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Introduced
02/13/2013
02/13/2013
In Committee
07/31/2014
07/31/2014
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2015
01/03/2015
Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 or the ABLE Act of 2014 - Title I: Qualified ABLE Programs - (Sec. 101) States as the purposes of this title to: (1) encourage and assist individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting individuals with disabilities to maintain health, independence, and quality of life; and (2) provide secure funding for disability-related expenses of beneficiaries with disabilities that will supplement, but not supplant, benefits provided through private insurance, title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the beneficiary's employment, and other sources. (Sec. 102) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from taxation a qualified ABLE program established and maintained by a state, or by an agency or instrumentality of the state, to pay the qualified disability expenses related to the blindness or disability of a program beneficiary, including expenses for education, housing, transportation, employment training and support, assistive technology and personal support services, health, prevention and wellness, financial management and administrative services, legal fees, and expenses for oversight and monitoring, funeral and burial expenses. Requires officers and employees who have control of the qualified ABLE program to make reports as required by the Secretary of the Treasury. Imposes an additional 10% tax on individuals who do not use distributions from an ABLE account for disability expenses. Subjects ABLE accounts to the penalty tax for excess contributions and for failure to file required reports. (Sec. 103) Requires amounts in ABLE accounts to be disregarded in determining eligibility for means-tested federal programs, except distributions for housing expenses under the supplemental security income program and for amounts in an ABLE account exceeding $100,000. Suspends the payment of supplemental security income benefits to an individual during any period in which such individual has excess resources in an ABLE account, but does not suspend or affect the Medicaid eligibility of such individual. (Sec. 104) Amends the bankruptcy code to exclude funds placed in an account of a qualified ABLE program from a bankruptcy estate, but only if: (1) the designated beneficiary of such account was a child, stepchild, grandchild, or step grandchild of the debtor; (2) such funds are not pledged or promised to any entity in connection with any extension of credit and are not excess contributions to an ABLE account; and (3) such funds do not exceed $6,225 during a specified time period. (Sec. 105) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit contributors to or beneficiaries of a qualified tuition program (529 program) to direct the investment of contributions to a 529 program (or any earnings thereon) up to two times in any calendar year (currently, no investment direction is allowed). Title II: Offsets- (Sec. 201) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to change the age at which disability benefits are no longer subject to reductions from 65 to the normal retirement age range as set forth in such Act. (Sec. 202) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) accelerate the beginning date for adjustments of relative value targets for misvalued services in Medicare physician fee schedules from 2017 to 2016; and (2) treat items and services for vacuum erection systems furnished on and after July 1, 2015, in the same manner as erectile dysfunction drugs for purposes of defining covered drugs under Medicare part D. (Sec. 204) Amends the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to delay to January 1, 2025, the implementation of oral-only end stage renal disease (ESRD)-related drugs in the ESRD prospective payment system. (Sec. 205) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate to 29 cents per gallon for fuel used after March 31, 2015. (Sec. 206) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified professional employer organizations (PEOs) as employers for employment tax purposes (thus allowing such PEOs to pay wages and collect and remit payroll taxes on behalf of an employer). Sets forth IRS certification requirements for PEOs, including independent financial review and reporting requirements. Requires a PEO, each year, to post a bond equal to the greater of 5% of the PEO's liability during the preceding calendar year (not exceeding $1 million) or $50,000. (Sec. 207) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude dividends received by a U.S. shareholder from a controlled foreign corporation from the definition of "personal holding company income" for purposes of personal holding company taxation. (Sec. 208) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an annual inflation adjustment to tax penalty amounts for: (1) failure to file a tax return or pay tax, (2) failure to file certain information returns or registration statements, (3) noncompliance of tax return preparers, (4) failure to file partnership or S corporation returns, and (5) failure to file correct information returns or correct payee statements. (Sec. 209) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 15 to 30% the rate of the continuous levy on payments due to a Medicare provider or supplier for overdue taxes.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (380)
Ander Crenshaw (R)*,
Mark Amodei (R),
Robert Andrews (D),
Michele Bachmann (R),
Spencer Bachus (R),
Ron Barber (D),
Lou Barletta (R),
Andy Barr (R),
Joe Barton (R),
Karen Bass (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Dan Benishek (R),
Kerry Bentivolio (R),
Ami Bera (D),
Gus Bilirakis (R),
Rob Bishop (R),
Sanford Bishop (D),
Timothy Bishop (D),
Diane Black (R),
Marsha Blackburn (R),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Jo Bonner (R),
Charles Boustany (R),
Kevin Brady (R),
Robert Brady (D),
Bruce Braley (D),
Susan Brooks (R),
Paul Broun (R),
Corrine Brown (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Vern Buchanan (R),
Larry Bucshon (R),
Michael Burgess (R),
Cheri Bustos (D),
G. Butterfield (D),
Bradley Byrne (R),
Ken Calvert (R),
Shelley Moore Capito (R),
Lois Capps (D),
Michael Capuano (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
John Carney (D),
André Carson (D),
John Carter (R),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Bill Cassidy (R),
Kathy Castor (D),
Joaquin Castro (D),
Steve Chabot (R),
Judy Chu (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Katherine Clark (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Lacy Clay (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Howard Coble (R),
Mike Coffman (R),
Steve Cohen (D),
Tom Cole (R),
Doug Collins (R),
K. Michael Conaway (R),
Gerry Connolly (D),
John Conyers (D),
Paul Cook (R),
Jim Cooper (D),
Jim Costa (D),
Tom Cotton (R),
Joe Courtney (D),
Kevin Cramer (R),
Rick Crawford (R),
Joseph Crowley (WFP),
Henry Cuellar (D),
John Culberson (R),
Elijah Cummings (D),
Steve Daines (R),
Danny Davis (D),
Rodney Davis (R),
Susan Davis (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
John Delaney (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Jeff Denham (R),
Charles Dent (R),
Ron DeSantis (R),
Scott DesJarlais (R),
Theodore Deutch (D),
Mario Diaz-Balart (R),
Lloyd Doggett (D),
Michael Doyle (D),
Tammy Duckworth (D),
Sean Duffy (R),
John Duncan (R),
Donna Edwards (D),
Keith Ellison (D),
Renee Ellmers (R),
Eliot Engel (D),
William Enyart (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Elizabeth Esty (D),
Blake Farenthold (R),
Sam Farr (D),
Chaka Fattah (D),
Stephen Fincher (R),
Michael Fitzpatrick (R),
Chuck Fleischmann (R),
John Fleming (R),
Bill Flores (R),
J. Randy Forbes (R),
Jeff Fortenberry (R),
Lois Frankel (D),
Trent Franks (R),
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R),
Marcia Fudge (D),
Tulsi Gabbard (D),
Pete Gallego (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Joe Garcia (D),
Cory Gardner (R),
Jim Gerlach (R),
Bob Gibbs (R),
Christopher Gibson (R),
Phil Gingrey (R),
Bob Goodlatte (R),
Paul Gosar (R),
Kay Granger (R),
Sam Graves (R),
Alan Grayson (D),
Al Green (D),
Gene Green (D),
Tim Griffin (R),
Morgan Griffith (R),
Michael Grimm (R),
Brett Guthrie (R),
Luis Gutiérrez (D),
Janice Hahn (D),
Ralph Hall (R),
Richard Hanna (R),
Gregg Harper (R),
Andy Harris (R),
Vicky Hartzler (R),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Doc Hastings (R),
Denny Heck (D),
Joseph Heck (R),
Jeb Hensarling (R),
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),
Brian Higgins (D),
Jim Himes (D),
Rubén Hinojosa (D),
George Holding (R),
Rush Holt (D),
Michael Honda (D),
Steven Horsford (D),
Richard Hudson (R),
Jared Huffman (D),
Bill Huizenga (R),
Randy Hultgren (R),
Duncan Hunter (R),
Robert Hurt (R),
Steve Israel (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Hakeem Jeffries (D),
Lynn Jenkins (R),
Bill Johnson (R),
Eddie Johnson (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Sam Johnson (R),
David Jolly (R),
Walter Jones (R),
Jim Jordan (R),
Dave Joyce (R),
Marcy Kaptur (D),
Bill Keating (D),
