Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2013 - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing expenses and claims to increase to $20,000: (1) allowed unsecured claims in the fourth order of priority (wages, salaries, or commissions); and (2) the factor multiplied by the number of employees covered with respect to employee benefit plan contributions in the fifth order of priority...
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. Iintroduced 1/3/2013
CO-Sponsor
Rep Bass, Karen [CA-37] - 2/6/2013
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 1/3/2013
Rep Deutch, Theodore E. [FL-21] - 1/3/2013
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-12] - 1/4/2013
Rep Jackson Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/3/2013
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 1/3/2013
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-13] - 1/14/2013
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-19] - 1/4/2013
Rep Miller, George [CA-11] - 1/3/2013
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-10] - 1/3/2013
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-38] - 1/4/2013
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 1/3/2013
Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider.
Sponsor: Rep Roe, David P. Introduced 1/23/2013
CO-Sponsor - a total of 109 cosponsors visit page to see who they are!
Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available a new federal income tax Form 1040SR (similar to Form 1040EZ) to individuals who have turned 65 as of the close of the taxable year. Allows the form to be used even if income includes: (1) social security benefits; (2) distributions from qualified retirement plans, annuities, or other such deferred payment arrangements; (3) interest and dividends; or (4) capital gains and losses.
Sponsor: Rep Fleming, John Introduced 1/3/2013
CO-Sponsors:
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 1/3/2013
Rep Benishek, Dan [MI-1] - 4/24/2013
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-42] - 4/15/2013
Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] - 4/11/2013
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 4/23/2013
Rep Davis, Rodney [IL-13] - 4/11/2013
Rep Ellmers, Renee L. [NC-2] - 4/12/2013
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-16] - 4/11/2013
Rep Farenthold, Blake [TX-27] - 5/6/2013
Rep Guthrie, Brett [KY-2] - 4/15/2013
Rep Harris, Andy [MD-1] - 4/12/2013
Rep Heck, Joseph J. [NV-3] - 4/15/2013
Rep Johnson, Bill [OH-6] - 4/24/2013
Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 4/25/2013
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 5/14/2013
Rep Mulvaney, Mick [SC-5] - 4/15/2013
Rep Noem, Kristi L. [SD] - 3/18/2013
Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-14] - 4/12/2013
Rep Posey, Bill [FL-8] - 4/11/2013
Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-17] - 4/12/2013
Rep Schock, Aaron [IL-18] - 6/28/2013
Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act - Requires the following to take equal priority over all other federally incurred obligations in the event that the public debt reaches the statutory limit: (1) the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public; (2) the authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay monthly Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act; and (3) the payment of pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces on active duty.
Sponsor: Rep Schweikert, David Introduced 1/14/2013
CO-Sponsor
Rep Duncan, Jeff [SC-3] - 1/22/2013
Rep Fincher, Stephen Lee [TN-8] - 2/14/2013
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-8] - 1/22/2013
Rep Harris, Andy [MD-1] - 1/22/2013
Rep Stivers, Steve [OH-15] - 2/14/2013
