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United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
This resolution recognizes that the national debt is a threat to national security and that deficits are unsustainable, irresponsible, and dangerous. It also commits to (1) restoring regular order to the appropriations process, and (2) preventing the looming the fiscal crisis faced by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
Infant Formula Made in America Act of 2024 This bill allows a 30% investment tax credit for infant formula that is lawfully sold and manufactured in the United States. It also allows a domestic production tax credit for such infant formula.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
Infant Formula Made in America Act of 2024 This bill allows a 30% investment tax credit for infant formula that is lawfully sold and manufactured in the United States. It also allows a domestic production tax credit for such infant formula.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act This bill allows tax credits and grants for activities that provide access to healthy food in food deserts, which are communities that have limited or no access to grocery stores and meet income requirements. For entities that are certified by the Department of the Treasury as special access food providers using specified criteria, the bill allows tax credits for operating a new grocery store or renovating an existing grocery store in a food desert. The bill also authorizes grants for a portion of (1) the construction costs of building a permanent food bank in a food desert, and (2) the annual operating costs of temporary access merchants (mobile markets, farmers markets, and food banks). Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), must annually allocate the tax credits and grants to special access food providers. Grants authorized by this bill are not considered gross income for tax purposes. The bill also requires USDA to update the Food Access Research Atlas at least annually to account for food retailers that are placed in service during that year.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
No Capital Gains Allowance for American Adversaries Act This bill treats gains and dividends derived from transactions involving countries of concern as ordinary income. The bill defines countries of concern to include China (including Hong Kong and Macao and excluding Taiwan), Russia, Belarus, Iran, and North Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2024
Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2024 This bill imposes a tax on the net value of all taxable assets of a taxpayer on the last day of any calendar year (i.e., a wealth tax). The amount of such tax is equal to the sum of 2% of the amount of taxpayer assets exceeding $50 million, but not in excess of $1 billion, plus the applicable percentage (3% or 6% if certain legislation is in effect) of the net value of such taxable assets exceeding $1 billion.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2024
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1023) to repeal section 134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction fund; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1121) to prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6009) to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the proposed rule relating to fluid mineral leases and leasing process, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 86) expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 987) denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R 7023) to amend section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to codify certain regulatory provisions relating to nationwide permits for dredged or fill material.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2024
Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act This bill reinstates the tax deduction for certain personal casualty losses (e.g., resulting from crimes, scams, natural disasters) by eliminating the suspension period (2018-2025) on such deduction. The bill also extends the period for filing an amended return for claiming personal casualty losses.
United States · United States Senate · 15 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2024
Think DIFFERENTLY Small Business Accessibility Act This bill revises eligibility requirements for the tax credit allowed to small businesses that provide access to disabled individuals. It increases the gross receipts limit for such businesses to $3,500 and the limit on the number of full-time employees such businesses may hire from 30 to 100.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2024
No AI Audits Act This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from conducting a taxpayer audit based upon the use of artificial intelligence (AI) unless it determines that such AI meets certain explainability principles established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Additionally, the bill requires that any investigation or examination of a taxpayer can only be selected or initiated by an IRS staff investigator.
United States · United States Senate · 14 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 2024
First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2024 This bill modifies the first-time homebuyer tax credit. It allows a first-time homebuyer of a principal residence a tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of the residence, not to exceed $15,000. The bill revises the income formula for determining the maximum allowable credit amount, replaces the limitation on the credit based on purchase price (currently $800,000) with a limitation based on area median purchase price, and revises rules relating to transfer and recapture of the credit and to members of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2024
Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act This bill extends until January 1, 2027, the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules. It also provides a high deductible health plan safe harbor for the absence of a deductible for certain primary care services provided in any plan year beginning on or before December 31, 2023. The Government Accountability Office must complete a study, and report on, the effects of the safe harbor for certain primary care services.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2024
Balanced Budget and Accounting Act This bill requires the President's annual budget to be a balanced budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts during the applicable fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
United States · United States Senate · 12 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
Boosting Tax Credits for Accessible Housing Act This bill increases the low-income housing tax credit for units designated for occupancy by persons with disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2024
National Advisory Council on Unpaid School Meal Debt Act This bill establishes the National Advisory Council on Unpaid School Meal Debt in Child Nutrition Programs. The council must provide recommendations to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) with respect to addressing unpaid school meal fees by ensuring that students are not stigmatized and school food authorities can maintain fiscal solvency in order to ensure the long-term viability of school meal programs. The FNS must use the recommendations to issue guidance with respect to addressing unpaid school meal fees.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2024
