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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 488 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 5120 (FY 2003 Treasury Department, United States Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies appropriations).
Bill· SS. 2733 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Retirement Security for All Americans Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax credit for an applicable percentage of up to $2,000 in retirement savings contributions of an individual. Excludes dependents and full-time students from being eligible for the credit, and reduces the amount considered for the credit by the amount of certain distributions received by an individual. Repeals the nonrefundable credit for elective deferrals and IRA contributions. Imposes a tax on any failure by an employer that does not have a qualified plan or arrangement for a calendar year to permit its employees access to salary reduction contributions to individual retirement plans. Makes an exception for certain small employers. Permits a tax credit for small employers that maintain salary reduction arrangements. Allows a tax credit for a duration of three years for pension plan contributions of small employers.
Bill· SS. 2732 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Child Support Enforcement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to the deduction for bad debts) to allow a custodial parent to claim unpaid child support payments as a deduction. Bars a delinquent debtor from filing an amended return in any subsequent year to reflect the subsequent payment of unpaid child support. Includes unpaid child support in the gross income of the delinquent debtor. Precludes taxpayer information regarding child support payments from serving as a basis for selecting an individual's tax return for general audit.
Bill· HRH.R. 5132 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that, in light of the war against terrorism: (1) the increases in military personnel end strengths recommended by the Senate and House of Representative in their respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 are appropriate and justified; (2) the President and Secretary of Defense should not reduce such end strengths; and (3) the President should support such increased end strengths.
Bill· HRH.R. 5136 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Amends the Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years after FY 2002 for river reclamation and other irrigation drainage water treatment actions for the Alamo River and New River, Imperial County, California.
Bill· HRH.R. 5130 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Child Support Enforcement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to the deduction for bad debts) to allow a custodial parent to claim unpaid child support payments as a deduction. Bars a delinquent debtor from filing an amended return in any subsequent year to reflect the subsequent payment of unpaid child support. Includes unpaid child support in the gross income of the delinquent debtor. Precludes taxpayer information regarding child support payments from serving as a basis for selecting an individual's tax return for general audit.
Bill· HRH.R. 5128 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 to require certain claims of expropriation of property by the Government of Nicaragua be filed by a U.S. citizen within 180 days after enactment of this Act in order to be taken into account for the prohibition on foreign assistance to Nicaragua as long as Nicaragua has not satisfied all expropriation claims against it. (Thus limits to those filed within such time period the number of claims which the Government of Nicaragua must satisfy for the prohibition on U.S. assistance to be lifted.)
Bill· HRH.R. 5124 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
Darlene's Law - Amends the Public Health Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain the National Organ Donor Registry. Provides for an opt-in organ donation checkoff on income tax forms. Sets forth notice and disclosure requirements. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer the name and taxpayer identification number of individuals opting for organ donation to the Registry, exempting such disclosure from otherwise applicable prohibitions on the non-tax use of tax form information. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to qualified organ procurement organizations to establish programs coordinating organ donation activities with hospitals to increase the rate of organ donation for such hospitals. Directs the Secretary to establish an interagency task force on organ donation and research. Requires the Secretary to: (1) award peer-reviewed grants for studies and demonstration projects to increase organ donation and recovery rates, including removing financial disincentives; (2) establish an organ donation public awareness program; (3) support model curricula in relevant issues; (4) develop scientific evidence to support increased donation and improve recovery, transportation, and preservation of organs and tissues; and (5) support research to develop a uniform vocabulary, apply information technology, and enhance the skills and technologies used in organ procurement.
