HR 1785 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2023

Latest action · Mar 24, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 24, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2023

This bill increases the rehabilitation tax credit and modifies certain requirements for the credit.

The bill increases the rate of the credit for qualified rehabilitation expenditures in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2028, after which the rate reverts to 20%.

The bill increases the rate of the credit to 30% for certain small projects whose qualified rehabilitation expenditures do not exceed $2.5 million.

The bill also expands the types of buildings eligible for rehabilitation by decreasing the rehabilitation threshold from 100% to 50% of project expenses. It also eliminates the basis adjustment requirement for the credit and modifies rules relating to tax-exempt use property eligible for the credit.

Cosponsors 68

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2023 to Oct 4, 2024; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalMar 24, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 24, 2023
R-OHMichael R. TurnerOriginalMar 24, 2023
R-PAMike KellyOriginalMar 24, 2023
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMar 24, 2023
R-TNDavid KustoffMar 27, 2023
D-WADerek KilmerMar 27, 2023
D-TXLloyd DoggettMar 30, 2023
D-WAAdam SmithApr 3, 2023
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeApr 3, 2023
D-NCDeborah K. RossApr 3, 2023
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderApr 13, 2023
R-NYClaudia TenneyApr 13, 2023
R-GAA. Drew Ferguson IVApr 18, 2023
R-OHMike CareyApr 18, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 24, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 24, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 24, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2510Brian Higgins D-NYMay 23, 2023

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill temporarily increases the rehabilitation credit, modifies the rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, and eliminates the requirement that the taxpayer's basis in a building be reduced by the amount of the rehabilitation credit determined with respect to such building.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 54, March 24, 2023, page H1438.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 118-679DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025771 pagesAppropriations CommitteeApr 10, 2024–May 23, 2024

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R45800The Federal Role in Historic Preservation: An OverviewReportMar 22, 2024

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 639Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2023Related billMar 2, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, to eliminate the requirement that the taxpayer's basis in a building be reduced by the amount of the rehabilitation credit determined with respect to such building, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 24, 2023Introduced in House

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