Creating Hospitality Economic Enhancement for Restaurants and Servers Act or the CHEERS Act This bill treats qualified energy-efficient draft property (energy efficient kegs) as energy efficient commercial building property for purposes of the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings. It defines qualified energy-efficient draft property as property that is principally used in the trade or business of operating a restaurant, bar, or entertainment venue, and that is a stainless steel or aluminum container or related commercial tap equipment used to distribute or sell alcohol.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2024
This concurrent resolution corrects the title of H.R. 4366 (as enrolled) to read Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2024
National Public Health Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to the impact of certain products on public health. Specifically, HHS must (1) contract with the National Academy of Medicine, or a similar entity, to develop a list of public health crises; (2) develop a list of products that have a specified fiscal impact on the national public health system; and (3) require manufacturers of such products to develop and implement a plan to mitigate the effects of the products on public health.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2024
Long-term Opportunities for Advancing New Studies for Biomedical Research Act or the LOANS for Biomedical Research Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish the BioBonds Program to support loans for clinical trials for eligible drugs and medical devices for unmet medical needs. Under the program, fiscal agents purchase loans (up to $25 million per recipient) and issue collateralized bonds that are sold to investors and that are guaranteed by Treasury. An eligible borrower under this program is one conducting (or seeking to conduct) research related to a drug or device that is (1) intended to meet an unmet medical need; and (2) under investigation in certain types of controlled clinical trials, including a trial to investigate the safety and effectiveness of the drug or device. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Treasury must report on the program; GAO must also study whether similar programs should be established for other biomedical research projects.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2024
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2024
Young Adult Tax Credit Act This bill allows a refundable young adult tax credit and a monthly advance payment of such credit. The bill defines young adult as an individual who is at least age 18, but not yet 25, and is either a citizen, national, or resident of the United States. The amount of such credit is the sum of $500 for each taxpayer or taxpayer dependent who is a young adult in any calendar month.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2024
United States · United States Senate · 29 February 2024
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 2024
Empower Act of 2024 This bill modifies the system for the public financing of presidential primary and general elections. The bill (1) increases the amount of matching funds for participating candidates by matching the first $200 of contributions by individuals to a candidate at a 6:1 ratio; (2) eliminates spending limits on participating candidates; (3) allows the national committee of a political party to make expenditures of up to $100 million in coordination with participating candidates; (4) requires all payments made to candidates, beginning with the 2028 presidential election, to be made from the Freedom From Influence Fund established by this bill; and (5) prohibits joint fundraising committees for any authorized committee of a candidate.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 2024
Empower Act of 2024 This bill modifies the system for the public financing of presidential primary and general elections. The bill (1) increases the amount of matching funds for participating candidates by matching the first $200 of contributions by individuals to a candidate at a 6:1 ratio; (2) eliminates spending limits on participating candidates; (3) allows the national committee of a political party to make expenditures of up to $100 million in coordination with participating candidates; (4) requires all payments made to candidates, beginning with the 2028 presidential election, to be made from the Freedom From Influence Fund established by this bill; and (5) prohibits joint fundraising committees for any authorized committee of a candidate.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2024
Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024 This bill provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies, modifies the requirements for determining eligibility for federal student aid, and provides additional funding for Federal Pell Grants. The bill is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires. The CR provides funding through March 8, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriations acts: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through March 22, 2024. (Under the current CR, the first group of agencies is funded through March 1, 2024, and the remaining agencies are funded through March 8, 2024.) The CR generally funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. The bill also revises the computation of the student aid index (SAI) for dependent students, which is used to determine eligibility for federal student aid. The SAI for a dependent student is calculated using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data for the student and their parents. The FAFSA Processing System calculates the parents' contribution from income and assets, the student's contribution from income, and the student's contribution from assets; the SAI is the sum of these three values. In particular, the bill specifies that a student's available income shall not be less than -$1,500 for award year 2024-2025 and not less than $0 for award year 2025-2026 and each succeeding award year. The bill also provides specified additional funds for Federal Pell Grants for FY2025 and each succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2024
Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2024 This bill allows the financing of spaceports with tax-exempt facility bonds. The bill defines spaceport as any facility located at or near a launch or reentry site used for (1) manufacturing, assembling, or repairing spacecraft, space cargo, or other facilities; (2) flight control operations; (3) providing launch services and reentry services; or (4) transferring crew, spaceflight participants, or space cargo to or from spacecraft.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2024
Do Your Job Act This bill reduces the pay for Members of Congress in certain circumstances, and it eliminates the automatic appropriation of funds for specified purposes. Specifically, if Congress does not agree to a budget resolution by the beginning of a fiscal year, each Member's annual pay shall be reduced to 90% of that Member's pay in the previous fiscal year. This reduction shall apply after the November 2024 general election. In addition, the bill eliminates the automatic appropriation of funds for Members' compensation and for certain administrative expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2024
Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2024 This bill allows the financing of spaceports with tax-exempt facility bonds. The bill defines spaceport as any facility located at or near a launch or reentry site used for (1) manufacturing, assembling, or repairing spacecraft, space cargo, or other facilities; (2) flight control operations; (3) providing launch services and reentry services; or (4) transferring crew, spaceflight participants, or space cargo to or from spacecraft.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2024
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United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2024
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2024
