Partnership to Build America Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1669
Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-22 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: 2017-03-22
text: 

Partnership to Build America Act of 2017

 
 This bill 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]). The AIF may also to make equity investments in QIPs.
 
The Department of the Treasury, acting through the AIF, shall issue American Infrastructure Bonds with an aggregate face value of $50 billion. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited into the AIF.
 
The bill 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.
 
The bill prohibits allowance of:
 
 
 a foreign tax credit for the excluded portion of any dividend received by a U.S. corporation, and
 
 a deduction for expenses directly allocable to that excludable portion.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-03-22
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: 2017-03-22
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: 2017-03-22
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: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House