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HR 1801 111th Congress House Taxation Corporate finance and management Financial crises and stabilization Income tax rates Wages and earnings

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 70 percent tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds.

Introduced: March 30, 2009 Introduced by: Sherman, Brad Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 30, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 70% tax on compensation in excess of $1 million received by an employee from an employer who has received, in the aggregate, economic assistance of more than $500 million under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 or the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Exempts employees who return such compensation to their employer or who receive such compensation as a commissioned sales person.

What's happening now March 30, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1801: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 70 percent tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1801/
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"H.R. 1801: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 70 percent tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1801/.
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H.R. 1801, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1801/.
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