[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3661 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3661

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand 
the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2011

   Mr. Tiberi (for himself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
    Gerlach, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Terry, Mr. Pascrell, and Mr. Cleaver) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand 
the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit 
                                program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY MINIMUM CREDIT RATE FOR THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX 
              CREDIT PROGRAM MADE PERMANENT AND EXPANDED.

    (a) Minimum Credit Amount for New Buildings Made Permanent.--
Subparagraph (A) of section 42(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking ``and before December 31, 2013''.
    (b) Minimum Credit for Existing Buildings.--Subsection (b) of 
section 42 of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraph(3) as 
paragraph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(3) Minimum credit for existing buildings.--In the case 
        of any existing building--
                    ``(A) which is placed in service by the taxpayer 
                after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and
                    ``(B) which is not federally subsidized for the 
                taxable year,
        the applicable percentage shall not be less than 4 percent.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 42(b)(2) of such Code is amended 
by striking ``Temporary minimum'' and inserting ``Minimum''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to buildings placed in service after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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