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S. 652 112th Congress Senate

Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development

Official title: A bill to facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation through the establishment of an American Infrastructur… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation through the establishment of an American Infrastructure Financing Authority, to provide for an extension of the exemption from the alternative minimum tax treatment for certain tax-exempt bonds, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance Aviation and airportsElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy storage, supplies, demand
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Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprisesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesIncome tax ratesInfrastructure developmentMarine and inland water transportationNavigation, waterways, harborsPublic transitRailroadsRoads and highwaysSecuritiesSolid waste and recyclingTransportation programs fundingUser charges and feesWater resources fundingWater use and supply
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 17, 2011
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development - Establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate transportation, water, or energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $100 million ($25 million for rural infrastructure projects).

Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Establishes an Office of Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance in the development and financing of rural infrastructure projects.

Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the business activities of AIFA.

Prohibits financial assistance from AIFA for any private project for which no public benefit is created. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for infrastructure projects and for the repayment of such loans. Requires an annual independent audit of AIFA finances.

Requires the Chief Executive Officer of AIFA to: (1) establish fees with respect to loans and loan guarantees that are sufficient to cover AIFA's administrative costs, and (2) take actions to make AIFA a self-sustaining entity, with administrative and federal credit subsidy costs fully funded by fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012 the exemption from alternative minimum tax (AMT) for tax-exempt private activity bonds.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 652: Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-652/
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