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S 2074 112th Congress Senate Taxation Administrative law and regulatory procedures Building construction Department of the Treasury Energy efficiency and conservation Historic sites and heritage areas Income tax credits Income tax exclusion Residential rehabilitation and home repair Tax-exempt organizations

Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2012

Introduced: February 6, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 6, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax credits for building rehabilitation expenditures, to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit for projects involving $7.5 million or less in rehabilitation expenditures, (2) provide for an additional 2% credit amount for a building that is a qualified energy efficient rehabilitated building (increased energy efficiency of 30% or more), (3) change the placed-in-service requirement for non-historic rehabilitated buildings from before 1936 to 50 years prior to the year in which qualified rehabilitation expenditures are taken into account, and (4) exempt from tax the proceeds of a state historic tax credit.

What's happening now February 6, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2479 Related bill Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 14, 2012
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 12, 2012
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 15, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2074: Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2074/
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"S. 2074: Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2074/.
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S. 2074, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2074/.
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