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HR 1518 104th Congress House Taxation Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Conversion of industries Defense contracts Defense industries Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Income tax Investment tax credit Tax deductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incremental investment tax credit to assist defense contractors in converting to nondefense operations.

Introduced: April 7, 1995 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a defense contractor conversion investment tax credit to be equal to 15 percent of: (1) the incremental nondefense qualified investment for a taxable year; plus (2) the qualified nondefense product expenses incurred during such year.

Defines a "defense contractor" as any taxpayer if more than ten percent of its gross receipts are derived from defense contracts.

Bars a deduction for that portion of the qualified nondefense product expenses otherwise allowable as a deduction that is equal to the amount of credit with respect to such expenses.

What's happening now April 7, 1995

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1518: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incremental investment tax credit to assist defense contractors in converting to nondefense operations.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1518/
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"H.R. 1518: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incremental investment tax credit to assist defense contractors in converting to nondefense operations.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1518/.
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H.R. 1518, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1518/.
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