[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1964 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1964
To assess the State by State impact of Federal taxation and spending.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 2021
Mr. Foster (for himself, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Zeldin, Mrs. Bustos, Mr.
Gottheimer, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Allred, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Gohmert)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Oversight and Reform
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A BILL
To assess the State by State impact of Federal taxation and spending.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Payer State Transparency Act of
2021''.
SEC. 2. CALCULATION OF FEDERAL TAX BURDENS AND OUTLAYS.
(a) State by State Calculation of Federal Tax Burdens.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce, acting through
the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, shall
calculate the Federal tax burden of each State for each
calendar year.
(2) Calculation of federal tax burden.--For purposes of
calculating the Federal tax burden of each State under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
(A) treat Federal taxes paid by an individual as a
burden on the State in which such individual resides;
and
(B) treat Federal taxes paid by a legal business
entity as a burden on each State in which economic
activity of such entity is performed in the same
proportion that the economic activity of such entity in
such State bears to the economic activity of such
entity in all the States.
(b) State by State Calculation of Federal Outlays.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, in coordination with the Council of Economic
Advisers and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall calculate the
total amount of Federal outlays received by each State in each
fiscal year.
(2) Treatment of contract awards.--For purposes of
calculating the amount of Federal outlays received by a State
under paragraph (1), a Federal contract award shall be treated
as a Federal outlay received by each State in which performance
under the award takes place in the same proportion that such
performance in such State bears to such performance in all the
States.
(c) State Defined.--In this section the term ``State'' means each
of the several States.
SEC. 3. JOINT REPORT.
Not later than the date that is 180 days after the beginning of
each calendar year, the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall--
(1) jointly submit to Congress a report containing the
results of the calculations described in section 2 with respect
to such calendar year; and
(2) publish the report on a publicly accessible website of
the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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