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in committee · Alabama · House Apr 9, 2021

HRES 296: Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day.

This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day.

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 8, 2021

HRES 295: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Trade Representative should promptly resume negotiations to conclude the Environmental Goods Agreement.

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Trade Representative should resume negotiations to conclude the Environmental Goods Agreement, which would eliminate tariffs on a range of environmental goods such as wind turbines, water treatment filters, and solar water heaters.

Topics ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 8, 2021

HR 2437: To extend to May 17 the first scheduled individual estimated tax payment for 2021.

This bill extends from April 15 to May 17 the date of the first installment of the estimated income tax for individuals for 2021.

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 5, 2021

HR 2363: Voluntary Protection Program Act

Voluntary Protection Program Act This bill provides statutory authority for the voluntary protection program within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Under the program, workplaces that implement comprehensive safety and health management systems are exempt from certain paperwork and inspection requirements.

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 5, 2021

HR 2370: Preserving Family Farms Act of 2021

Preserving Family Farms Act of 2021 This bill increases to $11.7 million (currently, $750,000) the limitation on the special use valuation for farmland or other trades or businesses for estate tax purposes. The increased amount is adjusted for inflation for estates of decedents dying after 2021.

Topics ✗ Budget & Taxes

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 2, 2021

HRES 118: Expressing support for the Iranian people's desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran and condemning violations of human rights and state-sponsored terrorism by the Iranian Government.

This resolution condemns Iranian state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and expresses support for the people of Iran who are engaged in legitimate and peaceful protests against the Iranian regime.

Tom McClintock (R) · 260 co-sponsors

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 1, 2021

HJRES 38: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to hearings held by Administrative Appeals Judges of the Appeals Council.

This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases.

John B. Larson (D) · 43 co-sponsors

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 1, 2021

HR 2337: Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021

Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021 This bill establishes an alternative formula to calculate Social Security retirement benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment. (The existing formula is known as the windfall elimination provision.) The alternative formula adjusts an individual's total lifetime earnings based on the proportion of covered earnings (i.e., earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes). It applies to individuals who (1) first become eligible for benefits after 2022, (2) have earnings from non-covered service performed after 1977, and (3) have less than 30 years of coverage (i.e., years in which a beneficiary is considered to have contributed a substantial amount into the Social Security trust funds). Beneficiaries receive the higher benefit amount as calculated under the alternative method or the existing formula. In addition, the bill provides rebates for certain beneficiaries currently impacted by the existing formula. The Social Security Administration must include non-covered earnings in Social Security account statements, and the Government Accountability Office must study the availability of certain information related to retirement plans maintained by state and local governments.

Richard E. Neal (D) · 190 co-sponsors

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 1, 2021

HR 2315: Higher Education Transparency Act of 2021

Higher Education Transparency Act of 2021 This bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs to make available on its website the full content of any agreement between the IHE and a foreign source that provides language and cultural teaching resources and services to its students.

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 1, 2021

HR 2301: Automatic Voter Registration Act

Automatic Voter Registration Act This bill provides for automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities. Specifically, the bill requires each state motor vehicle authority, upon receiving specified identifying information regarding an individual who requests services from the authority, to transmit the identifying information to the appropriate state election official. The state election official must then notify the individual that the individual shall be automatically registered to vote in federal elections unless the individual declines to be registered to vote, does not meet voter registration eligibility requirements, or is already registered to vote. The bill provides an individual with a 21-calendar day period to opt out of automatic voter registration. A state may only use identifying information regarding an individual's citizenship status for determining whether the individual is eligible to vote in federal elections.

in committee · Alabama · House Apr 1, 2021

HR 2294: Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2021

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2021 This bill increases the rehabilitation tax credit and modifies certain requirements for the credit. The bill increases the rate of the credit for qualified rehabilitation expenditures in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2027, after which the rate reverts to 20%. The bill increases the rate of the credit to 30% for certain small projects whose qualified rehabilitation expenditures do not exceed $2.5 million. The bill also expands the types of buildings eligible for rehabilitation by decreasing the rehabilitation threshold from 100% to 50% of project expenses. It also eliminates the basis adjustment requirement for the credit and modifies rules relating to tax-exempt use property eligible for the credit.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Housing

Earl Blumenauer (D) · 104 co-sponsors

in committee · Alabama · House Mar 29, 2021

HR 2288: Investing in Our Communities Act

Investing in Our Communities Act This bill reinstates the exclusion from gross income for interest on certain bonds issued to advance the refunding of a prior bond issue. The exclusion was repealed for bonds issued after 2017.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes