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<dc:title>119 S5085 IS: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply inflation adjustments to the additional hospital insurance tax on high income taxpayers.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-07-22</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 5085</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260722">July 22, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S389">Mr. Kennedy</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply inflation adjustments to the additional hospital insurance tax on high income taxpayers.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="id757e291ef92549b9a9fc91e8add6a830" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Inflation Adjustment</header><subsection id="id6fc5c43df9254c79b5a37971c2ab1232"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Employment Taxes</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/3101">Section 3101</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block id="id9C08BD3916C540559A02C55A2D65A14C" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC" act-name=""><subsection id="id26E69925D474481696098AF4B144B6D2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inflation adjustments</header><paragraph id="id2974c5e33e9245868bb5df16afb6b72f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any calendar year beginning after 2026, each of the dollar amounts in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of subsection (b)(2) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79ce9d68da2b4e6eb8fe96306c68d4af"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32af0cfd41554f48b7148dfc06c327f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section (1)(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2025</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddef1e5814fd54c1b96f7991356cf6fad" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If any amount as adjusted under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded to the next highest multiple of $1,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf55275ce71c54b82809dde205d0632bc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Self-Employment Taxes</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1401">Section 1401</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block id="id1BD98393C38B40AEB74D7A90EED83F1A" style="OLC" act-name=""><subsection id="id4F5BF11CD61F4143B56F85B995414CCF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inflation adjustments</header><paragraph id="id5968915ed8b846fd97a4a9d875ee4a4d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of any taxable year beginning after 2026, each of the dollar amounts in clauses (i) and (iii) of subsection (b)(2)(A) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id008ea28f2e3f4fa78b2be36b2a52a9d1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0abe604eaeb54c72a580516bd2e80784"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section (1)(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2025</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9ab368f2d774e129d92f77371403093" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If any amount as adjusted under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded to the next highest multiple of $1,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></legis-body></bill>

