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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5813" measure-id="id115hr5813" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-05-15" update-date="2018-08-24">
<title>ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act of 2018</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr5813v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-08-24">
<action-date>2018-05-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Removing Onerous Obstacles in the Tax code for Mainstreet Businesses Act of 2018 or the ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from personal holding company income certain rents and royalties that are derived in the active conduct of a trade or business and are not received from a related person. </p>]]></summary-text>
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