[Congressional Bills 111th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 751 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 751 To establish a revenue source for fair elections financing of Senate campaigns by providing an excise tax on amounts paid pursuant to contracts with the United States Government. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 31, 2009 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Specter) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a revenue source for fair elections financing of Senate campaigns by providing an excise tax on amounts paid pursuant to contracts with the United States Government. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Elections Revenue Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. FAIR ELECTIONS FUND REVENUE. (a) In General.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after chapter 36 the following new chapter: ``CHAPTER 37--TAX ON PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ``Sec. 4501. Imposition of tax. ``SEC. 4501. IMPOSITION OF TAX. ``(a) Tax Imposed.--There is hereby imposed on any payment made to a qualified person pursuant to a qualified contract with the Government of the United States a tax equal to 0.50 percent of the amount paid. ``(b) Limitation.--The aggregate amount of tax imposed under subsection (a) for any calendar year shall not exceed $500,000. ``(c) Qualified Person.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified person' means any person which-- ``(1) is not a State or local government or a foreign nation, and ``(2) has contracts with the Government of the United States with a value in excess of $10,000,000. ``(d) Payment of Tax.--The tax imposed by this section shall be paid by the person receiving such payment. ``(e) Use of Revenue Generated by Tax.--It is the sense of the Senate that amounts equivalent to the revenue generated by the tax imposed under this chapter should be appropriated for the financing of a Fair Elections Fund and used for the public financing of Senate elections.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapter of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 36 the following: ``Chapter 37--Tax on Payments Pursuant to Certain Government Contracts''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to contracts entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>