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HR 5259 106th Congress House

Municipal Utility Reliability Act of 2000

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and of mineral production payments.

Introduced: October 10, 2000 See on congress.gov
Taxation EnergyFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsInvestments
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LoansMines and mineral resourcesMining engineeringMortgage loansMunicipal financePublic Lands and Natural ResourcesPublic utilitiesTax-exempt securities
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 21, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 21, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 21, 2000

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Municipal Utility Reliability Act of 2000 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning arbitrage to exclude from the definition of "investment property" a prepayment by an issuer of bonds in order to ensure the supply of a necessary commodity to a governmental unit and a mineral production payment.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Nov 1, 2000
LUCAS, KEN
· Oct 25, 2000
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 10, 2000
Isakson, Johnny
· Oct 10, 2000
JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
· Oct 10, 2000
COLLINS, MAC
· Sep 21, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5259: Municipal Utility Reliability Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5259/
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"H.R. 5259: Municipal Utility Reliability Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5259/.
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H.R. 5259, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5259/.
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