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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="71" measure-id="id115s71" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2017-01-09" update-date="2017-01-24">
<title>Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s71v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2017-01-24">
<action-date>2017-01-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a full deduction in the current taxable year of the cost of replanting lost or damaged citrus plants. The taxpayer must own an equity interest of at least 50% in such replanted plants and may deduct costs paid or incurred through the date that is ten years after the enactment of this bill. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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