State Fiscal Flexibility Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 15, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 15, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
State Fiscal Flexibility Act of 2021
This bill removes a prohibition on states and territories using COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funding under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to offset a reduction in revenue resulting from a reduction in taxes or a delay in the imposition of a tax or tax increase.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2021 to Mar 22, 2021; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Mar 15, 2021 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Mar 22, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 15, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-215 | THE QUARTERLY CARES ACT REPORT TO CONGRESS77 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Mar 24, 2021 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 730 | Let States Cut Taxes Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| HR 2002 | Let States Cut Taxes Act | Related bill | Mar 18, 2021 |
| HR 2189 | State Tax Freedom Act | Related bill | Mar 26, 2021 |
| S 4046 | Simplify, Don’t Amplify the IRS Act | Related bill | Apr 7, 2022 |
| HR 7485 | Simplify, Don’t Amplify the IRS Act | Related bill | Apr 7, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to remove the prohibition on States and territories against lowering their taxes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- State Fiscal Flexibility Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government Operations and Politics
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax rates
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- State and local taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
