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HR 2816 110th Congress House Taxation Administrative procedure Commerce Corporation taxes Department of the Treasury Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Income tax Internal revenue law Law Merchant ships Tax exclusion Transportation and Public Works

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trades, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 21, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Jun 21, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 21, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities to treat a corporation electing such tax as continuing to use a qualifying vessel in the U.S. foreign trade during any period of use in the U.S. domestic trade, thus eliminating the 30 day limitation on operating in U.S. domestic trade under current law.

What's happening now June 21, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 7, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2816: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trades, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2816/
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"H.R. 2816: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trades, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2816/.
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H.R. 2816, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2816/.
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[H.R. 2816: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trades, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2816/)
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