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S 1035 112th Congress Senate

Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire sprinkler systems as section 179 property and classify certain automated fire sprin… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire sprinkler systems as section 179 property and classify certain automated fire sprinkler systems as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Introduced: May 25, 2011 See on congress.gov
Taxation Business investment and capitalFiresIncome tax deductions
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May 19, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 19, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 19, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) 100% expensing in a current taxable year of the cost of an automated fire sprinkler system, as defined by this Act; and (2) accelerated depreciation (i.e., a 15-year recovery period) of such an automated fire sprinkler systems that is installed in a building where the floor of any occupiable story is greater than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1792 Related bill Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jan 24, 2012
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 12, 2011
Burr, Richard
· May 25, 2011
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 19, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1035: Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1035/
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"S. 1035: Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1035/.
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S. 1035, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1035/.
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