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S 8 113th Congress Senate

End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act

Official title: A bill expressing the sense of the Senate on the need to enact legislation to eliminate wasteful tax loopholes.

Introduced: January 22, 2013 See on congress.gov
Taxation Budget deficits and national debtCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCorporate finance and managementEconomic performance and conditions
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This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47)
Jan 22, 2013
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 Latest action January 22, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation to: (1) eliminate wasteful tax loopholes; (2) eliminate corporate tax loopholes and wasteful tax breaks for special interests; (3) enhance tax fairness by reforming or eliminating tax breaks that provide excessive benefits to millionaires and billionaires; (4) crack down on tax cheaters and close the tax gap; (5) use the revenue saved by curtailing tax loopholes to reduce the deficit and reform the federal tax code; (6) address provisions in the tax code that make it more profitable for companies to create jobs overseas than in the United States; and (7) reform the tax code in a manner that promotes job creation, competitiveness, and economic growth.


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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 8: End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-8/
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"S. 8: End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-8/.
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S. 8, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-8/.
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