H.R. 647 — 113th Congress

ABLE Act of 2014

Originated in the House · Introduced Feb 13, 2013 · Taxation

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113th Congress
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Latest action

Jan 2, 2015

LAID ON THE TABLE - Without objection, the Chair announced that H.R. 647 is laid on the table.

CRS summary

As of Dec 3, 2014

Passed House amended

Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 or the ABLE Act of 2014 - Title I: Qualified ABLE Programs - (Sec. 101) States as the purposes of this title to: (1) encourage and assist individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting individuals with disabilities to maintain health, independence, and quality of life; and (2) provide secure funding for disability-related expenses of beneficiaries with disabilities that will supplement, but not supplant, benefits provided through private insurance, title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the beneficiary's employment, and other sources.

(Sec. 102) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from taxation a qualified ABLE program established and maintained by a state, or by an agency or instrumentality of the state, to pay the qualified disability expenses related to the blindness or disability of a program beneficiary, including expenses for education, housing, transportation, employment training and support, assistive technology and personal support services, health, prevention and wellness, financial management and administrative services, legal fees, and expenses for oversight and monitoring, funeral and burial expenses.

Requires officers and employees who have control of the qualified ABLE program to make reports as required by the Secretary of the Treasury. Imposes an additional 10% tax on individuals who do not use distributions from an ABLE account for disability expenses. Subjects ABLE accounts to the penalty tax for excess contributions and for failure to file required reports.

(Sec. 103) Requires amounts in ABLE accounts to be disregarded in determining eligibility for means-tested federal programs, except distributions for housing expenses under the supplemental security income program and for amounts in an ABLE account exceeding $100,000. Suspends the payment of supplemental security income benefits to an individual during any period in which such individual has excess resources in an ABLE account, but does not suspend or affect the Medicaid eligibility of such individual.

(Sec. 104) Amends the bankruptcy code to exclude funds placed in an account of a qualified ABLE program from a bankruptcy estate, but only if: (1) the designated beneficiary of such account was a child, stepchild, grandchild, or step grandchild of the debtor; (2) such funds are not pledged or promised to any entity in connection with any extension of credit and are not excess contributions to an ABLE account; and (3) such funds do not exceed $6,225 during a specified time period.

(Sec. 105) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit contributors to or beneficiaries of a qualified tuition program (529 program) to direct the investment of contributions to a 529 program (or any earnings thereon) up to two times in any calendar year (currently, no investment direction is allowed).

Title II: Offsets- (Sec. 201) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to change the age at which disability benefits are no longer subject to reductions from 65 to the normal retirement age range as set forth in such Act.

(Sec. 202) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) accelerate the beginning date for adjustments of relative value targets for misvalued services in Medicare physician fee schedules from 2017 to 2016; and (2) treat items and services for vacuum erection systems furnished on and after July 1, 2015, in the same manner as erectile dysfunction drugs for purposes of defining covered drugs under Medicare part D.

(Sec. 204) Amends the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to delay to January 1, 2025, the implementation of oral-only end stage renal disease (ESRD)-related drugs in the ESRD prospective payment system.

(Sec. 205) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate to 29 cents per gallon for fuel used after March 31, 2015.

(Sec. 206) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified professional employer organizations (PEOs) as employers for employment tax purposes (thus allowing such PEOs to pay wages and collect and remit payroll taxes on behalf of an employer).

Sets forth IRS certification requirements for PEOs, including independent financial review and reporting requirements. Requires a PEO, each year, to post a bond equal to the greater of 5% of the PEO's liability during the preceding calendar year (not exceeding $1 million) or $50,000.

(Sec. 207) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude dividends received by a U.S. shareholder from a controlled foreign corporation from the definition of "personal holding company income" for purposes of personal holding company taxation.

(Sec. 208) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an annual inflation adjustment to tax penalty amounts for: (1) failure to file a tax return or pay tax, (2) failure to file certain information returns or registration statements, (3) noncompliance of tax return preparers, (4) failure to file partnership or S corporation returns, and (5) failure to file correct information returns or correct payee statements.

(Sec. 209) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 15 to 30% the rate of the continuous levy on payments due to a Medicare provider or supplier for overdue taxes.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Dec 3, 2014 · On Passage

Full roll call

Passed (404–17)

