Payer State Transparency Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 5, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Payer State Transparency Act of 2015
Directs: (1) the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to calculate the federal tax burden of each state for each calendar year, (2) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to calculate the total amount of federal outlays received by each state in each fiscal year, and (3) the Secretary of Commerce and the OMB Director to jointly report to Congress on the results of such calculations and publish such report on the publicly accessible website of the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2015 to May 20, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Original | Feb 5, 2015 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Feb 20, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | May 20, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 20, February 5, 2015, page H857.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To assess the State by State impact of Federal taxation and spending.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Payer State Transparency Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2015Introduced 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.
