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HR 4847 112th Congress House Taxation Civil actions and liability Federal district courts Government liability Industrial facilities Intergovernmental relations Jurisdiction and venue Oil and gas Pipelines Property tax State and local taxation

To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property.

Introduced: April 26, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Apr 26, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 26, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Describes the following as acts that unreasonably burden and discriminate against interstate commerce, and prohibits states, political subdivisions, and any other taxing authority from: (1) assessing natural gas pipeline property at a value that has a higher ratio to its true market value than the ratio used to assess other commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, (2) levying or collecting a tax on such an assessment, (3) levying or collecting an ad valorem property tax on natural gas pipeline property at a rate that exceeds the rate applicable to commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, or (4) imposing any other tax that discriminates against a natural gas pipeline providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Grants jurisdiction to U.S. District Courts for claims involving discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property and provides for relief for such claims.

What's happening now May 18, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.

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