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Paying a Fair Share Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1173
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Paying a Fair Share Act of 2023

 
 This bill requires an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million (high-income taxpayer) to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (tentative fair share tax). The amount of the tax is the excess (if any) of the tentative fair share tax over the excess of (1) the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax liability, the alternative minimum tax (AMT) amount, and the payroll tax for the taxable year; over (2) certain tax credits. 
 
The bill provides for a phase-in of such tax and requires an inflation adjustment to the $1 million income threshold for taxable years beginning after 2023.
 
The bill also expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact tax reform that repeals unfair and unnecessary tax loopholes and expenditures, simplifies the tax system, and makes sure that the wealthiest taxpayers pay a fair share of taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act

Bill: 118-s-1174
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 
 
Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act 

 
This bill increases funding for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds by extending the payroll tax on wages, self-employment income, and investment income to taxpayers with earnings exceeding $400,000. 
 
The bill also applies a payroll tax on the pass-through business income of taxpayers earning more than $400,000 (thus eliminating the classification of earned income as distributed business profits).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Online Fentanyl Trafficking Act

Bill: 118-s-1175
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Combating Online Fentanyl Trafficking Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to provide incentive pay to an appointee to a position that requires significant cyber skills (i.e., expertise in computers, computer networks, information technology, or the internet) to aid in the detection, prevention, or prosecution of fentanyl trafficking. The incentive pay may be up to 25% of the individual's basic pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

Bill: 118-s-1176
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Business records
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in health care, social service, and other sectors.
 
Specifically, Labor must issue an interim occupational safety and health standard that requires certain employers to take actions to protect workers and other personnel from workplace violence. The standard applies to employers in the health care sector, in the social service sector, and in sectors that conduct activities similar to those in the health care and social service sectors.
 
In addition, Labor must promulgate a final standard within a specified time line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1177
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Department of the Treasury
Economic performance and conditions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Legal fees and court costs
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies various tax enforcement procedures and requirements that affect small businesses and other taxpayers. 
 
The bill modifies requirements regarding
 
 
 awarding costs and fees to small businesses for administrative and court proceedings, 
 
 the amounts of damages and penalties that are allowed for violating various tax laws, 
 
 dispute resolution and appeal procedures, 
 
 enforcing liens against principal residences, 
 
 terminating Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees for misconduct, 
 
 reviews by the Department of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and 
 
 the release of an IRS levy due to economic hardship for business taxpayers. 
 
 
The bill also
 
 
 allows a tax deduction for a portion of a taxpayer's expenses for certain audits,
 
 prohibits ex parte communications between officers in the IRS Independent Office of Appeals and other IRS employees with respect to matters pending before the officers,
 
 establishes a 10-year term for the National Taxpayer Advocate, and 
 
 repeals the requirement to submit a partial payment with an offer-in-compromise to settle a tax liability.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
For the 99.5 Percent Act

Bill: 118-s-1178
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

For the 99.5 Percent Act

 
This bill imposes increased tax rates on decedent estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.
 
 Estates with a value of over $1 billion are taxed at a 65% tax rate. The basic exclusion amount is reduced to $3.5 million. 
 
The bill increases (1) to $3 million the reduction in valuations of farmland for estate tax purposes and adjusts such increased amount for inflation, and (2) to $2 million the maximum estate tax exclusion for contributions of conservation easements. It also increases to 60% the applicable percentage for such exclusion. 
 
The bill requires (1) consistent basis reporting for property acquired by gift and transfers in trust, and (2) executors of estates and donors of gifts required to file a gift tax return to disclose to the Department of the Treasury, and to recipients of any interest in an estate or a gift, information identifying the value of each interest received.
 
The bill sets forth estate valuation rules for certain transfers of nonbusiness assets and limits estate tax discounts for certain individuals with minority interests in a business acquired from a decedent.
 
The bill expands rules for valuing assets in grantor retained annuity trusts to require that (1) the right to receive fixed amounts from an annuity last for a term of not less than 10 years and not more than the life expectancy of the annuitant plus 10 years, and that such fixed amounts not decrease during the first 10 years of the annuity term, and (2) the remainder interest have a value when transferred that is not less than the the greater of 25% of the fair market value of the trust property or $500,000. The bill also sets forth rules for the application of transfer taxes to a grantor trust (a trust in which the grantor retains control over the trust assets and has the right to receive income from the trust). 
 
 The bill eliminates the generation-skipping transfer tax exemption for transfers to certain persons.
 
The bill modifies the tax exclusion for annual gifts to eliminate the present interest requirement for such exclusion and to impose a new, aggregate per donor limit equal to twice the annual exclusion amount in effect for the taxable year. It also provides for a
 gross up
 of taxable gifts in specified calendar years.
 
The bill defines
 executor
 for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1179
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill allows a beneficiary (or an heir of a beneficiary) of certain insurance policies in effect during the Holocaust to sue in U.S. district court to enforce rights under such policies. 
 
An insurance policy covered under this bill must have been (1) in effect at any time between January 31, 1933, and December 31, 1945, and (2) issued to a policyholder domiciled in Nazi-controlled territory or Switzerland. 
 
