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MOTION TO RECOMMIT H.R. 3630, WITH
INSTRUCTIONS
OFFERED BY Ml. llllll
Ml. llllllllllllllllll
moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 3630, to the Committee
on Ways and Means, with instructions to report the same
back to the House forthwith, with the following amend-
ment:
Add at the end of the bill the following:
TITLE VIIADDITIONAL1
PROVISIONS2
SEC. 701. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF PAYROLL TAX3
CUT FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.4
(a) EXTENSION.For provision extending the payroll5
tax cut for middle class families, see section 2001.6
(b) INCREASED RELIEF.7
(1) IN GENERAL.Subsection (a) of section8
601 of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Re-9
authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (2610
U.S.C. 1401 note) is amended11
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(A) by inserting (9.3 percent for calendar1
year 2012) after 10.40 percent in para-2
graph (1), and3
(B) in paragraph (2)4
(i) by striking (including and in-5
serting (3.1 percent in the case of cal-6
endar year 2012), including after 4.27
percent, and8
(ii) by striking Code) and inserting9
Code.10
(2) COORDINATION WITH INDIVIDUAL DEDUC-11
TION FOR EMPLOYMENT TAXES.Subparagraph (A)12
of section 601(b)(2) of such Act is amended by in-13
serting (66.67 percent for taxable years which14
begin in 2012) after 59.6 percent.15
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.Paragraph (2) of16
section 601(b) of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insur-17
ance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (2618
U.S.C. 1401 note) is amended19
(1) by inserting of such Code after 164(f),20
(2) by inserting of such Code after21
1401(a) in subparagraph (A), and22
(3) by inserting of such Code after23
1401(b) in subparagraph (B).24
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SEC. 702. EXTENDING THE ALLOWANCE FOR BONUS DEPRE-1
CIATION FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS ASSETS.2
For provision extending the allowance for bonus de-3
preciation for certain business assets, see section 1201.4
SEC. 703. PREVENTING A REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS TO5
DOCTORS.6
For provision preventing a reduction in payments to7
doctors, see section 2201.8
SEC. 704. ENSURING THAT MILLIONAIRES PAY THEIR FAIR9
SHARE.10
(a) IN GENERAL.Subchapter A of chapter 1 of the11
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at12
the end the following new part:13
PART VIIISURTAX ON MILLIONAIRES14
Sec. 59B. Surtax on millionaires.
SEC. 59B. SURTAX ON MILLIONAIRES.15
(a) GENERAL RULE.In the case of a taxpayer16
other than a corporation for any taxable year beginning17
after 2011 and before 2021, there is hereby imposed (in18
addition to any other tax imposed by this subtitle) a tax19
equal to 3.6 percent of so much of the modified adjusted20
gross income of the taxpayer for such taxable year as ex-21
ceeds the threshold amount.22
(b) THRESHOLD AMOUNT.For purposes of this23
section24
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(1) IN GENERAL.The threshold amount is1
$1,000,000.2
(2) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.3
(A) IN GENERAL.In the case of any4
taxable year beginning after 2012, the5
$1,000,000 amount under paragraph (1) shall6
be increased by an amount equal to7
(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by8
(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-9
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-10
endar year in which the taxable year be-11
gins, determined by substituting calendar12
year 2011 for calendar year 1992 in sub-13
paragraph (B) thereof.14
(B) ROUNDING.If any amount as ad-15
justed under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of16
$10,000, such amount shall be rounded to the17
next highest multiple of $10,000.18
(3) M ARRIED FILING SEPARATELY.In the19
case of a married individual filing separately for any20
taxable year, the threshold amount shall be one-half21
of the amount otherwise in effect under this sub-22
section for the taxable year.23
(c) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.For24
purposes of this section, the term modified adjusted gross25
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income means adjusted gross income reduced by any de-1
duction (not taken into account in determining adjusted2
gross income) allowed for investment interest (as defined3
in section 163(d)). In the case of an estate or trust, ad-4
justed gross income shall be determined as provided in sec-5
tion 67(e).6
(d) SPECIAL RULES.7
(1) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.In the case of a8
nonresident alien individual, only amounts taken9
into account in connection with the tax imposed10
under section 871(b) shall be taken into account11
under this section.12
(2) CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS LIVING13
ABROAD.The dollar amount in effect under sub-14
section (b) shall be decreased by the excess of15
(A) the amounts excluded from the tax-16
payers gross income under section 911, over17
(B) the amounts of any deductions or ex-18
clusions disallowed under section 911(d)(6)19
with respect to the amounts described in sub-20
paragraph (A).21
(3) CHARITABLE TRUSTS.Subsection (a)22
shall not apply to a trust all the unexpired interests23
in which are devoted to one or more of the purposes24
described in section 170(c)(2)(B).25
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(4) NOT TREATED AS TAX IMPOSED BY THIS1
CHAPTER FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.The tax im-2
posed under this section shall not be treated as tax3
imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining4
the amount of any credit under this chapter or for5
purposes of section 55..6
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.The table of parts for7
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code8
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following9
new item:10
PART VIII. SURTAX ON MILLIONAIRES..