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024 This bill temporarily extends specific Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs and activities through May 10, 2024. For example, the bill extends the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) pilot programs (e.g., the UAS Test Site Program and the UAS remote detection and identification pilot program), weather reporting programs, Remote Tower Pilot Program, and Essential Air Service Program. The bill also extends the authorization for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). (This program provides grants for planning, development, and noise compatibility projects at or associated with certain public-use airports.) Further, the bill extends through May 10, 2024, the FAA's authority for expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF) and to collect various taxes and fees to fund the AATF, including taxes on aviation fuel and airline tickets. (The AATF is the primary funding source for all major FAA accounts that fund federal aviation programs, with the remainder coming from general fund appropriations.) The bill also extends through May 10, 2024, the authority of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to take certain actions to mitigate a credible threat to certain facilities or assets from a UAS. These include certain facilities that are located in the United States and identified as high-risk and a potential target for unlawful UAS activity.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2024
Made in the U.S.A. Act This bill allows certain individual taxpayers whose adjusted gross income does not exceed $125,000 ($250,000 in the case of a joint return) a tax credit for 30% of their expenditures, not exceeding $2,500, for products made in the United States. An expenditure for any product may not exceed $500 and excludes firearms, ammunition, alcohol, tobacco, vehicles, gasoline, luxury goods, food, or non-depreciable real property. The expenditure limit is increased to $1,000 for Energy Star or climate resilience products.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 2024
Autofill Act of 2024 This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a program to allow taxpayers to download forms relating to individual income tax returns that are populated with return information reported to the IRS. The IRS must make such return information available not later than 15 days after it receives the information and must make such information available in both a printable document file and in a computer-readable form suitable for use by automated tax preparation software.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 2024
This bill allows individual taxpayers a tax deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) through 2029 for their qualified newborn expenses, up to $5,000. The deduction is not available for taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $100,000 ($200,000 in the case of a joint return). The bill defines qualified newborn expenses to include amounts paid for infant formula, baby bottles, diapers, infant car seats, baby strollers, and cribs. Taxpayers must include their social security number on their tax returns to qualify for the deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 2024
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received by an individual as a qualified clinical trial payment. Such payments include amounts paid to an individual or a dependent of the individual as compensation for participation in an approved clinical trial (i.e., a trial conducted in relation to the prevention, detection, or treatment of cancer or other disease or condition) or as reimbursement or payment of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the individual's participation in an approved clinical trial.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 2024
Small Business Dependent Care FSA Opportunity Act This bill allows certain small employers (employers with no more than 100 employees who received $5,000 in compensation from an employer) a new three-year tax credit for the startup costs of dependent care flexible spending plans. The amount of the credit is equal to the greater of $500 or the lesser of $250 for each eligible employee, or $5,000.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2024
This bill allows certain disabled taxpayers a refundable income tax credit for 35% of their qualified home accessibility improvement expenditures paid in a taxable year. The bill imposes limitations on the credit, including an aggregate dollar limitation of $15,000 and an income eligibility limitation. The bill defines qualified home accessibility improvement expenditures to include the cost of improvements to a residence to make it more accessible to a taxpayer who is blind or disabled. These expenditures include the installation of ramps and zero-step entrances, the widening of doors and hallways, and bathroom accessibility improvements. The Department of the Treasury must issue regulations that specify any additional improvements eligible for the credit and the Internal Revenue Service must conduct an outreach strategy to inform the public of the availability of the credit.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2024
Securing and Understanding our National Renewable Agriculture Yields for Energy Act or the SUNRAY for Energy Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a study, research, and demonstration regarding agrivoltaic systems. The bill defines agrivoltaic system as a system under which solar energy production and agricultural production, including crop or animal production, occur in an integrated manner on the same piece of land through the duration of a project. Specifically, the bill directs USDA to study agrivoltaic systems, which includes conducting a review of current research and identifying research gaps. USDA must also develop a five-year plan for using USDA's research, extension, outreach, conservation, and renewable energy activities to better support agrivoltaic systems that do not displace agricultural production. USDA must also develop a definition for agrivoltaic system for the purposes of incorporating these systems into federal agriculture and energy programs, and investment tax credits. In addition, the Agricultural Research Service must establish and maintain a network of agrivoltaic systems research and demonstration sites in multiple U.S. regions to investigate increasing agricultural productivity and profitability, enhancing agricultural resilience and the capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change, protecting biodiversity, and increasing economic opportunities in rural communities. Further, the Natural Resources Conservation Service must develop national and regional guidance on best practices for the protection of soil health and productivity during the siting, construction, operation, and decommissioning of solar energy systems on agricultural land. The guidance must be updated at least every two years.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2024
Inflation Relief Act This bill allows a refundable income tax credit for 10% of federal tax liability for a taxable year beginning in 2024. The credit is not available to taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $150,000 ($250,000 for joint tax returns) in any taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2024
Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act This bill modifies the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) to (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation. The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2024
Securing Our Schools Act of 2024 This bill allows states, territories, tribal governments, metropolitan cities, and local governments to use unobligated Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to carry out school security measures (e.g., trainings and security assessments).
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2024