[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 636 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 15
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 636

                      [Report No. 114-21, Part I]

   To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend 
        increased expensing limitations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2015

Mr. Tiberi (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. Neal, Mr. 
  Schock, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Smith of 
  Missouri) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

                            February 9, 2015

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Blum, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  DesJarlais, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Kline, Mrs. Bustos, and Mr. 
                                 Emmer

                            February 9, 2015

    Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                            February 9, 2015

 The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 2, 2015]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend 
        increased expensing limitations, and for other purposes.


 


    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 ``America's Small Business Tax Relief 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EXPENSING CERTAIN DEPRECIABLE BUSINESS ASSETS FOR SMALL 
              BUSINESS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Dollar limitation.--Section 179(b)(1) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``shall not 
        exceed--'' and all that follows and inserting ``shall not 
        exceed $500,000.''.
            (2) Reduction in limitation.--Section 179(b)(2) of such 
        Code is amended by striking ``exceeds--'' and all that follows 
        and inserting ``exceeds $2,000,000.''.
    (b) Computer Software.--Section 179(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is 
amended by striking ``, to which section 167 applies, and which is 
placed in service in a taxable year beginning after 2002 and before 
2015'' and inserting ``and to which section 167 applies''.
    (c) Election.--Section 179(c)(2) of such Code is amended--
            (1) by striking ``may not be revoked'' and all that follows 
        through ``and before 2015'', and
            (2) by striking ``irrevocable'' in the heading thereof.
    (d) Air Conditioning and Heating Units.--Section 179(d)(1) of such 
Code is amended by striking ``and shall not include air conditioning or 
heating units''.
    (e) Qualified Real Property.--Section 179(f) of such Code is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``beginning after 2009 and before 2015'' in 
        paragraph (1), and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
    (f) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 179(b) of such Code is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any taxable year 
                beginning after 2015, the dollar amounts in paragraphs 
                (1) and (2) shall each be increased by an amount equal 
                to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment 
                        determined under section 1(f)(3) for the 
                        calendar year in which the taxable year begins, 
                        determined by substituting `calendar year 2014' 
                        for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph (B) 
                        thereof.
                    ``(B) Rounding.--The amount of any increase under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be rounded to the nearest 
                multiple of $10,000.''.
    (g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.

SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either 
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 15

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 636

                      [Report No. 114-21, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend 
        increased expensing limitations, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            February 9, 2015

    Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment

                            February 9, 2015

 The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed