S 2203
113th Congress
Senate
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BONDS Act
Introduced: April 3, 2014
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Became law
Apr 3, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 3, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Bolstering Our Nation's Deficient Structures Act of 2014 or the BONDS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to build America bonds, to: (1) make permanent the issuance authority for such bonds and the authority for payments to bond issuers, (2) make phased reductions in the credit percentage to bondholders and the percentage of payments to issuers of such bonds, (3) make federal wage rate and other grant requirements applicable to such bonds, (4) allow refundings of currently-issued bonds, and (5) allow the use of such bonds to fund capital expenditures for levees and flood control projects.
Provides for an increase in payments to issuers of build America bonds to compensate for reductions in the amount of such payments due to sequestration.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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