(c) SECTION 15 NOT TO APPLY.The amendment11
made by subsection (a) shall not be treated as a change12
in a rate of tax for purposes of section 15 of the Internal13
Revenue Code of 1986.14
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments made by15
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after16
December 31, 2011.17
SEC. 705. PREVENTING INSIDER TRADING BY MEMBERS OF18
CONGRESS.19
(a) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO CON-20
GRESS AND OTHER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.21
(1) COMMODITIES TRANSACTIONS.Section 4c22
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6c) is23
amended by adding at the end the following:24
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(h) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO CON-1
GRESS.Not later than 270 days after the date of enact-2
ment of this subsection, the Commission shall by rule pro-3
hibit any person from buying or selling any commodity4
for future delivery or swap while such person is in posses-5
sion of material nonpublic information, as defined by the6
Commission, relating to any pending or prospective legis-7
lative action relating to such commodity if8
(1) such information was obtained by reason9
of such person being a Member or employee of Con-10
gress; or11
(2) such information was obtained from a12
Member or employee of Congress, and such person13
knows that the information was so obtained.14
(i) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO OTHER15
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.16
(1) RULEMAKING.Not later than 270 days17
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the18
Commission shall by rule prohibit any person from19
buying or selling any commodity for future delivery20
or swap while such person is in possession of mate-21
rial nonpublic information derived from Federal em-22
ployment and relating to such commodity if23
(A) such information was obtained by24
reason of such person being an employee of an25
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agency, as such term is defined in section1
551(1) of title 5, United States Code; or2
(B) such information was obtained from3
such an employee, and such person knows that4
the information was so obtained.5
(2) M ATERIAL NONPUBLIC INFORMATION.6
For purposes of this subsection, the term material7
nonpublic information means any information that8
an employee of an agency (as such term is defined9
in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code)10
gains by reason of Federal employment and that11
such employee knows or should know has not been12
made available to the general public, including infor-13
mation that14
(A) is routinely exempt from disclosure15
under section 552 of title 5, United States16
Code, or otherwise protected from disclosure by17
statute, Executive order, or regulation;18
(B) is designated as confidential by an19
agency; or20
(C) has not actually been disseminated to21
the general public and is not authorized to be22
made available to the public on request..23
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(2) SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS.Section 10 of1
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended by2
adding at the end the following:3
(d) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO CON-4
GRESS.Not later than 270 days after the date of enact-5
ment of this subsection, the Commission shall by rule pro-6
hibit any person from buying or selling the securities or7
security-based swaps of any issuer while such person is8
in possession of material nonpublic information, as defined9
by the Commission, relating to any pending or prospective10
legislative action relating to such issuer if11
(1) such information was obtained by reason12
of such person being a Member or employee of Con-13
gress; or14
(2) such information was obtained from a15
Member or employee of Congress, and such person16
knows that the information was so obtained.17
(e) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION RELATING TO18
OTHER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.19
(1) RULEMAKING.Not later than 270 days20
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the21
Commission shall by rule prohibit any person from22
buying or selling the securities or security-based23
swaps of any issuer while such person is in posses-24
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sion of material nonpublic information derived from1
Federal employment and relating to such issuer if2
(A) such information was obtained by3
reason of such person being an employee of an4
agency, as such term is defined in section5
551(1) of title 5, United States Code; or6
(B) such information was obtained from7
such an employee, and such person knows that8
the information was so obtained.9
(2) M ATERIAL NONPUBLIC INFORMATION.10
For purposes of this subsection, the term material11
nonpublic information means any information that12
an employee of an agency (as such term is defined13
in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code)14
gains by reason of Federal employment and that15
such employee knows or should know has not been16
made available to the general public, including infor-17
mation that18
(A) is routinely exempt from disclosure19
under section 552 of title 5, United States20
Code, or otherwise protected from disclosure by21
statute, Executive order, or regulation;22
(B) is designated as confidential by an23
agency; or24
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(C) has not actually been disseminated to1
the general public and is not authorized to be2
made available to the public on request..3
(b) COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON IMPLEMENTATION.4
(1) IN GENERAL.The Committee on Agri-5
culture of the House of Representatives shall hold a6
hearing on the implementation by the Commodity7
Futures Trading Commission of subsections (h) and8
(i) of section 4c of the Commodity Exchange Act (as9
added by subsection (a)(2) of this section), and the10
Committee on Financial Services of the House of11
Representatives shall hold a hearing on the imple-12
