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HR 5258 116th Congress House Taxation Atmospheric science and weather Bankruptcy Corporate finance and management Electric power generation and transmission Income tax rates Infrastructure development Natural disasters Public utilities and utility rates Wages and earnings

No Bonuses During Blackouts Act of 2019

Introduced: November 22, 2019 Introduced by: Harder, Josh Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Nov 22, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 22, 2019
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No Bonuses During Blackouts Act of 2019

This bill imposes the alternative minimum tax on state regulated electric utilities that are in bankruptcy reorganization and that make incentive-based payments, other than salary, to any of their 13 highest compensated employees, or that own or lease infrastructure other than climate-resilient infrastructure (i.e., infrastructure capable of reducing the impact of major weather events and natural disasters).

What's happening now November 22, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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All 3 Democratic 3
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Aguilar, Pete
California · Nov 22, 2019
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Garamendi, John
California · Nov 22, 2019
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Huffman, Jared
California · Nov 22, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5258: No Bonuses During Blackouts Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5258/
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"H.R. 5258: No Bonuses During Blackouts Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5258/.
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