BUILD Act

Bill: 116-hr-2541
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-07
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion

Motor carriers

Railroads

Roads and highways

Securities

State and local finance

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Building United States Infrastructure and Leveraging Development Act or the BUILD Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases from $15 billion to $20.8 billion the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2541 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2019 Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois ) 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 A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building United States Infrastructure and Leveraging Development Act or the BUILD Act . 2. Increase national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds (a) In general Section 142(m)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking $15,000,000,000 and inserting $20,800,000,000 . (b) Application of Federal requirements to certain Tax-Exempt-Bond-Funded projects In the case of any component or segment of a project, if such component or segment is funded with a bond which receives an allocation from Secretary of Transportation under section 142(m)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, such component or segment shall be subject to Federal requirements that would apply if such component or segment were funded or financed under title 23 or 49, United States Code. (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.