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To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide for a definition of the term "State" and to include territories therein, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1032
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 
This bill provides that, in determining the meaning of any federal statute or any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the term 
state
 shall include any U.S. territory, unless the statute, rule, regulation, or interpretation explicitly excludes the territories from the definition of the term or otherwise precludes their inclusion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1033
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2023 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a visa waiver program for nationals of certain countries to enter the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
 
Specifically, the bill expands an existing program that authorizes visa waivers for nationals of certain countries to enter Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands to also authorize waivers for entry to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under this program, DHS may provide a waiver admitting a nonimmigrant visitor for up to 45 days if the waiver does not represent a threat to the welfare, safety, or security of the United States or its territories or commonwealths. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1034
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Territorial Tax Equity and Economic Growth Act
 
of 2023

 
 This bill modifies the residence and income source rules that apply with respect to the taxation of income from U.S. possessions (i.e., Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands).
 
The bill specifies that a bona fide resident of a possession must have a substantial presence in the possession for at least 122 days during the year. Under current law, the person must be present for at least 183 days during the year.
 
Under current law, income is not possession source income if it is treated as (1) income from sources within the United States, or (2) as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. The bill amends this rule to
 
 
specify that it applies only to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States, 
 
specify principles that must be used to determine whether income from sources without a possession is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the possession, and
 
prohibit income from activities within the United States which are of a preparatory or auxiliary character from being treated as income from sources within the United States or as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. 
 
 
The bill also modifies the income source rules that apply to certain personal property sales in the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to cover into the treasury of the Virgin Islands revenue from tax on fuel produced in the Virgin Islands and entered into the United States.

Bill: 118-hr-1035
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 
This bill provides for the payment into the treasury of the U.S. Virgin Islands revenue from excise taxes on fuel produced in the Virgin Islands and entered into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1036
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the income source rules involving U.S. possessions, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 
 
Under current law, income is not considered to be possession source income if it is treated as income (1) from sources within the United States, or (2) effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. The bill amends this rule to specify that it applies to the extent that the income is attributable to an office or fixed place of business within the United States. 
 
The bill also modifies the income source rules that apply to certain personal property sales in the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Parity and Clarification Act

Bill: 118-hr-1037
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Territorial Tax Parity and Clarification Act
 
 
 This bill modifies the income source rules that apply with respect to the taxation of capital gains from certain personal property sales in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).
 
Specifically, the bill requires capital gains income earned by a USVI resident to be considered USVI source income regardless of the tax rate imposed by the USVI government. (Under current law, a similar rule applies to other U.S. territories, including Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to include Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State for the purposes of the trade adjustment assistance for workers program.

Bill: 118-hr-1038
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Trade adjustment assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 
This bill extends eligibility for the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) program to workers in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The TAA program provides federal assistance to workers who involuntarily lose their jobs due to foreign competition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Tax Parity and Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-1039
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 
 
Territorial Tax Parity and Fairness Act 

 
This bill sets forth a tax rule with respect to certain bona fide residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands who are shareholders of corporations organized under the laws of the Virgin Islands. It provides that such residents shall not be treated as U.S. persons for purposes of determining inclusions in gross income with respect to such corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Flat Tax Act

Bill: 118-hr-1040
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Tax reform and tax simplification
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Flat Tax Act 

 
This bill authorizes an individual or a person engaged in business activity to make an irrevocable election to be subject to a flat tax (in lieu of the existing income tax provisions) of 19% for the first two years after an election is made, and 17% thereafter. 
 
The bill calculates taxable income for individual taxpayers by subtracting a basic standard deduction and an additional standard deduction for each dependent from the total of wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation. 
Business taxable income
 is gross active income reduced by certain deductions for the cost of business inputs, wages, and retirement contributions. 
 
The bill imposes an employer tax on the value of excludable compensation provided to employees not engaged in business activity of 19% for the first two years after an election is made under this bill, and 17% thereafter. 
 
The bill also repeals the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. 
 
