Fairness in Taxation Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 25, 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.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fairness in Taxation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase individual income tax rates for taxpayers whose taxable income exceeds $1 million, and (2) provide for an adjustment in the capital gains tax of taxpayers whose taxable income is subject to the 45% tax bracket.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2013 to Feb 26, 2014; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Apr 25, 2013 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 26, 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 Apr 25, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 25, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2352.
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 impose increased rates of tax with respect to taxpayers with more than $1,000,000 taxable income, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fairness in Taxation Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