Bill· HRH.R. 5126 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
Free Housing Market Enhancement Act - Prohibits providing Federal funds to the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or any Federal Home Loan bank (Such entities are referred to as government sponsored enterprises, or GSEs.) Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act ( Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (Freddie Mac) to repeal: (1) the State tax exemption; (2) the requirement that the Treasury approve debt issues; (3) Treasury authority to purchase Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac obligations; (4) depositary authority; and (5) the designation of obligations as lawful investments. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to repeal: (1) the State tax exemption; (2) Treasury authority to purchase bank obligations; (3) depositary authority; and (4) the designation of obligations as lawful investments. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit Federal Reserve purchase of GSE debt. Repeals the eligibility of GSE obligations for unlimited investment by national banks, federally chartered thrifts, and credit unions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5121 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2003. Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; (2) Members' representational allowances; and (3) the preparation of statements of appropriations. Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the Capitol Police and Capitol Police buildings and grounds; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (8) the Library of Congress for the Congressional Research Service; and (9) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding. Establishes the Net Expenses of Equipment Revolving Fund. Establishes separate Treasury accounts for salaries and expenses of the Capitol Police. Grants the Chief of the Capitol Police hiring, disbursing, and special pay and training authority and directs the Chief to establish a tuition reimbursement program. Redefines the role, mission, and composition of the Capitol Police Board. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (3) AOC for Library buildings and grounds; (4) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents; (5) the General Accounting Office for salaries and expenses; and (6) a payment to the Russian Leadership Development Center Trust Fund.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 483 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 5093 (FY 2003 Department of the Interior and related agencies appropriations).
Bill· SS. 2726 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Treats certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion for Internal Revenue Code purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 5110 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Omnibus Corporate Reform and Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to revise standards for pension plan security for defined contribution plans (DCPs). Specifies a waivable limit to the amount of employer stock and real property which may be acquired and held with respect to the individual account each participant or beneficiary, in the case of DCPs that are individual account plans (IAPs) (401(k) and similar plans). Allows employees to diversify assets in employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) after five years (currently ten) and at age 35 (currently 55). Reduces the tax deduction for employer matching contributions to DCPs (other than ESOPs) when such contributions are made in employer securities. Exempts from certain prohibited transaction rules the provision of fiduciary investment advice to participants or beneficiaries who direct their investments. Requires IAPs to provide for plan investment committees, whose members shall be elected by plan participants. Directs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to study the feasibility of, and options for developing, an insurance system for IAPs. Requires IAP trades in employer securities to be reported to participants and beneficiaries. Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit issuers of equity securities from making loans or other extensions of credit to beneficial owners, officers, or directors. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to increase, from $4,000 to $15,000, the individual maximum limit on priority claims for wages and for contributions to employee benefit plans. Provides criminal penalties for: (1) destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy; and (2) destruction of corporate audit records.
Bill· HRH.R. 5112 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Veterans Emergency Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to States for programs to assist veterans and their spouses and dependents suffering financial hardship as a result of an emergency. Prohibits any State from receiving more than five percent of the total funds appropriated, or more than $1 million, in any fiscal year. Defines an emergency as an illness or accident resulting in interruption or loss of employment, a fire or other disaster resulting in loss of a residence, or another event or condition as determined by a State.
Bill· HRH.R. 5111 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to rename the Act as the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act and to revise provisions with respect to certain civil protections and rights afforded to servicemembers while on active-duty assignment. Authorizes any servicemember to waive any of such rights and protections, pursuant to written agreement. Provides certain protections of servicemembers against default judgments, including a minimum 90-day stay of proceedings, with respect to the payment of any tax, fine, penalty, insurance premium, or other civil obligation or liability. Prohibits an eviction or distress from being made against a servicemember or his or her dependents during a period of military service for a premise for which rent does not exceed $1,700 (currently $1,200), except by court order. Prohibits: (1) rescinding or terminating for breach of contract during a period of military service a contract for the purchase or lease of real or personal property entered into prior to such service; and (2) a person holding a lien on property or effects of a servicemember from foreclosing or otherwise enforcing such lien (with penalties and protection for materially affected dependents) during a period of service and 90 days thereafter. Increases the total amount of life insurance coverage protection provided under the Act to $250,000, or an amount equal to the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance maximum limit, whichever is greater. Allows findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in administering the life insurance provisions of the Act to be reviewed by the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (not reviewable under current law).
Bill· HRH.R. 5114 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Army Corps of Engineers for FY 2002 for the repair of damages to the Canyon Lake project in Texas caused by flooding in the Guadalupe River valley in 2002.