 A two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives and the Senate is required to increase the flat tax rate proposed by this bill or to reduce the amount of the standard deduction or business-related deductions allowed by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
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: 2023-02-14
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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
American Opportunity Accounts Act

Bill: 118-hr-1041
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Securities
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

American Opportunity Accounts Act

 
This bill establishes tax-exempt American Opportunity Accounts to provide children at birth with a $1,000 savings account with annual contributions up to $2,000 depending on family income. The accounts are available to children at age 18 for specified purposes, including educational expenses, home ownership, and investment that provides long-term returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To restore onshore energy production.

Bill: 118-hr-1043
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 
This bill establishes requirements about conducting lease sales of onshore federal land for the development of oil and gas.
 
The Department of the Interior must immediately resume quarterly lease sales as specified by the bill. Each fiscal year, Interior must conduct a minimum of four oil and gas lease sales in each state with land available for oil and gas leasing under mineral leasing law. If a lease sale is canceled, delayed, or deferred, then Interior must conduct a replacement sale. Interior must also conduct a replacement sale if during the original lease sale, no more than 25% of the area offered for leasing receives a bid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Maritime Fuel Tax Parity Act

Bill: 118-hr-1044
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 
 
Maritime Fuel Tax Parity Act 

 
This bill extends the exemption from the excise tax on motor boat or motor vehicle fuels sold or used as supplies for certain vessels or aircraft engaged in trade between U.S. Atlantic or Pacific ports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1045
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the extension of dependent coverage under TRICARE by allowing a dependent under the age of 26 to be covered without an additional premium. Additionally, the bill authorizes such coverage of dependents without an additional premium regardless of whether they are eligible to enroll in an employer-sponsored plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-1046
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Railroads
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Social Security Expansion Act

 
This bill increases benefits and certain taxes related to the Social Security program.
 
Changes to benefits include (1) increasing the primary insurance amount for certain beneficiaries; (2) revising the method of calculating cost-of-living adjustments; (3) establishing a new minimum benefit for certain low earners; and (4) allowing certain children of retired, deceased, or disabled workers to receive benefits until age 22 if they are a full-time student.
 
Changes to taxes include (1) increasing the net investment income tax and making active trade or business income subject to this tax; and (2) extending payroll taxes on wages, salaries, and self-employment earnings to income above $250,000 (the maximum amount subject to the Social Security payroll tax is currently $160,200 for 2023).
 
The bill also combines the existing Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a single Social Security Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Aviation-Impacted Communities Act

Bill: 118-hr-1047
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Community life and organization
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Noise pollution
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Aviation-Impacted Communities Act

 
This bill addresses noise mitigation for aviation-impacted communities. (
Aviation-impacted community
 is defined as a community that is located not more than one mile from any point at which a commercial or cargo jet route is 3,000 feet or less above ground level.)
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
expands Airport Improvement Program noise mitigation program funding for aviation-impacted communities that are not currently within the 65 day-night average sound level (DNL) standard;
 
requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study that summarizes the relevant literature and studies done on aviation impacts worldwide and focuses on large hub commercial airports and surrounding communities, including communities currently outside of the 65 DNL contour;
 
directs the FAA to conduct outreach to aviation-impacted communities to inform them of the opportunity to be a designated community;
 
requires the FAA to devise an action plan that alleviates or addresses the concerns of a designated community; and
 
provides grants for necessary noise mitigation in a designated community for residences, hospitals, nursing homes, adult or child day care centers, schools, and places of worship.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Aviation Noise and Emissions Mitigation Act

Bill: 118-hr-1048
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Aviation Noise and Emissions Mitigation Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish pilot grant programs to measure and mitigate aircraft and airport noise and emissions (e.g., greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants) in communities near airports and air flight pathways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act

Bill: 118-hr-1049
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Arizona
Aviation and airports
California
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Illinois
Intergovernmental relations
Massachusetts
Minority health
New York State
Public-private cooperation
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act 

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to jointly contract with an institution of higher education to study the characteristics, distributions, sources, and potential human health effects of airborne ultrafine particles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Data Science and Literacy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1050
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Data Science and Literacy Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a grant program for data literacy education and requires additional reporting regarding secondary school teachers.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to educational agencies, tribal schools, institutions of higher education, or consortia of such entities for programs to increase access to and support for data literacy, data science, and statistics education. The Institute of Education Sciences must evaluate the grant program within five years after the first grant is made to assess its effectiveness in improving access to data science and literacy.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and report information on the number of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in secondary schools in each state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House