mentation by the Securities Exchange Commission13
of subsections (d) and (e) of section 10 of the Secu-14
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (as added by subsection15
(a)(1) of this section).16
(2) E XERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.17
Paragraph (1) is enacted18
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power19
of the House of Representatives and, as such,20
shall be considered as part of the rules of the21
House, and such rules shall supersede any other22
rule of the House only to the extent that rule23
is inconsistent therewith; and24
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(B) with full recognition of the constitu-1
tional right of the House to change such rules2
(so far as relating to the procedure in the3
House) at any time, in the same manner, and4
to the same extent as in the case of any other5
rule of the House.6
(c) TIMELY REPORTING OF FINANCIAL TRANS-7
ACTIONS.8
(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.Section 1039
of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended10
by adding at the end the following subsection:11
(l) Within 90 days after the purchase, sale, or ex-12
change of any stocks, bonds, commodities futures, or other13
forms of securities that are otherwise required to be re-14
ported under this Act and the transaction of which in-15
volves at least $1000 by any Member of Congress or offi-16
cer or employee of the legislative branch required to so17
file, that Member, officer, or employee shall file a report18
of that transaction with the Clerk of the House of Rep-19
resentatives in the case of a Representative in Congress,20
a Delegate to Congress, or the Resident Commissioner21
from Puerto Rico, or with the Secretary of the Senate in22
the case of a Senator..23
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendment made24
by paragraph (1) shall apply to transactions occur-25
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ring on or after the date that is 90 days after the1
date of the enactment of this Act.2
(d) DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE AC-3
TIVITIES UNDER LOBBYING DISCLOSUREACT.4
(1) DEFINITIONS.Section 3 of the Lobbying5
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amend-6
ed7
(A) in paragraph (2)8
(i) by inserting after lobbying activi-9
ties each place that term appears the fol-10
lowing: or political intelligence activities;11
and12
(ii) by inserting after lobbyists the13
following: or political intelligence consult-14
ants; and15
(B) by adding at the end the following new16
paragraphs:17
(17) POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.18
The term political intelligence activities means po-19
litical intelligence contacts and efforts in support of20
such contacts, including preparation and planning21
activities, research, and other background work that22
is intended, at the time it is performed, for use in23
contacts, and coordination with such contacts and24
efforts of others.25
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(18) POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE CONTACT.1
(A) DEFINITION.The term political in-2
telligence contact means any oral or written3
communication (including an electronic commu-4
nication) to or from a covered executive branch5
official or a covered legislative branch official,6
the information derived from which is intended7
for use in analyzing securities or commodities8
markets, or in informing investment decisions,9
and which is made on behalf of a client with re-10
gard to11
(i) the formulation, modification, or12
adoption of Federal legislation (including13
legislative proposals);14
(ii) the formulation, modification, or15
adoption of a Federal rule, regulation, Ex-16
ecutive order, or any other program, policy,17
or position of the United States Govern-18
ment; or19
(iii) the administration or execution20
of a Federal program or policy (including21
the negotiation, award, or administration22
of a Federal contract, grant, loan, permit,23
or license).24
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(B) EXCEPTION.The term political in-1
telligence contact does not include a commu-2
nication that is made by or to a representative3
of the media if the purpose of the communica-4
tion is gathering and disseminating news and5
information to the public.6
(19) POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE FIRM.The7
term political intelligence firm means a person or8
entity that has 1 or more employees who are polit-9
ical intelligence consultants to a client other than10
that person or entity.11
(20) POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE CONSULT-12
ANT.The term political intelligence consultant13
means any individual who is employed or retained by14
a client for financial or other compensation for serv-15
ices that include one or more political intelligence16
contacts..17
(2) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.Section 418
of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.19
1603) is amended20
(A) in subsection (a)21
(i) in paragraph (1)22
(I) by inserting after whichever23
is earlier, the following: or a polit-24
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ical intelligence consultant first makes1
a political intelligence contact,; and2
(II) by inserting after such lob-3
byist each place that term appears4
the following: or consultant;5
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting6
after lobbyists each place that term ap-7
pears the following: or political intel-8
ligence consultants; and9
(iii) in paragraph (3)(A)10
(I) by inserting after lobbying11
activities each place that term ap-12
pears the following: and political in-13
telligence activities; and14
(II) in clause (i), by inserting15
after lobbying firm the following:16
or political intelligence firm;17
(B) in subsection (b)18
(i) in paragraph (3), by inserting after19
lobbying activities each place that term20
appears the following: or political intel-21
ligence activities;22
(ii) in paragraph (4)23
(I) in the matter preceding sub-24
paragraph (A), by inserting after25
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lobbying activities the following: or1
