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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4685 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4685

    To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify certain 
   automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for 
                       purposes of depreciation.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 2019

  Mr. Pascrell (for himself and Mr. King of New York) 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 classify certain 
   automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for 
                       purposes of depreciation.

    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 ``High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM 
              RETROFITS.

    (a) Treatment as 15-Year Property.--Section 168(e)(3)(E) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end 
of clause (v), by striking the period at the end of clause (vi) and 
inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vii) any automatic fire sprinkler system 
                        retrofit property.''.
    (b) Applicable Depreciation Method.--Section 168(b)(3) of such Code 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(H) Any automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit 
                property.''.
    (c) Alternative System.--The table contained in section 
168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to subparagraph (E)(vi) the following:

 
 
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(E)(vii)...................................................           39
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    (d) Definition of Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Retrofit 
Property.--Section 168(i) of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) Automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property.--
        The term `automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property' 
        means any sprinkler system which--
                    ``(A) meets the standards of National Fire 
                Protection Association 13 (or any successor benchmark), 
                and
                    ``(B) is installed in a building which--
                            ``(i) was placed in service before the date 
                        of such installation, and
                            ``(ii) has an occupiable floor more than 75 
                        feet above the lowest level of fire department 
                        vehicle access.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply after the date of enactment of this Act.
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