Bill· SS. 2720 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2003. Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; (10) official mail costs; and (11) the preparation of statements of appropriations. Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the Capitol Police Board; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate office buildings, the Capitol power plant, and the Capitol Police buildings; (8) the Library of Congress for the Congressional Research Service; and (9) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (3) AOC for Library buildings and grounds; (4) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents; (5) the General Accounting Office; and (6) a payment to the Foreign Leadership Development Center Trust Fund.
Bill· SS. 2722 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Executive Compensation Tax Reform Act of 2002 - Repeals provision of the Revenue Act of 1978 which limits the Secretary of the Treasury's authority to determine the taxable year of inclusion in gross income of amounts under private deferred compensation plans. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify a loan by an employer to an employee as compensation unless it meets specified requirements, including that it is evidenced by a promissory note. Subjects the sale or exchange of stock in a corporation by a corporate insider to an excise tax on golden parachute payments if such sale or exchange occurs while the corporation or another entity consolidated with the corporation maintains a transfer-restricted 401(k) plan. Includes in gross income of a corporate insider of an expatriate corporation the net unrealized built-in gain on options held by such insider to acquire stock in the corporation or in any member of the expanded affiliated group which includes the corporation.
Bill· SS. 2721 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Housing Voucher Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish a thrifty voucher component within the section 8 public housing program to assist public housing authorities (PHAs) increase housing availability for extremely low-income families. Permits PHAs to use unutilized section 8 funds, or reserve funds in cases of no such unutilized funds, to help families find housing. Establishes the Voucher Success Fund to assist certain PHAs with no unutilized funds. Authorizes PHAs to make limited increases in maximum rents. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide PHAs with lists of rental units in their metropolitan areas that were given low-income housing tax credits or were built under the HOME Investments Partnership Act. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate chronically unutilized section 8 vouchers through designated metropolitan administrators. Permits families in project-based section 8 units to participate in specified self-sufficiency programs. Sets forth grant and income exclusion work incentives. Authorizes a welfare-to-work housing voucher program. Authorizes PHAs to: (1) begin rental payments before inspection under specified circumstances; and (2) use technical assistance funds and other means to establish electronic transfer systems for rental payments. .
Bill· HRH.R. 5101 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
States that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied without regard to the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Fior D'Italia (which permitted use of the aggregate estimation method when calculating an employer's total Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) liability for tips received by employees rather than basing FICA liability on each employee's actual tips).
Bill· HRH.R. 5103 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
International Tax Simplification, Fairness, and Competitiveness Act of 2002 - Revises Internal Revenue Code rules relating to the taxation of U.S. businesses operating abroad. Revises provisions concerning treatment of controlled foreign corporations, including: (1) expanding the de minimis rule; (2) repealing rules applicable to foreign personal holding companies and foreign investment companies; and (3) amending the definition of foreign personal holding company income to include income from certain personal services contracts and sale of such contracts. Sets forth provisions concerning foreign tax credit, including: (1) extending the period in which excess foreign taxes may be carried; (2) defining overall domestic loss and setting forth provisions for determining taxable income for any taxpayer sustaining such a loss; (3) issuing special rules relating to financial services income; (4) dictating rules for the treatment of dividends from certain corporations and extending the look-through treatment for such corporations; and (5) extending the carryforward period for foreign tax credits. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate to conduct a study to determine the desirability of repealing section 907 of the Code (relating to special rules in case of foreign oil and gas income), which may include recommendations for an alternative regime. Makes other revisions, including: (1) expanding the deduction for dividends from foreign corporations with U.S. income; (2) exempting certain foreign corporations from uniform capitalization rules; (3) setting forth provisions concerning airline mileage awards to certain foreign persons; and (4) repealing the special capital gains tax on nonresident aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 5105 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Say No to Drug Ads Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow any deduction for a direct-to-consumer advertisement for a prescription drug.
