119-hr574

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 574 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 574

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax 
deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 21, 2025

Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Estes, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Hern 
of Oklahoma, Mr. Buchanan, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Feenstra, Mrs. Miller of 
West Virginia, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Collins, Ms. Mace, 
 Mr. Carey, and Mr. Kustoff) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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 A BILL

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax 
deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerate Long-term Investment 
Growth Now Act'' or the ``ALIGN Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT FULL EXPENSING FOR QUALIFIED PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph

    (6) of 

section 168

    (k) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (6) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of this 
 subsection, the term `applicable percentage' means, in the case 
 of property placed in service (or, in the case of a specified 
 plant described in paragraph

    (5) , a plant which is planted or 
 grafted) after September 27, 2017, 100 percent.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) Section 168

    (k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
 amended--
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (I) in clause
            (i) 
            (V) , by inserting 
 ``and'' at the end;
            (II) in clause
            (ii) , by striking 
 ``clause
            (ii) of subparagraph
        (E) , 
 and'' and inserting ``clause
            (i) of 
 subparagraph
        (E) .''; and
            (III) by striking clause
            (iii) ;
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (I) in clause
            (i) --

    (aa) by striking subclauses
            (II) and
            (III) ; and

    (bb) by redesignating 
 subclauses
            (IV) through
            (VI) as 
 subclauses
            (II) through
            (IV) , 
 respectively;
            (II) by striking clause
            (ii) ; and
            (III) by redesignating clauses
            (iii) and
            (iv) as clauses
            (ii) and
            (iii) , respectively;
            (iii) in subparagraph
            (C) --
            (I) in clause
            (i) , by striking 
 ``and subclauses
            (II) and
            (III) of 
 subparagraph
        (B)
            (i) ''; and
            (II) in clause
            (ii) , by striking 
 ``subparagraph
        (B)
            (iii) '' and inserting 
 ``subparagraph
        (B)
            (ii) ''; and
            (iv) in subparagraph
        (E) --
            (I) by striking clause
            (i) ; and
            (II) by redesignating clauses
            (ii) and
            (iii) as clauses
            (i) and
            (ii) , 
 respectively; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (5)
        (A) , by striking ``planted 
 before January 1, 2027, or is grafted before such date 
 to a plant that has already been planted,'' and 
 inserting ``planted or grafted''.

    (2) Section 460
            (c) (6)
        (B) of such Code is amended by 
 striking ``which'' and all that follows through the period and 
 inserting ``which has a recovery period of 7 years or less.''.
            (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in 

section 13201 of Public Law 115-97.
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