CORPORATIONS related term(s) Business and Industry

Addresses

State of the Union: President Trump, S645–S649 [24FE], H2287–H2295 [24FE]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish database to collect, aggregate, analyze, and publish comprehensive data on Federal corporate criminal enforcement actions (see S. 4104), S1056 [16MR]

Business and industry: prevent exploitative private equity practices in health care system (see S. 3829), S577 [11FE] (see H.R. 7537), H2218 [12FE]

Disasters: prohibit solicitation by institutional investors after major disaster (see S. 3961), S731 [2MR]

Domestic policy: express sense that U.S. must act urgently to end political and economic dominance of billionaire oligarchs, halt corporate subsidies and tax advantages, and reinvest in needs of American people (see H. Res. 1028), H1921 [30JA]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit awarding of contracts to inverted domestic corporations (see S. 3811), S533 [9FE] (see H.R. 7424), H2094 [9FE]

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: reinforce by establishing statute of limitations period of ten years for antibribery offenses (see S. 4029), S915 [9MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 3991), S802 [4MR] (see H.R. 7802), H2419 [4MR]

SEC: establish Public Company Advisory Committee (see H.R. 6967), H134 [7JA]

——— prohibit certain large private funds and registered investment companies from purchasing single family homes (see H.R. 7221), H1350 [22JA]

——— prohibit certain large-scale companies from purchasing single family residences (see H.R. 7186), H1171 [21JA]

Taxation: end tax-free treatment of certain corporate reorganizations that involve large corporations (see S. 4185), S1614 [25MR]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 3847), S577 [11FE] (see H.R. 7493), H2185 [11FE]

——— prohibit deduction of certain expenses for, and impose excise tax on sale of, homes owned by large investors, prohibit Federal mortgage assistance for such investors, and establish neighborhood homes tax credit (see H.R. 7138), H924 [16JA]

Women: express that corporations should commit to utilizing benefits of women in boards of directors and other senior management positions (see H. Res. 1003), H920 [15JA]

Motions

IRS: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Interim Guidance Simplifying Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax to Partnerships’’ (S.J. Res. 95), S543 [10FE]

Remarks in House

Consumers: investigate reported overcharging of customers at retail stores, H5 [6JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, H1128, H1162–H1167 [21JA]

Taxation: deny interest and depreciation deductions for taxpayers owning more than certain number of single family properties (H.R. 4352), H724 [14JA]

Remarks in Senate

Economy: address unequal distribution of wealth and income and growing threat of oligarchy in U.S., S331 [28JA]

IRS: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Interim Guidance Simplifying Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax to Partnerships’’ (S.J. Res. 95), motion to proceed, S542–S544 [10FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S207, S209 [14JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S205–S212 [14JA], S232 [15JA]

Reports filed

Public Company Advisory Committee Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6967) (H. Rept. 119–557), H2620 [19MR]

Texts of

S. 3811, American Business for American Companies Act, S535–S537 [9FE]

S. 3847, Stop Corporate Inversions Act, S579 [11FE]

S. 4104, Corporate Crime Database Act, S1057 [16MR]