H.R. 6741

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6741 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6741

To assess the State by State impact of Federal taxation and spending.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 16, 2025

Mr. Foster (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Garcia 
of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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A BILL

To assess the State by State impact of Federal taxation and spending.

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 ``Payer State Transparency Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. CALCULATION OF FEDERAL TAX BURDENS AND OUTLAYS.

(a) State by State Calculation of Federal Tax Burdens.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce, acting through 
the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, shall 
calculate the Federal tax burden of each State for each 
calendar year.
(2) Calculation of federal tax burden.--For purposes of 
calculating the Federal tax burden of each State under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
(A) treat Federal taxes paid by an individual as a 
burden on the State in which such individual resides; 
and
(B) treat Federal taxes paid by a legal business 
entity as a burden on each State in which economic 
activity of such entity is performed in the same 
proportion that the economic activity of such entity in 
such State bears to the economic activity of such 
entity in all the States.
(b) State by State Calculation of Federal Outlays.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in coordination with the Council of Economic 
Advisers and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall calculate the 
total amount of Federal outlays received by each State in each 
fiscal year.
(2) Treatment of contract awards.--For purposes of 
calculating the amount of Federal outlays received by a State 
under paragraph (1), a Federal contract award shall be treated 
as a Federal outlay received by each State in which performance 
under the award takes place in the same proportion that such 
performance in such State bears to such performance in all the 
States.
(c) State Defined.--In this section the term ``State'' means each 
of the several States.

SEC. 3. JOINT REPORT.

Not later than the date that is 180 days after the beginning of 
each calendar year, the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall--
(1) jointly submit to Congress a report containing the 
results of the calculations described in section 2 with respect 
to such calendar year; and
(2) publish the report on a publicly accessible website of 
the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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