Bill· HRH.R. 5095 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
American Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a civil penalty for failing to include on any tax return or statement any required information with respect to a "reportable transaction." Imposes a civil penalty for a "reportable transaction understatement." Requires each "material advisor" with respect to a reportable transaction to file a report about such transaction with the Secretary of the Treasury. Modifies or imposes penalties dealing with maintaining lists of investors, frivolous tax submissions, interests in foreign financial accounts, and promoting tax shelters. Establishes rules concerning the tax treatment of expatriated entities and their foreign parents. Imposes an excise tax on the stock compensation of specified insiders in expatriated corporations. Repeals the CFC (controlled foreign corporations) rules on foreign base company sales and services income. Sets forth provisions concerning foreign tax credit, including: (1) modifying interest expense allocation rules; (2) recharacterizing overall domestic loss; and (3) extending the period in which excess foreign taxes may be carried. Applies uniform capitalization rules to foreign persons. Provides for exemptions for certain dividends of regulated investment companies. Repeals the withholding tax on dividends from certain foreign corporations. Increases the dollar limitation for expensing under Section 179. Repeals: (1) the exclusion for extraterritorial income; and (2) the FSC (foreign sales corporation) transitional rules. Extends Internal Revenue Service user fees and customs user fees. Includes in gross income funded deferred compensation of corporate insiders. Extends transfers of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts.
Bill· HRH.R. 5085 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2002
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250 to $500 the maximum above-the-line deduction allowed for classroom supply expenses incurred by elementary and secondary school teachers, effective after December 31, 2001. Expands such deduction to include qualified professional development expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 5088 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2002
Executive Accountability Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to negate, in specified cases, the performance-based compensation exception to the $1,000,000 limitation on deductible compensation paid by publicly held corporations. Includes in gross income funded deferred compensation of a corporate insider if the insider's corporation funds its defined contribution plan with employer stock, with specified exceptions. Includes in gross income the net unrealized built-in gain on options held by a corporate insider to acquire stock in an expatriate corporation or in any member of an expanded affiliated group which includes such corporation. Applies the golden parachute excise tax to certain cases of deferred compensation paid by a corporation to a corporate insider after such individual has left the firm if the stock value of the corporation has recently suffered a major decline or the corporation has recently declared bankruptcy.
Bill· SS. 2711 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Indian Programs Reauthorization and Technical Amendments Act of 2002 - Reauthorizes appropriations for specified programs under the following Acts: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act; (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing); (3) the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (including youth, urban Indians, and substance abuse programs); (4) the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 (including training, education, emergency shelters, and source eradication); (5) the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Detention Act; (6) the Native American Programs Act of 1974; (7) Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (including health scholarships); and (8) the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah). Allows any restricted lands on the reservation of, and held in trust for, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation to be leased by the Indian owners, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, for terms of not to exceed 99 years for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, or certain other purposes. Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning the treatment of land for trust purposes. Amends the Navaho-Hopi Relocation Settlement Act of 1974 to require an impact study. Amends the Ponca Restoration Act to designate Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County, Iowa, as the Ponca Health and Wellness Clinic Service Unit. Changes the report which identifies which lands are declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Modifies the Pueblo de Cochiti settlement concerning the Cochiti Wetlands Solution. Amends the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 to extend from three to five years the period during which court approval must be final before the Compact by the United States is declared null and void. Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 concerning the disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2. Prohibits the transfer of specified lands in Riverside County, California, held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, until the Secretary of the Interior renders a final decision on a specified fee-to-trust application. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a water feasibility study for the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Waives repayment of expert assistance loans to the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. Declares that the Trinity River Mainstream Fishery Restoration record of decision, concurred to by the Hoopa Valley Tribe, is legally compliant. Revises the powers of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board concerning trademarks for Indian arts and crafts. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to specify an exemption for tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act concerning its relationship to the Equal Access to Justice Act. Revises the Indian Land Consolidation Act.
