Partnership to Build America Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-413
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public-private cooperation
Securities
State and local finance
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: 

Partnership to Build America Act of 2015

 
 Establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments, non-profit infrastructure providers, private parties, and public-private partnerships for state or local government sponsored transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). Authorizes AIF also to make equity investments in QIPs.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the AIF, to issue American Infrastructure Bonds with an aggregate face value of $50 billion. Requires proceeds from the sale of the bonds to be deposited into the AIF.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow U.S. corporations to exclude from gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received during a taxable year from a foreign-controlled corporation equal to the face value of qualified infrastructure bonds the corporation has purchased.
 
Prohibits allowance of a foreign tax credit to the excluded portion of any dividend received by a U.S. corporation. Prohibits also the allowance of a deduction for expenses related to that excludable portion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-20
text: Introduced in House