Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Taxation of foreign income

Bill Introduced: S.1610 American Shipping Reinvestment Act of 2009

2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the shipping investment withdrawal rules in section 955 and to provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

2009-07-14T15:26:00Z

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2542 American Shipping Reinvestment Act of 2009

2009-05-21T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the shipping investment withdrawal rules in section 955 and to provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2098 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations.

2009-04-23T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1874 Patriot Corporations of America Act of 2009

2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

To provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in the rate of income tax imposed on, Patriot corporations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1944 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.

2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1798 Working American Competitiveness Act

2009-03-30T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the limitation on the foreign earned income exclusion, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.74 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance of strengthening bilateral relations in general, and investment relations specifically, between the United States and Brazil.

2009-03-12T00:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance of strengthening bilateral relations in general, and investment relations specifically, between the United States and Brazil.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1265 Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

2009-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

Bill Introduced: S.506 Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

2009-03-02T00:00:00Z

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

Bill Introduced: S.296 Fair Tax Act of 2009

2009-01-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.

Bill Introduced: S.260 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property.

2009-01-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property.

Bill Introduced: H.R.507 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for taxable years beginning in 2008 or 2009.

2009-01-14T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for taxable years beginning in 2008 or 2009.

Bill Introduced: H.R.485 STOP Act of 2009

2009-01-13T00:00:00Z

To strengthen existing legislation sanctioning persons aiding and facilitating nonproliferation activities by the Governments of Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009

2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.99 Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2009

2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.

October 03, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Enacted: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bill Signed by President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z