Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Department of the Treasury

Bill Introduced: S.826 Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1750 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1693 To provide an exemption for community banks from the application of Basel III capital standards.

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To provide an exemption for community banks from the application of Basel III capital standards.

Bill Introduced: S.798 Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

A bill to address equity capital requirements for financial institutions, bank holding companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1706 Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To establish an Independent Monitor to maintain oversight of the settlement by mortgage servicing companies that were subject to enforcement actions for unsafe and unsound practices related to residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1694 Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2013

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.791 Follow the Money Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the disclosure of contributions and expenditures for independent Federal election-related activity, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1603 Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.742 Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2013

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.731 Basel III Commonsense Approach for Small Entities Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to conduct an empirical impact study on proposed rules relating to the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, as they apply to community banks.

Bill Introduced: S.737 Basel III Impact Study Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a quantitative impact study on the cumulative effect of the Basel III framework devised by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets, as proposed in the Advanced Approaches Risk-Based Capital Rules Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Standardized Approach for Risk-Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1553 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1554 Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1570 Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Fraud Prevention Act of 2013

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the regulation of tax return preparers.

Bill Introduced: S.728 Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2013

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1566 Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To create a Federal charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.725 Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide a taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1556 Fairness in International Taxation Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of United States income.

Bill Introduced: S.727 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1525 Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013

2013-04-11T20:00:00Z

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.