Bill· SS. 2710 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Small Employer Tax Assistance for Health Coverage Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small employers a limited credit for employee health insurance expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 5081 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Property Tax Endowment Act of 2002 - Amends Federal law to fund the payment in lieu of taxes program for five years. Permits a local government to receive a one-time payment to offset revenue loss from a Federal acquisition of land within its jurisdiction. Specifies that if a local government receives a one-time payment, the acquired land shall not be considered entitlement land, irrespective of changes in economic factors. Applies this Act to land acquisitions completed after September 30, 1998. Specifies criteria for determining amounts of one-time payments. Provides that in the case of land acquired before enactment of this Act, the head of the Federal land management agency shall deduct from the one-time payment the amount of any Federal sums paid to the local government since September 30, 1998. Requires each one-time payment to go into a trust fund, the interest of which may be used for any governmental purpose. Forbids expenditure of the principal of such a fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 5063 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002
Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend, for members of the uniformed services serving on "qualified official extended duty" (any extended duty while serving at a duty station which is at least 250 miles from the principal residence or while residing under Government orders in Government quarters), the five-year period utilized in determining exclusion of gain from the sale of such residence. Limits the extension of such period to not more than five years. Restores in full the tax exempt status of death gratuity payments to members of the armed services.
Bill· HRH.R. 5062 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002
Baseball Fan Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning the basis limitation for player contracts transferred in connection with the sale of a sports franchise to provide that when a sports franchise is sold, unless local television stations are given reasonable opportunity to purchase the right to broadcast the team's games before others are allowed to make bids, there shall be a presumption that the 50 percent allocation of value to player contracts shall be zero. Applies this Act to franchise sales or exchanges after December 31, 1999.
Bill· HRH.R. 5069 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply the exclusion from gross income to all survivor benefits paid on account of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty (present law provides such exclusion only to benefits for a spouse, former spouse, or child of such an officer). Applies this Act to cases of individuals dying after September 10, 2001.
Bill· SS. 2706 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2002
Aid to Tobacco-Dependent Communities Act of 2002 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, upon making specified determinations, to establish three-year national production poundage permits for Flue-cured and Burley tobacco, unless disapproved in successive referenda by active growers. Directs the Secretary to establish a tobacco equity reduction program for quota owners and growers of Flue-cured and Burley quota tobacco. Limits payments for owners who are not growers. Terminates marketing quotas for Flue-cured and Burley tobacco. Revises provisions regarding: (1) lease and transfer of acreage allotments; and (2) national marketing quota deadlines and apportionment; (3) poundage quotas; (4) purchase intention deadlines for cigarette manufacturers; (5) production and marketing information; (6) quota adjustments; (7) eminent domain; and (8) reconstitution of farms. Repeals provisions providing for mandatory sale of Burley and Flue-cured tobacco acreage allotments and marketing quotas. Prohibits Federal promotion of manufactured tobacco products. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to revise tobacco price support provisions regarding: (1) price support availability; (2) support levels; (3) no net cost tobacco fund contributions and assessments; and (4) marketing assessments. Amends the Tobacco Inspection Act to apply the provisions of such Act to nonauction tobacco sales. Amends the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 regarding tobacco inspections. Establishes: (1) the nonprofit Center for Tobacco-Dependent Communities which shall provide economic and community assistance to communities in transition from tobacco-based economies; and (2) the Tobacco Grower Advisory Board within the Department of Agriculture which shall advise Federal agencies on the technical and economic feasibility of tobacco-related actions. Directs the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Tobacco-Dependent Communities which shall: (1) identify Federal economic and business development grants and loans to assist communities in transition from tobacco-based economies; and (2) be coordinated by the Department's Under Secretary for Rural Development. Provides for reports on: (1) marketing incentives; (2) stabilization of tobacco production opportunities; and (3) investment and taxation issues.
Bill· SS. 2692 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to: (1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for specified urban empowerment zones; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture for specified rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities. Permits: (1) use of such funds for zone or community strategic plan implementation; and (2) use of Federal funds to pay matching fund requirements.
