,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #af1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,foster 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,taylor1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,ms4            
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4         
,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new        
,jersey1 and ,mr4 ,allred7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to assess the      
,state by ,state impact of ,federal     
taxation and spending4  #a4 ,short      
,title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,payer ,state ,transparency ,act of     
#bjbj4  #b4 ,calculation of ,federal    
,tax ,burdens and ,outlays  7a7 ,state  
by ,state ,calculation of ,federal tax  
burdens  7#a7 ,in ,general ,the         
,secretary of ,commerce1 acting through 
the ,director of the ,bureau of         
,economic ,analysis1 shall calculate the
 ,federal tax burden of each ,state for 
each calendar year4  7#b7 ,calculation  
of ,federal tax burden ,for purposes of 

calculating the ,federal tax burden of  
each ,state under paragraph 7#a71 the   
,secretary shall-- 7,a7 treat ,federal  
taxes paid by an individual as a burden 
on the ,state in which such individual  
resides2 and  7,b7 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 ,states4  7b7 ,state  
by ,state ,calculation of ,federal      
,outlays  7#a7 ,in ,general ,the        
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget1 in coordination with the   
,council of ,economic ,advisers and the 
,secretary of the ,treasury1 shall      
calculate the total amount of ,federal  
outlays received by each ,state in each 
fiscal year4  7#b7 ,treatment of        
,contract ,awards ,for purposes of      
calculating the amount of ,federal      
outlays received by a ,state under      

paragraph 7#a71 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 ,states4  7c7   
,state ,defined ,in this section the    
term ,state means each of the several   
,states4  #c4 ,joint report ,not later  
than the date that is #ahj days after   
the beginning of each calendar year1 the
 ,secretary of ,commerce and the        
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall-- 7#a7 jointly submit 
to ,congress a report containing the    
results of the calculations described in
 section #b with respect to such        
calendar year2 and  7#b7 publish the    
report on a publicly accessible website 
of the ,bureau of ,economic ,analysis4