot;student loan payment assistance&quot; as the payment of principal or interest on any indebtedness incurred by an employee solely to pay qualified higher education expenses which are paid or incurred within a reasonable time before or after such indebtedness was incurred and are attributable to education furnished during a period in which such employee was a student eligible for federal financial assistance. &quot;Student loan payment assistance&quot; also includes the payment of principal or interest on debt used to refinance the debt described above. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5383
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: 

Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that:
 
 
allows an increased income tax credit for the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load,
 
increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, 
 
 allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $25,000 for all taxable years, 
 
prohibits taxpayers who have fraudulently or recklessly claimed the credit from receiving the credit during a specified disallowance period, and
 
makes 50% of the credit refundable. 
 
 
The bill also allows an exclusion from gross income of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Tax Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-5386
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2016-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: 

Presidential Tax Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require any candidate of a major party for the office of President to file with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) a copy of the candidate's income tax returns for the three most recent taxable years for which such a return has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service as of the date of the nomination.
 
In any case in which such a candidate has not filed with the FEC such income tax returns within 30 days after the nomination date, the FEC shall request the Department of the Treasury to furnish the returns.
 
A tax return furnished to the FEC by a candidate or by Treasury shall be treated in the same manner as a report filed by the candidate and, except for the appropriate redaction of certain information, shall be made publicly available at the same time and in the same manner as other reports and statements.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the FEC to disclose to the public the applicable tax returns of any person who has been nominated as a candidate of a major party. Treasury shall furnish the FEC with copies of any requested returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act

Bill: 114-hr-5395
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2016-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical education
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: 

Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act or the ECHO Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, to study technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models and the ability of those models to improve patient care and provider education. (Such models connect specialists to primary care providers through videoconferencing to facilitate case-based learning, dissemination of best practices, and evaluation of outcomes.)
 The Government Accountability Office must report on such models and HHS support for such models.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5396
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2016-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: 

Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care. With respect to such care, the bill establishes special payment rules, limitations, and coinsurance requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2016-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E843-844)
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act

Bill: 114-hr-5397
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2016-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: 

Daniel J. Evans Olympic National Park Wilderness Act

 
This bill amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to redesignate the Olympic Wilderness as the &quot;Daniel J. Evans Wilderness.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.

Bill: 114-hr-5400
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2016-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax deductions
Lease and rental services
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico. (Under current law, the deduction expires on January 1, 2017.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act

Bill: 114-hr-5402
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2016-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: 

Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, after consulting with the U.S. Forest Service, to modify the boundary of the Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2911) in southeast Alaska and to convey any additional land necessary for the project to the state of Alaska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Ariel Grace's Law

Bill: 114-hr-5403
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2016-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Health technology, devices, supplies
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: 

Ariel Grace's Law

 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to declare that an action for damages or a person's liability under state law is not affected by the federal prohibition on state or local requirements regarding medical devices. This bill is retroactively effective and applies to pending civil actions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Medical Device Guardians Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5404
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2016-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: 

Medical Device Guardians Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by requiring physicians to report to the Food and Drug Administration about significant adverse experiences caused by medical devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-06-08
text: Introduced in House