Bill· SS. 2693 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Social Security Plus (SSPA) Account Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax credit for an eligible individual equal to 20 percent of any eligible contributions made to a Social Security Plus Account plus a matching Federal Government contribution. Sets forth the applicable percentages at which the Federal Government will match eligible contributions for various income levels. Classifies the matching contribution as an overpayment of tax which may only be transferred to an SSPA. Specifies minimum and maximum eligible contribution amounts for various income levels, along with a cost-of-living adjustment for the latter figure. Prohibits contributions to an SSPA on behalf of any individual over 70 and 1/2 years of age. Prohibits any deduction for retirement savings with respect to an eligible contribution or a matching contribution to an SSPA. Allows qualified rollover contributions.
Bill· SS. 2698 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Building Our Children's Future Act of 2002 - Establishes a grant program for renovation of schools. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot such grants to States using an allocation formula based on part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires reservation of specified amounts for direct Federal grants to: (1) local educational agencies (LEAs) that received impact aid basic support payments, and had eligible federally-connected students as more than half of their enrollment, during the preceding fiscal year, for construction, renovation, or repair; and (2) LEAs in the outlying areas, for renovation or repair of high-need schools. Requires a State's allotment to be used for competitive subgrants to LEAs, as follows. Requires 75 percent to be for school renovation or repair, with priorities for: (1) schools damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster; and (2) high-poverty or high-growth schools, as determined by the State. Requires the remaining 25 percent to be for carrying out part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or for improving technology in schools.
Bill· SS. 2699 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
America's Better Classroom Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited credit for qualified public school modernization bonds (qualified school construction bonds and qualified zone academy bonds). Amends the General Education Provisions Act to provide for the application of certain labor standards to projects financed under this Act. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish provisions concerning employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5040 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
United States Toxic Mold Safety and Protection Act of 2002 or the Melina Bill - Directs: (1) the Centers for Disease Control, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to jointly study the health effects of indoor mold growth and toxic mold; (2) EPA to promulgate standards for preventing, detecting, and remediating indoor mold growth; and (3) EPA, NIH, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to sponsor related public education programs. Directs: (1) rental property lessors to conduct annual indoor mold inspections; and (2) the Secretary of HUD and the Administrator of EPA to promulgate mold hazard disclosure regulations with respect to housing offered for sale or lease. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish, with respect to indoor mold in public housing, inspection requirements for existing housing and construction standards for new housing; and (2) establish model construction standards and techniques for mold prevention in new buildings. Establishes an indoor/toxic mold inspection requirement with respect to federally made or insured mortgages. Amends the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 to provide for industry standards development with respect to building products that are designed to retard mold development. Directs the Administrator of EPA to make grants to States and local governments for mold growth remediation efforts in buildings owned or leased by such governments, including schools and multifamily dwellings. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an annual tax credit for 60 percent of non-reimbursed mold inspection and remediation expenses ($50,000 annual maximum) paid or incurred by a taxpayer. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) establish and carry out a toxic mold insurance program, with priority for one-to-four-family residential properties; and (2) establish in the Treasury a National Toxic Mold Hazard Insurance Fund. Authorizes the Director to assist qualifying insurers to form a federally-assisted toxic mold hazard insurance pool. Provides for Federal operation of such program under specified circumstances. Authorizes State waiver of income, resource, and other Medicaid requirements for an individual whose health has been adversely affected by toxic mold exposure, and who lacks adequate medical insurance coverage.
Bill· HRH.R. 5053 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Amends Federal law to fund the payment in lieu of taxes program for five years. Permits a local government to receive a one-time payment to offset revenue loss from a Federal acquisition of land within its jurisdiction. Specifies that if a local government receives a one-time payment, the acquired land shall not be considered entitlement land, irrespective of changes in economic factors. Applies this Act to land acquisitions completed after September 30, 1998. Specifies criteria for determining amounts of one-time payments. Provides that in the case of land acquired before enactment of this Act, the head of the Federal land management agency shall deduct from the one-time payment the amount of any Federal sums paid to the local government since September 30, 1998. Requires each one-time payment to go into a trust fund, the interest of which may be used for any governmental purpose. Forbids expenditure of the principal of such a fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 5054 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Makes the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to provisions of such Act relating to modifications to qualified tuition programs, thus making such provisions permanent.
