HR 1029 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act

Introduced Mar 7, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Peter A. DeFazio D-OR

Latest action · Mar 7, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 7, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2013 to May 9, 2014; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Mar 7, 2013
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Mar 7, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Mar 7, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 7, 2013
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Mar 12, 2013
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 12, 2013
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 12, 2013
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 14, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Mar 14, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Mar 14, 2013
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Mar 18, 2013
D-CA	Judy Chu		Mar 18, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Mar 20, 2013
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Mar 20, 2013
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 20, 2013
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 10, 2013
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Apr 10, 2013
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Apr 16, 2013
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Apr 16, 2013
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Apr 17, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 23, 2013
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 23, 2013
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Apr 23, 2013
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Apr 23, 2013
D-IL	William L. Enyart		Apr 23, 2013
D-MI	John D. Dingell		May 8, 2013
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		May 16, 2013
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 21, 2013
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 24, 2013
D-NY	Steve Israel		Sep 19, 2013
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		May 9, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 7, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 7, 2013Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1328.

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 500	Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act	Related bill	Mar 7, 2013
S 2382	Fair Raises for Seniors Act	Related bill	May 22, 2014
HR 5306	Social Security 2100 Act	Related bill	Nov 17, 2014
HR 5852	Scrap the Cap Act	Related bill	Dec 11, 2014

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.
Short Titles as Introduced: No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 7, 2013Introduced in House

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