[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8655 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8655

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to create a tax credit for taxpayers 
selling products that promote New Jersey and to direct port authorities 
 to give retail space preference to businesses that sell such products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2026

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Ms. Pou) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code to create a tax credit for taxpayers 
selling products that promote New Jersey and to direct port authorities 
 to give retail space preference to businesses that sell such products.

    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 ``Jersey Pride Tax Credit Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. JERSEY PRIDE TAX CREDIT.

    (a) New Jersey Promotion Tax Credit.--Subpart D of part IV of 
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 45BB. JERSEY PRIDE TAX CREDIT.

    ``(a) In General.--For the purposes of section 38, the Jersey pride 
tax credit is an amount equal to 25 percent of the aggregate amount for 
which the taxpayer sold eligible products in the course of the trade or 
business of the taxpayer to unrelated parties during the taxable year.
    ``(b) Eligible Product.--In this section, the term `eligible 
product' means any product that promotes the State of New Jersey.''.
    (b) Credit Made Part of General Business Credit.--Section 38 of 
subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (40),
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (41) and 
        inserting ``, plus'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(42) the Jersey pride tax credit determined under section 
        45BB.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart D of 
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 45BB. Jersey pride tax credit.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to products sold after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 3. PORT AUTHORITY PREFERENCE.

    In renting a commercial space to a business, a port authority (as 
defined in section 340.2 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations) 
shall give preference to any business that sells an eligible product 
(as defined in section 45BB of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
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