A court shall award to a prevailing beneficiary (1) the amount due under a policy, (2) prejudgment interest of 6% a year, (3) attorney's fees and costs, and (4) treble damages if the insurer acted in bad faith. 
 
An action under this bill or state law related to a covered insurance policy shall be considered timely if filed within 10 years of this bill's enactment.
 
Judgments and agreements entered before this bill's enactment shall not preclude a claim brought under the bill, with certain exceptions. Neither executive agreements between the United States and a foreign government nor U.S. executive foreign policies shall (1) affect or preclude claims brought under this bill, or (2) supersede or preempt any state laws relating to insurance policies covered by this bill. 
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act

Bill: 118-s-1180
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide financial assistance to a local government or electric cooperative as reimbursement for qualifying interest on disaster-related loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Bank Management Accountability Act

Bill: 118-s-1181
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Financial crises and stabilization
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Bank Management Accountability Act

 
This bill expands the ability of financial regulators to recover compensation from senior executives or directors at failed banks and financial institutions and to impose bans on their future participation at any financial company.
 
The bill authorizes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to recover compensation paid to certain current or former senior executives or directors of an insured depository institution for which FDIC is a receiver or conservator. 
 
If a current or former senior executive or director is substantially responsible for the failed condition of the insured depository institution, FDIC may recover any compensation received during the 2-year period prior to FDIC appointment as receiver or conservator of the insured depository institution, except for cases of fraud, where no time limit shall apply. 
 
The bill also (1) prohibits liability insurance policies from covering such compensation, and (2) authorizes FDIC to prohibit any further participation by those individuals in the affairs of any financial company for not less than 2 years.
 
Finally, the bill expands the authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the FDIC to ban senior executives at systemically important financial institutions in receivership from participating for 2 years in the affairs of any financial company. Specifically, the bill removes the requirement that, to be subject to such a ban, the violation must involve personal dishonesty or demonstrate willful or continuing disregard for the company's safety and soundness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-04
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1212-1213)
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
340B Reporting and Accountability Act

Bill: 118-s-1182
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

340B Reporting and Accountability Act

 
This bill requires providers participating in the 340B drug discount program to ensure patients receive covered outpatient drugs at a price that does not exceed the amount the provider paid, minus any additional discounts or rebates the provider receives.
 
Further, participating providers must report annually information about amounts paid and received for covered outpatient drugs and how any excess revenue was spent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

Bill: 118-s-1183
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

 
This bill expressly prohibits health care providers and other entities involved in matching donated organs with recipients from denying or restricting an individual's access to organ transplants solely on the basis of the individual's disability, except in limited circumstances.
 
Specifically, these entities may consider an individual's disability when making decisions about transplants only if a physician finds, based on an individualized evaluation, that the individual's physical or mental disability is medically significant to the provision of the transplant. A disability shall not be considered medically significant if the individual has an adequate support system in place to comply with transplant-related medical requirements.
 
These entities must also make reasonable changes to their policies to make transplants and related care more available to individuals with disabilities.
 
Aggrieved individuals may bring claims of discrimination to the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services or before a federal court. The bill provides for expedited resolutions of these claims.
 
In addition, entities that receive federal contracts to manage all or part of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network may not issue policies that prohibit or hinder access to an organ transplant based solely on the individual's disability. This network is a public-private partnership linking professionals involved in the U.S. organ donation and transplantation system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Sister City Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-1184
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Sister City Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of sister city partnerships between U.S. communities and foreign communities in those countries that score below a certain level on a public sector corruption perception index. 
 
Elements of the study include assessing the extent to which such partnerships (1) create vulnerabilities to malign market practices, (2) diminish freedom of expression, and (3) allow foreign communities to realize strategic objectives that hinder U.S. economic and national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1185
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Metals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023

 
This bill bars the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water that is under the jurisdiction of such departments and made available for hunting or fishing. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the applicable department determines that a decline in wildlife population at the specific unit of federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on the field data from such unit, and the state approves the regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1186
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless Congress expressly authorizes such a strike pursuant to a declaration of war. A first-use nuclear strike is an attack using nuclear weapons against an enemy that did not first launch a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness to Freedom Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1187
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Fairness to Freedom Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a right to legal representation in certain immigration proceedings (e.g., removal and immigration bond hearings) at the government's expense for individuals who cannot afford representation. The bill also establishes various entities to facilitate such legal representation.
 
Currently, individuals in these immigration proceedings may be represented by counsel but not at government expense.
 
The bill addresses various issues related to such legal representation, including (1) the scope of the representation, (2) criteria for determining whether the individual is financially unable to afford representation, and (3) requirements relating to allowing the individual to meet with their lawyer and receiving relevant documents. Immigration proceedings may not commence until counsel has been appointed.
 
The bill also establishes the Office of Immigration Representation to ensure that qualified individuals who cannot afford legal representation receive the representation as required by this bill. The office's duties shall include establishing (1) administrative regions throughout the United States, and (2) a local immigration representation board for each region. 
 
The local boards must, subject to the office's approval, develop and implement plans for providing legal representation under this bill. To provide such legal representation, the local boards may (1) establish one or more immigrant public defender organizations, (2) contract with existing community defender organizations, and (3) establish a panel attorney system. 
 
The bill establishes minimum funding requirements for the office.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in Senate