What: Full Committee on Ways and Means Markup
Where: 1100 Longworth House Office Building
When: Wednesday, September 14, at 3:00 PM ET
Live stream available HERE.
The Committee will consider the following:
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act (H.R. 3957)
Sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Addresses the tax treatment of costs associated with replanting citrus crops that have been decimated by a crippling bacterial disease
United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act (H.R. 5946)
Sponsored by Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL)
Addresses tax treatment of medals or other prizes awarded to Team USA athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act (H.R. 5719)
Sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN)
Promotes employee ownership at startup companies by addressing the tax treatment of restricted stock issued to employees
Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act (H.R. 2285)
Sponsored by Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA)
Improves enforcement against trafficking in cultural property to prevent stolen or illicit cultural property from financing terrorist and criminal networks
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities (H.R. 5879)
Sponsored by Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC)
Addresses the effective operation of the Nuclear Production Tax Credit
Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Transparency in Tribal Healthcare (HEALTTH) Act (H.R. 5406)
Sponsored by Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Addresses the tax treatment of the Indian Health Service student loan repayment program
Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act (H.R. 5204)
Sponsored by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
Addresses the tax treatment of student loans that are forgiven due to death or disability
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 4220)
Sponsored by Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)
Addresses the tax qualification of mutual irrigation and ditch companies organized to help promote access to water