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HR 4426 111th Congress House Taxation Corporate finance and management Financial crises and stabilization Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Sales and excise taxes Small business Wages and earnings

Wall Street Bonus Tax Act

Introduced: January 12, 2010 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Jan 12, 2010
Referred to House Small Business
Jan 12, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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.
Jan 12, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 12, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
Jan 12, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wall Street Bonus Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on current or former employees of recipients of financial assistance under the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) for 50% of any bonus exceeding $50,000 paid to them during 2010; and (2) establish in the Treasury the Small Business Growth Fund to hold revenues from such tax.

Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program to make loans directly to small business concerns. Makes amounts from such Fund available to carry out such program.

What's happening now January 12, 2010

Referred to House Small Business

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4412 Related bill Wall Street Bonus Tax Act
  • S 3007 Related bill Wall Street Bonus Tax Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 17
D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 14, 2010
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 3, 2010
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 27, 2010
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 27, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 27, 2010
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 21, 2010
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 21, 2010
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 21, 2010
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 21, 2010
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 21, 2010
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 19, 2010
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jan 19, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 15, 2010
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 15, 2010
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 15, 2010
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jan 13, 2010
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 13, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4426: Wall Street Bonus Tax Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4426/
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"H.R. 4426: Wall Street Bonus Tax Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4426/.
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H.R. 4426, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4426/.
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