Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act

Bill: 113-s-911
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-05-09
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Corporate finance and management

Foreign and international corporations

Government information and archives

Government trust funds

Income tax credits

Income tax rates

Interest, dividends, interest rates

Roads and highways

Taxation of foreign income

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security

U.S. and foreign investments
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax rate on current and accumulated foreign earnings of U.S. corporations reinvested in the United States and make such lower rate permanent.</p> <p>Establishes the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund and makes appropriations to it.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to compile a prioritized list of emergency transportation projects, which will guide the allocation of Fund amounts to the states.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 911 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 9, 2013 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To establish an emergency transportation safety fund, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act . I Establishment and funding 101. Modification and permanent extension of the incentives to reinvest foreign earnings in the United States (a) Repatriation subject to 5 percent tax rate Subsection (a)(1) of section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 85 percent and inserting 85.7 percent . (b) Permanent extension To elect repatriation Subsection (f) of section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (f) Election The taxpayer may elect to apply this section to any taxable year only if made on or before the due date (including extensions) for filing the return of tax for such taxable year. . (c) Repatriation includes current and accumulated foreign earnings (1) In general Paragraph (1) of section 965(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (1) In general The amount of dividends taken into account under subsection (a) shall not exceed the sum of the current and accumulated earnings and profits described in section 959(c)(3) for the year a deduction is claimed under subsection (a), without diminution by reason of any distributions made during the election year, for all controlled foreign corporations of the United States shareholder. . (2) Conforming amendments (A) Section 965(b) of such Code is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (4) and by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (B) Section 965(c) of such Code is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively. (C) Paragraph (3) of section 965(c) of such Code, as redesignated by subparagraph (B), is amended to read as follows: (3) Controlled groups All United States shareholders which are members of an affiliated group filing a consolidated return under section 1501 shall be treated as one United States shareholder. . (d) Clerical amendments (1) The heading for section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking Temporary . (2) The table of sections for subpart F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking Temporary dividends and inserting Dividends . (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 102. Establishment of Emergency Transportation Safety Fund (a) In general There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund . (b) Transfers to Emergency Transportation Safety Fund (1) In general There are hereby appropriated to the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund amounts equivalent to 50 percent of the excess of— (A) the taxes received in the United States Treasury which are attributable to eligible 965 dividends received by corporations which are United States shareholders, over (B) the amount of the foreign tax credit allowed under section 901 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is attributable to the non-deductible portion of such eligible 965 dividends. (2) Definitions For purposes of this subsection— (A) Eligible 965 dividend The term eligible 965 dividend means any amount received from a controlled foreign corporation for which a deduction is allowed under section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as determined based on estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary's delegate. (B) Non-deductible portion The term non-deductible portion means the excess of the amount of any eligible 965 dividend over the deductible portion (as defined in section 965(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of such amount. (c) Emergency relief expenditures Section 125(c) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Emergency transportation safety fund Amounts deposited into the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund established under section 102(a) of the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act are authorized to be obligated to carry out, in priority order, the projects on the current list compiled by the Secretary under section 201(b)(1) of such Act that meet the eligibility requirements set forth in subsection (a). . II Emergency Transportation Safety Priority List 201. Emergency transportation priorities (a) List The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with a representative sample of State and local government transportation officials, shall compile a prioritized list of emergency transportation projects, which will guide the allocation of funding to the States from the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund. (b) Criteria In compiling the list under subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation, in addition to other criteria established by the Secretary, shall rank priorities in descending order, beginning with— (1) whether the project is part of the interstate highway system; (2) whether the project is a road or bridge that is closed for safety reasons; (3) the impact of the project on interstate commerce; (4) the volume of traffic affected by the project; and (5) the overall value of the project or entity. (c) Report Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to Congress that includes— (1) a prioritized list of emergency transportation projects to be funded through the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund; and (2) a description of the criteria used to establish the list referred to in paragraph (1). (d) Quarterly updates Not less frequently than 4 times per year, the Secretary of Transportation shall— (1) update the report submitted pursuant to subsection (c); (2) send a copy of the report to Congress; and (3) make a copy of the report available to the public through the Department of Transportation's website.