( CNN ) -- Here are key initiatives from President Barack Obama 's State of the Union address Tuesday night : . • Implementation of a minimum tax for multinational companies , which would fund additional tax breaks for companies that create jobs in or move them to the United States . Even bigger breaks for high-tech companies , and financing help for manufacturers locating in economically hard-hit areas . • The creation of a China task force to monitor trade violations . Aggressive inspections to intercept `` counterfeit or unsafe goods '' from foreign countries . • Support for partnerships between companies and community colleges to train workers for new careers , all coordinated through a single government program . • Rewards for effective schools , coupled with encouragement to follow their own curricula and methods . State laws that require students to stay in school until graduation or age 18 . Extend college tuition tax credit and double the number of work-study jobs over the next five years . • Beefed-up border protection , combined with a law to create a path for undocumented immigrant students to become legal U.S. citizens . • Tax relief for small businesses that are raising wages and creating good jobs . Regulation reform for small businesses . • Opening of offshore gas and oil fields to exploration and production . Support for domestic natural gas production , with regulations on chemicals used in the extraction process . Passage of clean energy tax credits and an end to subsidies for the fossil fuel industry . Development of enough clean energy on public land to power 3 million homes . Help for manufacturers to reduce energy waste in factories . • Reduction of red tape that delays or halts infrastructure construction projects , funded by money no longer being spent on wars . • Support for a mortgage refinancing program for all `` responsible '' homeowners , funded by `` a small fee '' on large financial institutions . • Establishment of a financial crimes unit of investigators to crack down on large-scale fraud and protect investors , and a second unit to investigate abusive lending practices and institutional gambling on risky mortgages . • Implementation of cost-saving reforms to Medicare , Medicaid and Social Security . • Reform of the tax code that includes the so-called Buffett rule , a minimum 30 % tax rate for individuals whose income exceeds $ 1 million . No tax increases for anyone earning less than $ 250,000 . • A ban on `` insider training '' by members of Congress , and limits on elected officials ' investments in companies they regulate . Lobby reform . Simple majority vote within 90 days on judicial and public service nominations . • A request for authority to streamline the federal executive branch . • Continuing international pressure on Iran to scrap its nuclear weapons program . • Maintainance of a strong military while cutting the budget by nearly $ 500 billion . Legislation to protect against cyber-terrorism . • Passage of tax credits for companies that hire veterans . Creation of a Veterans Jobs Corps to help cities hire former military personnel .
Jobs : Tax on firms that send jobs overseas , breaks for those that do n't ; vet job corps . Immigration : Beefed-up border protection ; path to citizenship for undocumented students . Energy : More offshore drilling , gas exploration ; greater push for clean technologies . Social issues : Ban on `` insider trading '' in Congress , streamlining of bureaucracy .