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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Returns by Exempt Organizations and Returns by Certain Non-Exempt Organizations".

Bill: 115-hjres-145
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies a Department of the Treasury rule (Rev. Proc. 2018-38) that modifies the requirements for information returns filed by certain tax-exempt organizations. 
 
The Treasury rule exempts certain tax-exempt organizations that are not 501(c)(3) organizations from the requirement to report the names and addresses of their contributors on returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The organizations must continue to collect and keep the information to make it available to the IRS upon request. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect.

Bill: 115-hjres-146
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period a government shutdown is in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Raise the Wage Act

Bill: 115-hr-15
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Raise the Wage Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage for regular employees over a 7-year period, for tipped employees, and for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old. 
 
The bill sets forth a schedule of annual increases in the federal minimum wage for individuals with disabilities. The Department of Labor shall no longer issue special certificates for the payment of subminimum wages to such individuals after the final wage increase under this bill for such individuals takes effect. 
 
Labor shall provide, upon request, technical assistance and information to employers to: (1) help them transition their practices to comply with wage increases and other requirements under this bill for individuals with disabilities, and (2) ensure continuing employment opportunities for such individuals.
 
The bill eliminates the separate minimum wage requirements for tipped, newly hired, and disabled employees. After a specified period, these employees shall be paid the same minimum wage as regular employees.
 
Labor must publish any increase in the minimum wage in the Federal Register and on its website 60 days before it takes effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-24
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Federal Reserve System
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks.
 
In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks with respect to: (1) international financial transactions; (2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters; (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) discussions or communications among Federal Reserve officers, board members, and employees regarding any of these matters. 

action_date: 2017-09-21
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 

 
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks.
 
In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks with respect to: (1) international financial transactions; (2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters; (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) discussions or communications among Federal Reserve officers, board members, and employees regarding any of these matters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 228.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-318.
action_date: 2017-09-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-318.
action_date: 2017-03-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-03-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
FairTax Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-25
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
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: 2017-01-03
text: 

FairTax Act of 
 
2017

 
This bill is a tax reform proposal that imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services in lieu of the current income and corporate income tax, employment and self-employment taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The rate of the sales tax will be 23% in 2019, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. There are exemptions from the tax for used and intangible property, for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government functions. 
 
Under the bill, family members who are lawful U.S. residents receive a monthly sales tax rebate (Family Consumption Allowance) based upon criteria related to family size and poverty guidelines.
 
The states have the responsibility for administering, collecting, and remitting the sales tax to the Treasury.
 
Tax revenues are to be allocated 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. 
 
No funding is authorized for the operations of the Internal Revenue Service after FY2021. 
 
Finally, the bill terminates the national sales tax if the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution (authorizing an income tax) is not repealed within seven years after the enactment of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-27
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to retain a copy of any reprimand or admonishment received by a VA employee in the employee's permanent record.

action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to retain a copy of any reprimand or admonishment received by a VA employee in the employee's permanent record.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H30)
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H30)
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 27.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H29-31)
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Tax Code Termination Act

Bill: 115-hr-29
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Tax Code Termination Act

 
This bill terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2021, except for self-employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes, and railroad retirement taxes. A two-thirds majority vote in Congress is required to change such termination date.
 
The bill declares that any new federal tax system should be a simple and fair system that: (1) applies a low rate to all Americans, (2) provides tax relief for working Americans, (3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax collection abuses, (4) eliminates the bias against savings and investment, (5) promotes economic growth and job creation, and (6) does not penalize marriage or families.
 
 The new federal tax system must be approved by Congress in its final form by July 4, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Farmers Against Crippling Taxes Act

Bill: 115-hr-30
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Farmers Against Crippling Taxes Act

 
This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Sunset Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-31
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Federal Sunset Act of 2017

 
 This bill establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each federal executive agency, including advisory committees; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. The bill requires the abolishment of any agency within one year of the Commission's review unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. The deadline for abolishing an agency may be extended for an additional two years by legislation enacted by a super majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
 
 The Commission shall terminate on December 31, 2037.
 
The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Congressional Research Service, shall prepare an inventory of federal programs within each agency, including the budget authority for each such program, to assist Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
ROSIE Act

Bill: 115-hr-32
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marriage and family status
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Sales and excise taxes
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Realizing Opportunity for Spouses in Employment Act or the ROSIE Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces from being counted as employees to determine if an employer is an applicable large employer, with respect to health coverage requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Safe Students Act

Bill: 115-hr-34
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Safe Students Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to repeal provisions that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Health Savings Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-35
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Health Savings Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: (1) allow an additional tax deduction for amounts paid to the HSA of a taxpayer's child or grandchild; (2) allow a rollover of HSA funds to the child, parent, or grandparent of an account holder; (3) increase the maximum HSA contribution limit to match the amount of the deductible and out-of-pocket expenses under a high deductible health plan; and (4) expand the definition of an HSA compatible plan to include bronze, silver, and catastrophic plans on an insurance exchange.
 
The bill also amends the federal bankruptcy code to treat HSAs in the same manner as individual retirement accounts for purposes of determining exemptions from the bankruptcy estate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-37
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health personnel
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to: (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. The term &quot;born alive&quot; means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut.
 
Also, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements must immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency. 
 
An individual who violates the provisions of this bill is subject to a criminal fine, up to five years in prison, or both. 
 
An individual who commits an overt act that kills a child born alive is subject to criminal prosecution for murder.
 
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate these provisions, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of felony. 
 
A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

Bill: 115-hr-40
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
U.S. history
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: 

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
 
 
This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Jackson Lee asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 40, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Introduced in House