political intelligence activities; and2
(II) in subparagraph (C), by in-3
serting after lobbying activity the4
following: or political intelligence ac-5
tivity;6
(iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting7
after lobbying activities each place that8
term appears the following: or political in-9
telligence activities;10
(iv) in paragraph (6), by inserting11
after lobbyist each place that term ap-12
pears the following: or political intel-13
ligence consultant; and14
(v) in the matter following paragraph15
(6), by inserting or political intelligence16
activities after such lobbying activities;17
(C) in subsection (c)18
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting after19
lobbying contacts the following: or po-20
litical intelligence contacts; and21
(ii) in paragraph (2)22
(I) by inserting after lobbying23
contact the following: or political24
intelligence contact; and25
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(II) by inserting after lobbying1
contacts the following: and political2
intelligence contacts; and3
(D) in subsection (d), by inserting after4
lobbying activities each place that term ap-5
pears the following: or political intelligence ac-6
tivities.7
(3) REPORTS BY REGISTERED POLITICAL IN-8
TELLIGENCE CONSULTANTS.Section 5 of the Lob-9
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is10
amended11
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting after12
lobbying activities the following: and polit-13
ical intelligence activities;14
(B) in subsection (b)15
(i) in paragraph (2)16
(I) in the matter preceding sub-17
paragraph (A), by inserting after18
lobbying activities the following: or19
political intelligence activities;20
(II) in subparagraph (A)21
(aa) by inserting after lob-22
byist the following: or political23
intelligence consultant; and24
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(bb) by inserting after lob-1
bying activities the following:2
or political intelligence activi-3
ties;4
(III) in subparagraph (B), by in-5
serting after lobbyists the following:6
and political intelligence consult-7
ants; and8
(IV) in subparagraph (C), by in-9
serting after lobbyists the following:10
or political intelligence consultants;11
(ii) in paragraph (3)12
(I) by inserting after lobbying13
firm the following: or political intel-14
ligence firm; and15
(II) by inserting after lobbying16
activities each place that term ap-17
pears the following: or political intel-18
ligence activities; and19
(iii) in paragraph (4), by inserting20
after lobbying activities each place that21
term appears the following: or political in-22
telligence activities; and23
(C) in subsection (d)(1), in the matter pre-24
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or a po-25
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litical intelligence consultant after a lob-1
byist.2
(4) DISCLOSURE AND ENFORCEMENT.Section3
6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (24
U.S.C. 1605) is amended5
(A) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting after6
lobbying firms the following: , political intel-7
ligence consultants, political intelligence8
firms,;9
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking or lob-10
bying firm and inserting lobbying firm, polit-11
ical intelligence consultant, or political intel-12
ligence firm; and13
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking or lob-14
bying firm and inserting lobbying firm, polit-15
ical intelligence consultant, or political intel-16
ligence firm.17
(5) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.Section 8(b) of18
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.19
1607(b)) is amended by striking or lobbying con-20
tacts and inserting lobbying contacts, political in-21
telligence activities, or political intelligence con-22
tacts.23
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(6) IDENTIFICATION OF CLIENTS AND COVERED1
OFFICIALS.Section 14 of the Lobbying Disclosure2
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1609) is amended3
(A) in subsection (a)4
(i) in the heading, by inserting OR5
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE after LOB-6
BYING;7
(ii) by inserting or political intel-8
ligence contact after lobbying contact9
each place that term appears; and10
(iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting or11
political intelligence activity, as the case12
may be after lobbying activity;13
(B) in subsection (b)14
(i) in the heading, by inserting OR15
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE after LOB-16
BYING;17
(ii) by inserting or political intel-18
ligence contact after lobbying contact19
each place that term appears; and20
(iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting or21
political intelligence activity, as the case22
may be after lobbying activity; and23
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(C) in subsection (c), by inserting or po-1
litical intelligence contact after lobbying con-2
tact.3
(7) ANNUAL AUDITS AND REPORTS BY COMP-4
TROLLER GENERAL.Section 26 of the Lobbying5
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1614) is amend-6
ed7
(A) in subsection (a)8
(i) by inserting political intelligence9
firms, political intelligence consultants,10
after lobbying firms; and11
(ii) by striking lobbying registra-12
tions and inserting registrations;13
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting14
political intelligence firms, political intelligence15
consultants, after lobbying firms; and16
(C) in subsection (c), by inserting or po-17
litical intelligence consultant after a lob-18
byist.19
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.Subject to subsection (c)(2),20
this section and the amendments made by this section21
shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning22
on the date of the enactment of this Act.23
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SEC. 706. FREEZE ON MEMBER COLA AND PENSION RE-1
FORM.2
For provision freezing Member COLA and effecting3
pension reform, see section 5421(b)(1) and part 1 of sub-4
title E of title V, respectively.5
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