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HR 497 111th Congress House Taxation Accidents Air quality Emergency communications systems Emergency planning and evacuation Employment and training programs Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Income tax credits Income tax rates Mining Worker safety and health

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving mine safety.

Introduced: January 14, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jan 14, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of the cost of qualified advanced mine safety equipment property (in lieu of the existing taxpayer election to expense 50% of such property in the current taxable year). Defines such property to include: (1) an emergency communication technology or device for constant communication with individuals outside the mine; (2) an electronic identification and location device; (3) an emergency oxygen-generating device; (4) pre-positioned oxygen supplies; and (5) a comprehensive atmospheric monitoring system to monitor levels of carbon monoxide and other gases present in a mine.

Revises the tax credit for mine rescue team training expenses to: (1) increase the amount of such credit; (2) allow such credit as an offset against the alternative minimum tax; and (3) make such credit permanent.

What's happening now January 14, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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