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Bill· SS. 1908 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 2002
Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund from the Federal budget as submitted by the President, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide that moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be available without further appropriation at the commencement of the next fiscal year for reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past coal mining.
Bill· HRH.R. 3669 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 2002
Employee Retirement Savings Bill of Rights - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an excise tax on a pension plan failing to provide notice of generally accepted investment principles, including principles of risk management and diversification; (2) impose an excise tax on a pension plan failing to provide notice of any transaction restriction period to each applicable individual to whom the transaction restriction period applies (and to each employee organization representing such applicable individuals); and (3) set forth diversification requirements for plans, including requiring the provision of at least three investment options, other than employer securities, in amounts equivalent to the amounts invested in employer securities.
Bill· HRH.R. 3666 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2002
Job Creation and Economic Security Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a supplemental rebate; and (2) accelerate the 25 percent individual income tax rate. Provides for a special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004. Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 - Provides a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation. Establishes a displaced worker health insurance credit. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, with respect to national emergency grants, to authorize grants for employment and training assistance and temporary health care coverage assistance to workers affected by major economic dislocations. Establishes a small ethanol producer credit by allowing a tax-exempt farmers' cooperative to allocate such a credit to its patrons on the basis of the quantity or value of business done with or for them for the taxable year. Declares that cooperative marketing includes the value-added processing of the products of cooperative members and other producers through animals by: (1) feeding such products to cattle, hogs, fish, chickens, or other animals; and then (2) selling the animals (or animal products) which were fed such feed products. Authorizes a U.S. district court to issue a declaratory judgment relating to the initial or continuing qualification of a farmers' cooperative as tax-exempt.
Bill· HRH.R. 3667 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2002
Self-Sufficiency Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State TANF plans to include a specification of the income needs of families adequate for attaining self-sufficiency. Requires the State to: (1) collect information on the monthly income of the family as of the time participation in the State TANF program ends and during the same quarter in each of the next two fiscal years; and (2) submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services annually a report that among other things describes the ways in which, during the fiscal year, the State program funded under this part and support services provided by the State to TANF recipients moved families toward self-sufficiency. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial or technical assistance to enable an eligible State to develop or improve the State self-sufficiency standards and produce required State reports. Amends SSA title IV part A to direct the Secretary to make a grant for each specified fiscal year for which the self-sufficiency score of a State is greater than its self-sufficiency score for the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 3639 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2002
Homeland Security Fund Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Internal Revenue Code to authorize each taxpayer to designate $3 of tax liability to a Homeland Security Fund established by this Act. Authorizes disbursements from the fund prior to January 1, 2007, for a variety of purposes, including: (1) helping law enforcement battle terrorism; (2) securing all modes of transportation; and (3) preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and helping the military to fight terrorism. Establishes an Office of Homeland Security, to be headed by a Director of Homeland Security. Grants the Director cabinet-level status. Assigns the Director tasks coordinating the effort by the Federal, State, and local governments to safeguard the nation from terrorism. Directs the Director, among other tasks, to: (1) develop a national strategy for homeland security in consultation with Congress and Federal and State agencies; and (2) establish a national budget for homeland security in collaboration with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 341 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2002
Save America's Tax Cut Resolution - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it: (1) supports President Bush's tax cut for families and small businesses; and (2) is against repealing or delaying implementation of Public Law 107-16.
Bill· SS. 1903 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 2002
Business Retained Income During Growth and Expansion Act of 2002 or the BRIDGE Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an eligible small business to elect to pay its tax in four equal installments. Limits the maximum amount of tax which may be paid in installments for any taxable year to whichever of the following is the least: (1) the tax imposed for the taxable year; (2) the amount contributed by the taxpayer into a BRIDGE Account during such year; or (3) the excess of $250,000 over the aggregate amount of tax for which an election was made by the taxpayer for all prior taxable years. Limits the above provisions to taxes imposed for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2006. Sets forth provisions: (1) defining an eligible small business; (2) setting dates for installment payments and interest payments; (3) establishing BRIDGE accounts; and (4) providing for a study and report.
Bill· SS. 1900 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 2002
Cyberterrorism Preparedness Act of 2002 - Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to award a grant to a qualifying nongovernmental entity to conduct a program to support the development of appropriate cybersecurity best practices, long-term cybersecurity research and development, and related activities. Funds such grants for five fiscal years beginning with 2003. Requires the entity awarded a grant to: (1) carry out a national program to protect the U.S. information infrastructure against disruption; and (2) make recommendations for appropriate cybersecurity best practices and to update such recommendations every six months. Requires: (1) NIST to recommend to specified bodies and officials appropriate cybersecurity best practices for the Government; and (2) the President to carry out demonstration projects for the adoption of such practices.
Bill· HRH.R. 3638 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 2002
Amends the Small Business Act to increase the Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small businesses, and small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or women to 25 percent (currently 23 percent) of the total amount of Federal procurement contracts awarded in a fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 3631 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 2002
Wider Incentives for Non-Gasoline Small Electric Vehicles Act of 2002 or the WINGS EV Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, concerning the electric motor vehicle credit, to: (1) redefine the term "qualified electric vehicle"; (2) increase the credit according to vehicle type; (3) make the credit available for leased vehicles and three wheeled vehicles; and (4) extend the credit three additional years.
Bill· HRH.R. 3622 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 2002
Emergency Worker and Investor Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Internal Revenue Code concerning golden parachute payments to include within the definition of the term "excess parachute payment" any amount realized by a corporate insider on the sale or exchange of stock in the corporation with respect to which an individual is a corporate insider if such sale or exchange occurs while such corporation maintains a transfer-restricted 401(k) plan (thereby subjecting such sales to a 20 percent excise tax). Defines the terms "corporate insider" and "transfer-restricted 401(k) plan." Includes within the definition of the term "disqualified debt instrument," in the case of an SEC registrant: (1) any indebtedness of such registrant if such indebtedness is not shown in the certified annual report as part of the total liabilities of such registrant; and (2) any indebtedness of an off-balance-sheet entity if the proceeds from the issuance of such indebtedness are used directly or indirectly to acquire stock in such registrant (thereby denying the deduction for payments on debt instruments not included as liabilities for purposes of shareholder recording). Defines the terms "certified annual report," "SEC registrant," and "off balance-sheet entity."
Bill· HRH.R. 3629 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 2002
Making Education, Nurturing, and Teaching Our Responsibility Act or the MENTOR Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited (up to $20 an hour/$1040 annually) tax credit to an employer for wages paid to an employee mentoring a secondary school student through a quality mentoring program.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 303 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 2002
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, passed by a bipartisan majority, should be implemented as scheduled; (2) delaying or repealing provisions of such Act is a tax increase; and (3) Congress should work with the President to ensure a fair tax code that puts the least burden on the taxpayers.