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S 164 IS
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 164
To repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011
Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts (for himself and Ms. SNOWE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF IMPOSITION OF WITHHOLDING ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE TO VENDORS BY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
The amendment made by section 511 of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 is repealed and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such amendment had never been enacted.
SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF UNSPENT FEDERAL FUNDS TO OFFSET LOSS IN REVENUES.
(a) In General- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of all available unobligated funds, $39,000,000,000 in appropriated discretionary funds are hereby permanently rescinded.
(b) Implementation- The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine and identify from which appropriation accounts the rescission under subsection (a) shall apply and the amount of such rescission that shall apply to each such account. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress of the accounts and amounts determined and identified for rescission under the preceding sentence.
(c) Exception- This section shall not apply to the unobligated funds of the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.164 as Introduced in Senate Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011
