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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7280
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from
gross income for certain wastewater management subsidies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 2020
Mr. SUOZZI (for himself, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. KING of New York) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
an exclusion from gross income for certain wastewater
management subsidies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO INCOME EXCLUSION FOR
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CERTAIN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SUB-
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SIDIES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 136(a) of the Internal
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Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘any subsidy provided’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘any subsidy—
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‘‘(1) provided’’,
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(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
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ing ‘‘, or’’, and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(2) provided (directly or indirectly) by a State
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or local government to a resident of such State or
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locality for the purchase or installation of any waste-
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water management measure, but only if such meas-
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ure is with respect to the taxpayer’s principal resi-
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dence.’’.
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(b) DEFINITION
OF WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
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MEASURE.—Section 136(c) of such Code is amended—
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(1)
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striking
‘‘ENERGY
CONSERVATION
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MEASURE’’ in the heading thereof and inserting
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‘‘DEFINITIONS’’,
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(2) by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ in the heading of
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paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘ENERGY CONSERVA-
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TION MEASURE’’, and
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(3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
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graph (3) and by inserting after paragraph (1) the
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following:
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‘‘(2) WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE.—
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For purposes of this section, the term ‘wastewater
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management measure’ means any installation or
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modification of property primarily designed to man-
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age wastewater (including septic tanks and cess-
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pools) with respect to one or more dwelling units.’’.
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) The heading for section 136 of such Code
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is amended—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘AND
WASTEWATER’’
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after ‘‘ENERGY’’, and
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(B) by striking ‘‘PROVIDED BY PUBLIC
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UTILITIES’’.
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(2) The item relating to section 136 in the table
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of sections of part III of subchapter B of chapter 1
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of such Code is amended—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘and wastewater’’ after
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‘‘energy’’, and
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(B) by striking ‘‘provided by public utili-
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ties’’.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall apply to amounts received after Decem-
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ber 31, 2018.
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