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HR 5857 113th Congress House

Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act of 2014

Official title: To eliminate the incentive for corporations to continue to hold accumulated earnings offshore, to invest in domestic infrastructure, to provide for international tax reform, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Dec 12, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Dec 11, 2014
Introduced in House
Dec 11, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Latest action December 12, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of earnings and profits of a deferred foreign income corporation, to: (1) make such earnings and profit subject to taxation in the last taxable year prior to January 1, 2015, (2) reduce the rate of tax on such earnings and profits by allowing an exemption of 75%, and (3) allow such corporations to elect to pay such tax in eight installments.

Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund to provide assistance to states, local governments, and other public and private entities for investment in public infrastructure projects.

Appropriates tax revenues from this Act to the Highway Trust Fund.

Establishes the Highway Trust Fund Solvency Commission to propose recommendations and legislation for achieving long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.

Establishes an 18-month deadline for the enactment of legislation that reforms the international tax system by eliminating the incentive to hold earnings in low-tax jurisdictions.

Sets forth provisions for the reform of the international tax system (to be effective if reform legislation is not enacted by the 18-month deadline established by this Act), including provisions relating to subpart F income and insurance income, gains and losses from the sale or exchange of stock in controlled foreign corporations, limitations on the foreign tax credit, and the tax treatment of previously deferred foreign income.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5857: Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5857/
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"H.R. 5857: Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5857/.
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