II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3275 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 7, 2012 Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tester, Mr. Franken, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act.

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Extension of publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels

(a)

In general

Subparagraph (E) of section 7704(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking , industrial source carbon dioxide, and all that follows and inserting or of any industrial source carbon dioxide; or the generation, storage, or transmission to the electrical grid of electric power exclusively utilizing any resource described in section 45(c)(1) or energy property described in section 48, or the accepting or processing of such resource or property for such utilization; or the generation or storage of thermal power exclusively utilizing any such resource or property; or the transportation or storage of any fuel described in subsection (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 6426; or the production for sale by the taxpayer, the transportation, or the storage of any renewable fuel described in section 211(o)(1)(J) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(J)),. (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.