Yea404: 221 R · 182 D · 1 I

MemberPartyState
Terri A. SewellDemocratAL
Ann KirkpatrickDemocratAZ
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Ron BarberDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Alan S. LowenthalDemocratCA
Ami BeraDemocratCA
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
Doris O. MatsuiDemocratCA
Eric SwalwellDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Jackie SpeierDemocratCA
Janice HahnDemocratCA
Jared HuffmanDemocratCA
Jerry McNerneyDemocratCA
Jim CostaDemocratCA
Juan VargasDemocratCA
Judy ChuDemocratCA
Julia BrownleyDemocratCA
Karen BassDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Scott H. PetersDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Tony CárdenasDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Ed PerlmutterDemocratCO
Jared PolisDemocratCO
Elizabeth H. EstyDemocratCT
James A. HimesDemocratCT
Joe CourtneyDemocratCT
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
John C. Carney Jr.DemocratDE
Alan GraysonDemocratFL
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Frederica S. WilsonDemocratFL
Joe GarciaDemocratFL
Kathy CastorDemocratFL
Lois FrankelDemocratFL
Patrick MurphyDemocratFL
Theodore E. DeutchDemocratFL
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.DemocratGA
John BarrowDemocratGA
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Colleen HanabusaDemocratHI
Tulsi GabbardDemocratHI
Bruce L. BraleyDemocratIA
David LoebsackDemocratIA
Bill FosterDemocratIL
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Bradley Scott SchneiderDemocratIL
Cheri BustosDemocratIL
Daniel LipinskiDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Mike QuigleyDemocratIL
Robin L. KellyDemocratIL
William L. EnyartDemocratIL
André CarsonDemocratIN
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
John A. YarmuthDemocratKY
Cedric L. RichmondDemocratLA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Joseph P. Kennedy IIIDemocratMA
Katherine M. ClarkDemocratMA
Niki TsongasDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
William R. KeatingDemocratMA
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Donna F. EdwardsDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
John K. DelaneyDemocratMD
John P. SarbanesDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Chellie PingreeDemocratME
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
Daniel T. KildeeDemocratMI
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Keith EllisonDemocratMN
Richard M. NolanDemocratMN
Timothy J. WalzDemocratMN
Emanuel CleaverDemocratMO
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
Alma S. AdamsDemocratNC
David E. PriceDemocratNC
G. K. ButterfieldDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Ann M. KusterDemocratNH
Carol Shea-PorterDemocratNH
Albio SiresDemocratNJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Donald M. Payne, Jr.DemocratNJ
Donald NorcrossDemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Ben Ray LujánDemocratNM
Michelle Lujan GrishamDemocratNM
Dina TitusDemocratNV
Steven HorsfordDemocratNV
Brian HigginsDemocratNY
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Daniel B. MaffeiDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Grace MengDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Hakeem S. JeffriesDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Paul TonkoDemocratNY
Sean Patrick MaloneyDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
William L. OwensDemocratNY
Yvette D. ClarkeDemocratNY
Joyce BeattyDemocratOH
Marcia L. FudgeDemocratOH
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Kurt SchraderDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Suzanne BonamiciDemocratOR
Allyson Y. SchwartzDemocratPA
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Matt CartwrightDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
David N. CicillineDemocratRI
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Steve CohenDemocratTN
Al GreenDemocratTX
Beto O’RourkeDemocratTX
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Filemon VelaDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Henry CuellarDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Marc A. VeaseyDemocratTX
Pete P. GallegoDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
Gerald E. ConnollyDemocratVA
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Peter WelchDemocratVT
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Denny HeckDemocratWA
Derek KilmerDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Suzan K. DelBeneDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Kyrsten SinemaIndependentAZ
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Bradley ByrneRepublicanAL
Martha RobyRepublicanAL
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Mo BrooksRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
Eric A. "Rick" CrawfordRepublicanAR
Steve WomackRepublicanAR
Tim GriffinRepublicanAR
Tom CottonRepublicanAR
David SchweikertRepublicanAZ
Matt SalmonRepublicanAZ
Paul A. GosarRepublicanAZ
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
David G. ValadaoRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Doug LaMalfaRepublicanCA
Duncan HunterRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Jeff DenhamRepublicanCA
John CampbellRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCA
Paul CookRepublicanCA
Tom McClintockRepublicanCA
Cory GardnerRepublicanCO
Doug LambornRepublicanCO
Mike CoffmanRepublicanCO
Scott R. TiptonRepublicanCO
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Bill PoseyRepublicanFL
Curt ClawsonRepublicanFL
Daniel WebsterRepublicanFL
David W. JollyRepublicanFL
Dennis A. RossRepublicanFL
Gus M. BilirakisRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Richard B. NugentRepublicanFL
Ron DeSantisRepublicanFL
Steve Southerland IIRepublicanFL