Bill· HRH.R. 5052 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Renewing the Dream Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a community homeownership tax credit based upon an applicable percentage of each qualified residence's eligible basis. Makes such credit available to residences located: (1) in a census tract with a median gross income not exceeding 80 percent of the greater area or statewide median gross income; (2) in a rural area; (3) on an Indian reservation; or (4) in an area of chronic economic distress. Prohibits a buyer's income from exceeding 80 percent (70 percent for families of less than three) of the area gross median income and requires owner occupancy. Specifies that the aggregate homeownership credit dollar amount which a homeownership credit agency (an "agency") may disburse is the portion of the "State homeownership credit ceiling" (the "ceiling") allocated to such agency. Allows "unused homeownership credit carryovers" to be allocated among qualified States. Sets aside at up to 90 percent least ten percent of a State's ceiling for certain housing projects in which a qualified nonprofit organization owns an interest and materially participates in the given project's development and operation throughout the credit period. Requires allocation of credit to residences to be in accordance with a "qualified allocation plan" of the agency issuing credit. Lists certain specified criteria such a plan must include and specifies that the plan must be approved by the governmental unit of which such agency is a part.
Bill· HRH.R. 5043 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Permanent Marriage Penalty Tax Relief Act of 2002 - Makes Title IX (relating to sunset provisions) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to Title III (relating to marriage penalty relief) of such Act, thus making Title III permanent, subject to conditions. Requires, for the change to take effect, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to publish in the Federal Register a determination that the on-budget budget of the Government has been in balance or surplus for at least one year and that applying marriage penalty relief will not produce an on-budget deficit in the fiscal year in which it takes effect.
Bill· SS. 2683 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that church employees and persons treated as church employees under the Code are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5027 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Public Safety Tax Cut Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a $1,000 tax credit for full-time police officers and firefighters; and (2) exclude from gross income the value of any public services benefits (water, sewer, trash pickup, and other similar services) received by a public safety volunteer (a volunteer firefighter or volunteer auxiliary police officer).
Bill· HRH.R. 5029 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
States that in the case of a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1980, the determination of whether a tax deduction as a trade or business expense is allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for flight training expenses shall be made without regard to whether the taxpayer was reimbursed for any portion of such expenses through certain veterans educational assistance programs. Sets forth statute of limitations provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5026 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Police Security Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit (of up to $1,200) for 100 percent of the cost of an armored vest purchased by a law enforcement officer or a private security officer.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 461 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 5011 (FY 2003 Department of Defense appropriations). Makes it in order to consider concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment of the House of Representatives and Senate during July.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 462 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 5011 (FY 2003 Department of Defense military construction appropriations). Lays H. Res. 421 on the table.
Bill· SS. 2674 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2002
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the fiscal year number of foreign residence waivers that a State may request for foreign medical graduate aliens working in U.S. health shortage areas. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make such program permanent.
Bill· SS. 2676 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2002
Foreign Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for a ten-year foreign tax credit carryforward. Revises the application of look-thru rules to dividends from noncontrolled section 902 corporations.
Bill· SS. 2678 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2002
Maximum Economic Growth for America Through the Highway Trust Fund Act (or MEGA Trust Act) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (the "Fund"). Authorizes the transfer to the Fund from the general fund of the Treasury of the amount of money equal to the untaxed portion of gasohol containing ethanol, effective with respect to the removal or entry of any mixture after September 30, 2003. Eliminates provision of Code stating that obligations of the Fund shall not be interest bearing, thus allowing the Fund to earn interest, effective with respect to obligations held by the Fund after September 30, 2003. Extends various highway-related taxes, floor stock refunds, certain tax-free sales, exemption from tax for use of highway vehicles by States and local governments and for use of certain transit-type buses, deposits into and certain specified transfers from the Fund, transfers from the Fund for motorboat fuel taxes and small-engine fuel taxes, and refunds of certain specified funds from the land and water conservation fund into the general fund. Establishes a National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission (the "Commission"). Permits any department or agency to detail personnel to the Commission, and requires such bodies to furnish nonconfidential materials to the Commission upon request.