[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8280 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8280

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from 
       gross income for certain wastewater management subsidies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2026

 Mr. Suozzi (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bean of Florida, and Mr. 
   Steube) 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 provide an exclusion from 
       gross income for certain wastewater management subsidies.

    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 ``Septic Exclusion for Property owners 
through Tax-free Infrastructure Compensation Act'' or the ``SEPTIC 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO INCOME EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN WASTEWATER 
              MANAGEMENT SUBSIDIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 136(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``any subsidy provided'' and inserting 
        ``any subsidy--
            ``(1) provided'',
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
        or'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) provided (directly or indirectly) by a State or local 
        government to a resident of such State or locality for the 
        purchase or installation of any wastewater management measure, 
        but only if such measure is with respect to the taxpayer's 
        residence.''.
    (b) Definition of Wastewater Management Measure.--Section 136(c) of 
such Code is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Energy Conservation Measure'' in the 
        heading thereof and inserting ``Definitions'',
            (2) by striking ``In general'' in the heading of paragraph 
        (1) and inserting ``Energy conservation measure'', and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by 
        inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Wastewater management measure.--For purposes of this 
        section, the term `wastewater management measure' means any 
        installation or modification of property primarily designed to 
        manage wastewater (including septic tanks and cesspools) with 
        respect to one or more dwelling units.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) The heading for section 136 of such Code is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``and wastewater'' after 
                ``energy'', and
                    (B) by striking ``provided by public utilities''.
            (2) The item relating to section 136 in the table of 
        sections of part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
        is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``and wastewater'' after 
                ``energy'', and
                    (B) by striking ``provided by public utilities''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to amounts received after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
in taxable years ending after such date.
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