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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky:H.R. 3780.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution andAmendment XVI of the United States Constitution.[Page H78]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect, during the five-year period after the enactment of this Act, to treat any contribution to a qualified regional infrastructure improvement zone as a tax deductible ordinary and necessary business expense. Defines &quot;qualified regional infrastructure improvement zone&quot; as any zone created and designated by a multi-jurisdictional regional planning organization to undertake public infrastructure improvement projects.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an ordinary and necessary business expense deduction for contributions to regional infrastructure improvement zones, and for other purposes.</title>
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