A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2029
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources

Coal

Electric power generation and transmission

Income tax credits

Indian lands and resources rights

Inflation and prices
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently increase the tax credit for production of electricity from renewable resources by $4.00 per ton in the case of Indian coal, with an updated inflation adjustment to the dollar amount for calendar years after 2018.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2029 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27, 2019 Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit, and for other purposes.

1. Permanent extension of Indian coal production tax credit (a) In general Section 45(e)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the applicable dollar amount per ton of Indian coal and all that follows and inserting the following: $4.00 per ton of Indian coal— (i) produced by the taxpayer at an Indian coal production facility, and (ii) sold (either directly by the taxpayer or after sale or transfer to one or more related persons) to an unrelated person during such taxable year. , and (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: (B) Inflation adjustment In the case of any calendar year after 2018, the dollar amount in subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the product of such dollar amount and the inflation adjustment factor determined under paragraph (2)(B) for the calendar year, except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting 2017 for 1992 . . (b) Definition of Indian coal Subparagraph (A) of section 45(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (A) In general The term Indian coal means coal which is produced from coal reserves which are— (i) owned or controlled by an Indian tribe, (ii) owned or controlled by an enrolled member of an Indian tribe, or (iii) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or its members. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to coal produced and sold after January 1, 2018.