Ted S. YohoRepublicanFL
Thomas J. RooneyRepublicanFL
Vern BuchananRepublicanFL
Austin ScottRepublicanGA
Doug CollinsRepublicanGA
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Lynn A. WestmorelandRepublicanGA
Paul C. BrounRepublicanGA
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Rob WoodallRepublicanGA
Tom GravesRepublicanGA
Tom PriceRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
Raúl R. LabradorRepublicanID
Aaron SchockRepublicanIL
Adam KinzingerRepublicanIL
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Peter J. RoskamRepublicanIL
Randy HultgrenRepublicanIL
Rodney DavisRepublicanIL
Jackie WalorskiRepublicanIN
Larry BucshonRepublicanIN
Luke MesserRepublicanIN
Marlin A. StutzmanRepublicanIN
Susan W. BrooksRepublicanIN
Todd RokitaRepublicanIN
Todd YoungRepublicanIN
Kevin YoderRepublicanKS
Lynn JenkinsRepublicanKS
Mike PompeoRepublicanKS
Andy BarrRepublicanKY
Brett GuthrieRepublicanKY
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Thomas MassieRepublicanKY
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
Charles W. Boustany Jr.RepublicanLA
John FlemingRepublicanLA
Steve ScaliseRepublicanLA
Vance M. McAllisterRepublicanLA
Andy HarrisRepublicanMD
Bill HuizengaRepublicanMI
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dan BenishekRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Kerry L. BentivolioRepublicanMI
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
Tim WalbergRepublicanMI
Erik PaulsenRepublicanMN
John KlineRepublicanMN
Michele BachmannRepublicanMN
Ann WagnerRepublicanMO
Billy LongRepublicanMO
Blaine LuetkemeyerRepublicanMO
Jason SmithRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Vicky HartzlerRepublicanMO
Alan NunneleeRepublicanMS
Gregg HarperRepublicanMS
Steven M. PalazzoRepublicanMS
Steve DainesRepublicanMT
George HoldingRepublicanNC
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Mark MeadowsRepublicanNC
Patrick T. McHenryRepublicanNC
Renee L. EllmersRepublicanNC
Richard HudsonRepublicanNC
Robert PittengerRepublicanNC
Virginia FoxxRepublicanNC
Kevin CramerRepublicanND
Adrian SmithRepublicanNE
Jeff FortenberryRepublicanNE
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Jon RunyanRepublicanNJ
Leonard LanceRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Joseph J. HeckRepublicanNV
Mark E. AmodeiRepublicanNV
Chris CollinsRepublicanNY
Christopher P. GibsonRepublicanNY
Michael G. GrimmRepublicanNY
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
Richard L. HannaRepublicanNY
Tom ReedRepublicanNY
Bill JohnsonRepublicanOH
Bob GibbsRepublicanOH
Brad R. WenstrupRepublicanOH
David P. JoyceRepublicanOH
James B. RenacciRepublicanOH
Jim JordanRepublicanOH
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Robert E. LattaRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Steve StiversRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
James LankfordRepublicanOK
Markwayne MullinRepublicanOK
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Charles W. DentRepublicanPA
Glenn ThompsonRepublicanPA
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Keith J. RothfusRepublicanPA
Lou BarlettaRepublicanPA
Michael G. FitzpatrickRepublicanPA
Mike KellyRepublicanPA
Patrick MeehanRepublicanPA
Scott PerryRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Tom MarinoRepublicanPA
Jeff DuncanRepublicanSC
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
Mick MulvaneyRepublicanSC
Tom RiceRepublicanSC
Trey GowdyRepublicanSC
Kristi L. NoemRepublicanSD
Charles J. "Chuck" FleischmannRepublicanTN
David P. RoeRepublicanTN
Diane BlackRepublicanTN
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Scott DesJarlaisRepublicanTN
Stephen Lee FincherRepublicanTN
Bill FloresRepublicanTX
Blake FarentholdRepublicanTX
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
John R. CarterRepublicanTX
K. Michael ConawayRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kenny MarchantRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Louie GohmertRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Michael T. McCaulRepublicanTX
Pete OlsonRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Randy K. Weber, Sr.RepublicanTX
Randy NeugebauerRepublicanTX
Roger WilliamsRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Steve StockmanRepublicanTX
Chris StewartRepublicanUT
Jason ChaffetzRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Dave BratRepublicanVA
E. Scott RigellRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
H. Morgan GriffithRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Robert HurtRepublicanVA
Robert J. WittmanRepublicanVA
Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublicanWA
David G. ReichertRepublicanWA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
Jaime Herrera BeutlerRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Reid J. RibbleRepublicanWI
Sean P. DuffyRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
David B. McKinleyRepublicanWV
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV
Cynthia M. LummisRepublicanWY

Nay17: 12 D · 4 R · 1 L

MemberPartyState
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
John GaramendiDemocratCA
Mark TakanoDemocratCA
Raul RuizDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Gwen MooreDemocratWI
Mark PocanDemocratWI
Justin AmashLibertarianMI
Tim HuelskampRepublicanKS
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Jim BridenstineRepublicanOK
Mark SanfordRepublicanSC

Not Voting13: 7 R · 6 D

MemberPartyState
Gloria Negrete McLeodDemocratCA
Tammy DuckworthDemocratIL
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Joaquin CastroDemocratTX
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Stevan PearceRepublicanNM
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Ted PoeRepublicanTX
Rob BishopRepublicanUT

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