Mike Kelly (R),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Ron Kind (D),
Peter King (R),
Adam Kinzinger (R),
Ann Kirkpatrick (D),
John Kline (R),
Ann Kuster (D),
Doug LaMalfa (R),
Leonard Lance (R),
James Langevin (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
John Larson (D),
Tom Latham (R),
Bob Latta (R),
Barbara Lee (D),
John Lewis (D),
Daniel Lipinski (D),
Frank LoBiondo (R),
David Loebsack (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Billy Long (R),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Nita Lowey (D),
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R),
Ben Ray Luján (D),
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Daniel Maffei (D),
Carolyn Maloney (D),
Sean Maloney (D),
Kenny Marchant (R),
Tom Marino (R),
Ed Markey (D),
Thomas Massie (R),
Jim Matheson (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Vance McAllister (R),
Carolyn McCarthy (D),
Michael McCaul (R),
Tom McClintock (R),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McDermott (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Patrick McHenry (R),
Mike McIntyre (D),
Howard McKeon (R),
David McKinley (R),
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),
Jerry McNerney (D),
Mark Meadows (R),
Patrick Meehan (R),
Gregory Meeks (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Luke Messer (R),
John Mica (R),
Michael Michaud (D),
Candice Miller (R),
Jeff Miller (R),
Gwen Moore (D),
James Moran (D),
Mick Mulvaney (R),
Patrick Murphy (D),
Tim Murphy (R),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Richard Neal (D),
Gloria Negrete McLeod (D),
Randy Neugebauer (R),
Kristi Noem (R),
Richard Nolan (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Richard Nugent (R),
Devin Nunes (R),
Alan Nunnelee (R),
Beto O'Rourke (D),
Pete Olson (R),
William Owens (D),
Steven Palazzo (R),
Frank Pallone (D),
Bill Pascrell (D),
Erik Paulsen (R),
Donald Payne (D),
Stevan Pearce (R),
Ed Perlmutter (D),
Gary Peters (D),
Scott Peters (D),
Collin Peterson (D),
Pedro Pierluisi (I),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Robert Pittenger (R),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ted Poe (R),
Jared Polis (D),
Mike Pompeo (R),
Bill Posey (R),
David Price (D),
Tom Price (R),
Mike Quigley (D),
Trey Radel (R),
Nick Rahall (D),
Charles Rangel (D),
Tom Reed (R),
David Reichert (R),
James Renacci (R),
Reid Ribble (R),
Tom Rice (R),
Cedric Richmond (D),
E. Scott Rigell (R),
Martha Roby (R),
David Roe (R),
Hal Rogers (R),
Mike Rogers (R),
Todd Rokita (R),
Thomas Rooney (R),
Peter Roskam (R),
Dennis Ross (R),
Keith Rothfus (R),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Edward Royce (R),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Jon Runyan (R),
Dutch Ruppersberger (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Kilili Sablan (D),
Matt Salmon (R),
Loretta Sanchez (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
John Sarbanes (D),
Steve Scalise (R),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Brad Schneider (D),
Aaron Schock (R),
Kurt Schrader (D),
Allyson Schwartz (D),
David Schweikert (R),
Austin Scott (R),
David Scott (D),
F. James Sensenbrenner (R),
José Serrano (D),
Pete Sessions (R),
Terri Sewell (D),
Carol Shea-Porter (D),
Brad Sherman (D),
John Shimkus (R),
Mike Simpson (R),
Kyrsten Sinema (I),
Albio Sires (D),
Louise Slaughter (D),
Chris Smith (R),
Lamar Smith (R),
Steve Southerland (R),
Jackie Speier (D),
Steve Stivers (R),
Steve Stockman (R),
Marlin Stutzman (R),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Lee Terry (R),
G.T. Thompson (R),
Mike Thompson (D),
Mac Thornberry (R),
Patrick Tiberi (R),
John Tierney (D),
Scott Tipton (R),
Dina Titus (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Niki Tsongas (D),
Mike Turner (R),
Fred Upton (R),
David Valadao (R),
Chris Van Hollen (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Filemón Vela (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Peter Visclosky (D),
Ann Wagner (R),
Tim Walberg (R),
Greg Walden (R),
Jackie Walorski (R),
Timothy Walz (D),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Maxine Waters (D),
Daniel Webster (R),
Peter Welch (D),
Brad Wenstrup (R),
Lynn Westmoreland (R),
Ed Whitfield (R),
Roger Williams (R),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Joe Wilson (R),
Rob Wittman (R),
Frank Wolf (R),
Steve Womack (R),
John Yarmuth (D),
Kevin Yoder (R),
Ted Yoho (R),
C.W. Young (R),
Don Young (R),
Todd Young (R),
Last Action
LAID ON THE TABLE - Without objection, the Chair announced that H.R. 647 is laid on the table. (on 01/02/2015)
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