HR 4985 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Stop Corporate Expatriation and Invest in America's Infrastructure Act of 2014

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 26, 2014 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 26, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Corporate Expatriation and Invest in America's Infrastructure Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States) to provide that a foreign corporation that acquires the properties of a U.S. corporation or partnership after May 8, 2014, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition: (1) it holds more than 50% of the stock of the new entity (expanded affiliated group), or (2) the management or control of the new entity occurs primarily within the United States and the new entity has significant domestic business activities.

Authorizes additional appropriations to the Highway Account and Mass Transit Account in the Highway Trust Fund.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2014 to Sep 17, 2014, with 43 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-WADenny HeckOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalJun 26, 2014
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJun 26, 2014

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2014Introduced in House
  2. Jun 26, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 4

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2360Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014Related billMay 20, 2014
S 2489American Jobs for American Infrastructure ActRelated billJun 18, 2014
HR 4679Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014Related billMay 20, 2014
HR 5338Federal Employee Pension Fairness ActRelated billJul 31, 2014

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2014Introduced in House

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