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S 13 115th Congress Senate

No Windfalls for Government Service Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent high net worth individuals from receiving tax windfalls for entering government service.

Introduced: January 3, 2017 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Taxation Federal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionIncome tax exclusion
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 3, 2017
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 Latest action January 3, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Windfalls for Government Service Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a $1 million lifetime limitation on the nonrecognition of a taxpayer's gains from the sale of property pursuant to a certificate of divesture to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements for certain federal government positions.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 3, 2017
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jan 3, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 13: No Windfalls for Government Service Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-13/
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"S. 13: No Windfalls for Government Service Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-13/.
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