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S. 139: Equal Access to Tax Planning Act

A bill to provide that certain tax planning strategies are not patentable, and for other purposes.
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Introduced : Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sponsor : Sen. Baucus, Max S. (MT [D])
Status : introduced Tue, Jan 25, 2011

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Member of the congressJoined date
Sen. Bingaman, Jeff (NM [D]) Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sen. Stabenow, Debbie Ann (MI [D]) Tue, Feb 1, 2011
Sen. Kerry, John Forbes (MA [D]) Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sen. Levin, Carl (MI [D]) Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sen. Risch, James E. (ID [R]) Wed, May 25, 2011
Sen. Enzi, Michael B. (WY [R]) Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon (RI [D]) Wed, Feb 2, 2011
Sen. Grassley, Charles E. (IA [R]) Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sen. Conrad, Kent (ND [D]) Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sen. Wyden, Ron (OR [D]) Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Actions
DateTypeDescriptionResult
1/1/0001 action Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S221-222)
1/1/0001 action Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Committee Assignments
CommitteeSubCommitteeActivity
Senate Judiciary Referral, In Committee
Subject Terms
Commerce
Intellectual property
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
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h1249 (unknown) s23 (unknown)
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short introduced Equal Access to Tax Planning Act
official introduced A bill to provide that certain tax planning strategies are not patentable, and for other purposes.

SUMMARY:

1/25/2011--Introduced. Equal Access to Tax Planning Act - Deems any strategy for reducing, avoiding, or deferring tax liability insufficient to differentiate a claimed invention from the prior art when evaluating specified conditions of patentability under federal patent law.
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