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HR 1806 111th Congress House Taxation Business investment and capital Income tax credits Income tax deductions Infrastructure development Railroads

Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009

Introduced: September 22, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Mar 31, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 31, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for 25% of the cost of new qualified freight rail infrastructure property and qualified locomotive property; and (2) a taxpayer election to expense the cost of qualified freight rail infrastructure property (i.e., deduct all costs in the current taxable year). Terminates such credit and expensing election after 2015.

Requires compliance with federal wage rate requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act as a condition of eligibility for the tax credit and expensing allowance provided by this Act.

What's happening now March 31, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 272 Related bill Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009
  • HR 1789 Related bill Comprehensive Rail Infrastructure Investment Act of 2009
  • S 3749 Related bill Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 49
All 49 Democratic 26 Republican 3
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Dec 1, 2010
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Nov 15, 2010
Delahunt, Bill
· Sep 29, 2010
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Sep 22, 2010
Kilroy, Mary Jo
· Sep 16, 2010
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Aug 10, 2010
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jul 28, 2010
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jul 27, 2010
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 1, 2010
Giffords, Gabrielle
· Jun 30, 2010
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jun 30, 2010
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 30, 2010
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jun 22, 2010
Space, Zachary
· Jun 22, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 22, 2010
Kosmas, Suzanne
· Jun 15, 2010
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 19, 2010
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 19, 2010
Boccieri, John
· May 11, 2010
 D
Garamendi, John
California · May 11, 2010
Teague, Harry
· May 11, 2010
Wilson, Charles
· May 6, 2010
Driehaus, Steve
· Apr 26, 2010
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 26, 2010
Halvorson, Deborah
· Apr 13, 2010
Hall, John
· Mar 23, 2010
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Mar 4, 2010
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2010
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 25, 2010
Markey, Betsy
· Feb 25, 2010
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 25, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 23, 2010
Murphy, Patrick
· Feb 23, 2010
Perriello, Thomas
· Jan 26, 2010
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Jan 13, 2010
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 12, 2010
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jan 12, 2010
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Dec 16, 2009
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Dec 15, 2009
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 8, 2009
Ellsworth, Brad
· Dec 8, 2009
Nye, Glenn
· Dec 8, 2009
Minnick, Walter
· Dec 1, 2009
Carney, Christopher
· Nov 19, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 19, 2009
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Nov 19, 2009
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Nov 5, 2009
McMahon, Michael
· Sep 22, 2009
Arcuri, Michael
· Jul 8, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1806: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1806/
MLA
"H.R. 1806: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1806/.
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H.R. 1806, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1806/.
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