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<dc:title>115 HR 4161 IH: Return on Investment Accountability Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2017-10-27</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">115th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4161</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20171027">October 27, 2017</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="G000583">Mr. Gottheimer</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="L000567">Mr. Lance</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for payments to residents of States for which
			 the Federal tax burden exceeds the Federal outlays received.</official-title></form>
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 <section id="H39FAA0BEBE33442EA34F579B6E7AC332" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Return on Investment Accountability Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H44FAB113D5D6436D9EBA25625D07E928" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Payor State credit amount for individuals</header> <subsection id="H986DA938185440F49C9CEECF6F65552E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/65">chapter 65</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 6427 the following new section:</text>
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					<section id="H75295798A9B445EC98C501F5446F5ECA"><enum>6428.</enum><header>Payor State credit amount for individuals</header>
 <subsection id="HB031883083C34913A3D64EDF05F1167F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There shall be allowed to the taxpayer with respect to each eligible individual as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for a taxable year an amount equal to the individual payor State amount.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="HEC4E938B9ACE4A668713B4ECF96FBBFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Individual payor State amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="HC8B1AA6D5EC744688714F08270730C60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>individual payor State amount</term> means the amount that is the same proportion of the payor State amount as the ratio that one bears to all eligible individuals of the State for the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the taxable year begins.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H30EC498AFAB44DC5ACC21EC8B16002B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payor State amount</header><text>The term <term>payor State amount</term> means the amount equal to the excess (if any) of—</text> <subparagraph id="H658533F5012842FB938F4E350D184741"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Federal tax burden of the State for the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, over</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99D6971B3E44456FAB4B3E187E366B44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal outlays received by the State for such preceding calendar year for the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the taxable year begins.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA6E0E5A69F2427DA0FF7DCF82DF9164"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal tax burden and Federal outlays</header>
 <subparagraph id="HB45731954E6741CB9C2208ACE6E382DE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall calculate the Federal tax burden of each State for each calendar year and the Federal outlays received by the State for the calendar year.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05C9D50D5F7E432AB7AA964571075506"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal tax burden</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HB2D14AAA086648178DB1D522C8E9467F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>treat all Federal taxes paid by eligible individuals as a burden on the State in which such individual resides; and</text>
 </clause><clause id="H4E3CD901DA8E405CB2C4B43FE405B23E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>treat all Federal taxes paid by a legal business entity as a burden on the 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.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7229D450F231464989BABF671CFEDEEA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal outlays</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (A), 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.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC876D566F32C48AA983F1D6478EB883B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible individual</header>
 <subparagraph id="HBB06367892514630835A168C9DD3D33C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible individual</term> means any individual who is—</text> <clause id="HBE9D0667C6764AFE82ED9466ADABCC88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the taxpayer, the spouse of the taxpayer, or a dependent of the taxpayer,</text>
 </clause><clause id="H40964BE5DE074B969E52E4C756F71845"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a citizen of the United States or lawfully present in the United States, and</text> </clause><clause id="H49599F2C229B449183497A1D2A1F07F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a resident of the payor State for more than half of the taxable year.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA532B8D929BF486AB0A44F3C2FBF5E8E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The term <term>eligible individual</term> does not include—</text> <clause id="HCB893CF16EE4497BB807DA2228A162AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any individual with respect to whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which the individual’s taxable year begins, or</text>
 </clause><clause id="HE072E0FF992F4115B993D40FD7AD8571"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an estate or trust.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B85CDC24201490DBAF0DCBF41472209"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of credit</header><text>The credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1.</text>
						</subsection><subsection id="HAC842AC43CB046F199D21F7D685C2F04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination with advance refunds of credit</header>
 <paragraph id="HDEE1E65C31BB44ED819949BBFD0CC4FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of credit which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable under this section shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and credits made or allowed to the taxpayer under subsection (e). Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="HEF9FD8DC670D43F3A36CE156F6EB4E01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint returns</header><text>In the case of a refund or credit made or allowed under subsection (e) with respect to a joint return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as having been made or allowed to each individual filing such return.</text>
							</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31FBA04E1C9A4466BEA32C4AD6AD7AA2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Advance refunds and credits</header>
 <paragraph id="H77481E3CF823458AB0005740C34187BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each individual who was an eligible individual for a calendar year shall be treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such first taxable year in an amount equal to the advance refund amount for such taxable year.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H0D6072E35ED04BEBA8F4DCF00D768248"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advance refund amount</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the advance refund amount is the amount that would have been allowed as a credit under this section for the taxable year in which the calendar year begins (other than subsection (d) and this subsection) had applied to such taxable year.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="HAECFCE5B4B174586AA8D9D5C758A7B81"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No interest</header><text>No interest shall be allowed on any overpayment attributable to this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB6AC94E9BD54F58B28F6994D6D664E5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Identification number requirement</header> <paragraph id="HE0F175A29CF24D928101EED57BCFC07A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) to an eligible individual who does not include on the return of tax for the taxable year—</text>
 <subparagraph id="H11FA496913534194B2049136B343A7CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such individual’s valid identification number, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C09A69106D849C2AEFF44FEBE6132BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a joint return, the valid identification number of such individual’s spouse.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1EF6AD33F7A48CF8ECBD34458AA8EA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Valid identification number</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <term>valid identification number</term> means a social security number issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration. Such term shall not include a TIN issued by the Internal Revenue Service.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</subsection><subsection id="H581BA5B12F5D4ED7BF466B14F136EDDA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative amendments</header>
 <paragraph id="H968BE22309CC4C9E8FBE2FE665B021C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of deficiency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>6428,</quote> after <quote>168(k)(4),</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H235F5F836F4D4358950387A2EDBD8CBC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mathematical or clerical error authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (P), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (R) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by inserting after subparagraph (R) the following:</text>
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 <subparagraph id="HE548BB79E0774A55A7860777725DDFDA"><enum>(S)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an omission of information required under section 6428(f) to be included on a return.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F4123A25FF64163B600921D827A917D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H08A8A59445B14B3593EC08E388B44B79"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>6428,</quote> before <quote>or 6431</quote>.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H8D97952F3CF546DC94A47620AF2DB154"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6427 the following new item:</text>
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							<toc-entry idref="H75295798A9B445EC98C501F5446F5ECA" level="section">Sec. 6428. Payor State credit amount for individuals.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A48386973EB4F7B9D89C602BC6B720C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
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