[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 747 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 747

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Build America 
                             Bonds program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2011

  Mr. Schiff 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 extend the Build America 
                             Bonds program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Build America Bonds Extension Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BUILD AMERICA BONDS.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 54AA(d)(1) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ``or during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Build America 
Bonds Extension Act of 2011 and ending on December 31, 2012,'' after 
``January 1, 2011,''.
    (b) Extension of Payments to Issuers.--
            (1) In general.--Section 6431 of such Code is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``or during the period beginning 
                on the date of the enactment of the Build America Bonds 
                Extension Act of 2011 and ending on December 31, 
                2012,'' after ``January 1, 2011,'' in subsection (a), 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``before January 1, 2011'' in 
                subsection (f)(1)(B) and inserting ``during a 
                particular period''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Subsection (g) of section 54AA 
        of such Code is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``or during the period beginning 
                on the date of the enactment of the Build America Bonds 
                Extension Act of 2011 and ending on December 31, 
                2012,'' after ``January 1, 2011,'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Qualified Bonds Issued Before 
                2011'' in the heading and inserting ``Certain Qualified 
                Bonds''.
    (c) Reduction in Percentage of Payments to Issuers.--Subsection (b) 
of section 6431 of such Code is amended by striking ``35 percent'' and 
inserting ``28 percent''.
    (d) Application to Qualified Section 501(c)(3) Bonds.--Subsection 
(d) of section 54AA of such Code is amended--
            (1) by striking ``other than a private activity bond'' in 
        paragraph (1) and inserting ``other than a specified private 
        activity bond'',
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(2) Specified private activity bond.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (1), the term `specified private activity bond' means 
        any private activity bond other than a qualified section 
        501(c)(3) bond (as defined in section 145).''.
    (e) Current Refundings Permitted.--Subsection (g) of section 54AA 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(3) Treatment of current refunding bonds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                the term `qualified bond' includes any bond (or series 
                of bonds) issued to refund a qualified bond if--
                            ``(i) the average maturity date of the 
                        issue of which the refunding bond is a part is 
                        not later than the average maturity date of the 
                        bonds to be refunded by such issue,
                            ``(ii) the amount of the refunding bond 
                        does not exceed the outstanding amount of the 
                        refunded bond, and
                            ``(iii) the refunded bond is redeemed not 
                        later than 90 days after the date of the 
                        issuance of the refunding bond.
                    ``(B) Applicable percentage.--In the case of a 
                refunding bond referred to in subparagraph (A), the 
                applicable percentage with respect to such bond under 
                section 6431(b) shall be the lowest percentage 
                specified in paragraph (2) of such section.
                    ``(C) Determination of average maturity.--For 
                purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), average maturity shall 
                be determined in accordance with section 
                147(b)(2)(A).''.
    (f) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to 
        obligations issued on or after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
            (2) Refundings.--The amendment made by subsection (e) shall 
        apply to refunding bonds (within the meaning of section 
        54AA(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by 
        this section) issued on or after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
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