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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 730
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11, 2021
Mr. Braun introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to remove the prohibition on States and territories against lowering their taxes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Let States Cut Taxes Act
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Removal of restriction of use of Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery funds
In general
Paragraph (2) of section 602(c) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Further restriction on use of funds
No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
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Conforming amendments
Section 602 of such Act is further amended—
in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking , including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period
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in subsection (e), by striking such subsection,
and all that follows through the period and inserting such subsection.
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in subsection (g)—
by striking paragraph (1); and
by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively.
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
