[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3876 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3876

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the deductibility 
             of excessive rates of executive compensation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2007

  Ms. Lee (for herself, Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the deductibility 
             of excessive rates of executive compensation.

    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 ``Income Equity Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR PAYMENTS OF EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to deduction for trade or business expenses) is amended by 
inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Excessive Compensation.--
            ``(1) In general.--No deduction shall be allowed under this 
        chapter for any excessive compensation with respect to any 
        full-time employee.
            ``(2) Excessive compensation.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `excessive compensation' means, with 
        respect to any employee, the amount by which--
                    ``(A) the compensation for services performed by 
                such employee during the taxable year, exceeds
                    ``(B) an amount equal to 25 times the lowest 
                compensation for services performed by any other full-
                time employee during such taxable year.
            ``(3) Definitions and special rules.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) Compensation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `compensation' 
                        means salary, wages, and bonuses.
                            ``(ii) Inclusion of noncash benefits.--The 
                        term `compensation' includes any remuneration 
                        (including benefits) in any medium other than 
                        cash, but shall not include--
                                    ``(I) any payment referred to in so 
                                much of section 3121(a)(5) as precedes 
                                subparagraph (E) thereof, and
                                    ``(II) any benefit provided to or 
                                on behalf of an employee if at the time 
                                such benefit is provided it is 
                                reasonable to believe that the employee 
                                will be able to exclude such benefit 
                                from gross income under this chapter.
                            ``(iii) Part-year employees.--In the case 
                        of any part-year employee, the compensation of 
                        the employee shall be computed on an annualized 
                        basis.
                    ``(B) Employer.--All persons treated as a single 
                employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 or 
                subsection (m) or (o) of section 414 shall be treated 
                as 1 employer.
            ``(4) Reporting.--Each employer who provides compensation 
        in any taxable year to any employee in an amount which is more 
        than 25 times the amount of the lowest-compensated full time 
        employee, shall file a report with the Secretary containing--
                    ``(A) the compensation of the lowest-compensated 
                full time employee,
                    ``(B) the average pay of all non-managerial 
                employees,
                    ``(C) the average pay of all executive staff, and
                    ``(D) the exact compensation of the top 5 employees 
                of the company.
        Any such report shall be filed at such time and in such manner 
        as the Secretary may require.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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