Let States Cut Taxes Act

Bill: 117-hr-2002
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Income tax credits

Income tax deductions

Income tax rates

Infectious and parasitic diseases

State and local finance

State and local government operations

State and local taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Let States Cut Taxes Act</b></p> <p>This bill removes a prohibition on states and territories using COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funding under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to offset a reduction in revenue resulting from a reduction in taxes or a delay in the imposition of a tax or tax increase.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2002 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2021 Mr. Bishop of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Perry , Mrs. Hinson , Mr. Fulcher , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Rosendale , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Stewart , Mr. Walberg , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Harris , Mr. Duncan , Ms. Tenney , Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Meuser , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Biggs , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mrs. Steel , Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Owens , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Ms. Foxx , Mr. Gimenez , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Feenstra , Mr. Guest , Mr. Cawthorn , and Mr. Moore of Utah ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend the Social Security Act to remove the restriction on the use of funds under the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to offset reductions in State or territory tax revenues.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Let States Cut Taxes Act . 2. Removal of restriction on use of funds under Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (a) Removal of restriction Paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of section 602 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ), is amended to read as follows: (2) Further restriction on use of funds No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund. . (b) Conforming amendments Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking , including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modification to the State’s or territory’s tax revenue sources during the covered period ; (2) in subsection (e), by striking such subsection, and all that follows through the period and inserting such subsection. ; and (3) in subsection (g)— (A) by striking paragraph (1); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively.