[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1586 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1586

   To impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP 
                              recipients.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2009

  Mr. Rangel (for himself, Mr. Israel, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
 Stark, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
Thompson of California, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
 Pascrell, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Davis 
of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
 of California, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Connolly of 
Virginia, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Maffei, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Carney, 
Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Hall of 
New York, Mr. Hare, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Schakowsky, 
    Mr. Sires, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Hill) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP 
                              recipients.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BONUSES RECEIVED FROM CERTAIN TARP RECIPIENTS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of an employee or former employee of a 
covered TARP recipient, the tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year shall not be less than the 
sum of--
            (1) the tax that would be determined under such chapter if 
        the taxable income of the taxpayer for such taxable year were 
        reduced (but not below zero) by the TARP bonus received by the 
        taxpayer during such taxable year, plus
            (2) 90 percent of the TARP bonus received by the taxpayer 
        during such taxable year.
    (b) TARP Bonus.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) In general.--The term ``TARP bonus'' means, with 
        respect to any individual for any taxable year, the lesser of--
                    (A) the aggregate disqualified bonus payments 
                received from covered TARP recipients during such 
                taxable year, or
                    (B) the excess of--
                            (i) the adjusted gross income of the 
                        taxpayer for such taxable year, over
                            (ii) $250,000 ($125,000 in the case of a 
                        married individual filing a separate return).
            (2) Disqualified bonus payment.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``disqualified bonus 
                payment'' means any retention payment, incentive 
                payment, or other bonus which is in addition to any 
                amount payable to such individual for service performed 
                by such individual at a regular hourly, daily, weekly, 
                monthly, or similar periodic rate.
                    (B) Exceptions.--Such term shall not include 
                commissions, welfare or fringe benefits, or expense 
                reimbursements.
                    (C) Waiver or return of payments.--Such term shall 
                not include any amount if the employee irrevocably 
                waives the employee's entitlement to such payment, or 
                the employee returns such payment to the employer, 
                before the close of the taxable year in which such 
                payment is due. The preceding sentence shall not apply 
                if the employee receives any benefit from the employer 
                in connection with the waiver or return of such 
                payment.
            (3) Reimbursement of tax treated as tarp bonus.--Any 
        reimbursement by a covered TARP recipient of the tax imposed 
        under subsection (a) shall be treated as a disqualified bonus 
        payment to the taxpayer liable for such tax.
    (c) Covered TARP Recipient.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) In general.--The term ``covered TARP recipient'' 
        means--
                    (A) any person who receives after December 31, 
                2007, capital infusions under the Emergency Economic 
                Stabilization Act of 2008 which, in the aggregate, 
                exceed $5,000,000,000,
                    (B) the Federal National Mortgage Association and 
                the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
                    (C) any person who is a member of the same 
                affiliated group (as defined in section 1504 of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986, determined without 
                regard to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b)) as 
                a person described in subparagraph (A) or (B), and
                    (D) any partnership if more than 50 percent of the 
                capital or profits interests of such partnership are 
                owned directly or indirectly by one or more persons 
                described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
            (2) Exception for tarp recipients who repay assistance.--A 
        person shall be treated as described in paragraph (1)(A) for 
        any period only if--
                    (A) the excess of the aggregate amount of capital 
                infusions described in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to 
                such person over the amounts repaid by such person to 
                the Federal Government with respect to such capital 
                infusions, exceeds
                    (B) $5,000,000,000.
    (d) Other Definitions.--Terms used in this section which are also 
used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning 
when used in this section as when used in such Code.
    (e) Coordination With Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Any increase 
in the tax imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
by reason of subsection (a) shall not be treated as a tax imposed by 
such chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any credit under 
such chapter or for purposes of section 55 of such Code.
    (f) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary's 
delegate, shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be 
necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
    (g) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to disqualified bonus 
payments received after December 31, 2008, in taxable years ending 
after such date.
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