[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 721 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 721

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
                   railroad track maintenance credit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2015

Ms. Jenkins of Kansas (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Rodney Davis of 
 Illinois, and Mr. Lipinski) 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 and modify the 
                   railroad track maintenance credit.

    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 ``Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation 
and Investment Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE 
              CREDIT.

    (a) Extension of Credit.--Section 45G(f) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``January 1, 2015'' and inserting 
``January 1, 2017''.
    (b) Expenditures.--Subsection (d) of section 45G of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified railroad track maintenance 
expenditures) is amended by striking ``for maintaining'' and all that 
follows and inserting ``for maintaining--
                    ``(A) in the case of taxable years beginning after 
                December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2015, railroad 
                track (including roadbed, bridges, and related track 
                structures) owned or leased as of January 1, 2005, by a 
                Class II or Class III railroad (determined without 
                regard to any consideration for such expenditures given 
                by the Class II or Class III railroad which made the 
                assignment of such track), and
                    ``(B) in the case of taxable years beginning after 
                December 31, 2014, railroad track (including roadbed, 
                bridges, and related track structures) owned or leased 
                as of January 1, 2015, by a Class II or Class III 
                railroad (determined without regard to any 
                consideration for such expenditures given by the Class 
                II or Class III railroad which made the assignment of 
                such track).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.
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