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HR 272 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: January 7, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jan 7, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 7, 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 2012.

What's happening now January 7, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1789 Related bill Comprehensive Rail Infrastructure Investment Act of 2009
  • HR 1806 Related bill Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009
  • S 3749 Related bill Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 2 Republican 10
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Aug 10, 2010
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Dec 9, 2009
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 1, 2009
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Calvert, Ken
California · Nov 16, 2009
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 16, 2009
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Nov 5, 2009
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Oct 26, 2009
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 21, 2009
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Apr 23, 2009
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Mar 19, 2009
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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Mar 19, 2009
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Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 5, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 272: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-272/
MLA
"H.R. 272: Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-272/.
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H.R. 272, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-272/.
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