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: March 31, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 31, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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