Expressing the sense of the House that a Contract with America should restore American competitiveness.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 18, 2014)
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a Contract with America should include a roadmap to restore American competitiveness by:
- simplifying the corporate tax structure with lower statutory rates and no loopholes;
- taxing overseas profits earned by American multinational companies only where they are earned;
- easing the immigration of highly skilled individuals;
- responsibly developing America's shale-gas and oil reserves;
- aggressively addressing distortions and abuses in the international trading system;
- improving American logistics, communications, and energy infrastructure;
- simplifying and streamlining federal regulation; and
- creating a sustainable federal budget, including entitlement reform.
What just happenedSep 19, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 18, 2014
- Sep 19, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House