U.S. Congress - S.652 Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
S.652 - Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
A bill to facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation through the establishment of an American Infrastructure Financing Authority, to provide for an extension of the exemption from the alternative minimum tax treatment for certain tax-exempt bonds, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation through the establishment of an American Infrastructure Financing Authority, to provide for an extension of the exemption from the alternative minimum tax treatment for certain tax-exempt bonds, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development as introduced.
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Establishes an independent infrastructure bank financed with an initial $10 billion to invest in loans for infrastructure projects that would receive significant private support, generate revenues, and repay the bank.Official Summary
3/17/2011--Introduced.Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development - Establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provideOfficial Summary
3/17/2011--Introduced.Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development - Establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation, headed by a Chief Executive Officer and managed by a Board of Directors, which shall provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate transportation, water, or energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $100 million ($25 million for rural infrastructure projects). Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Establishes an Office of Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance in the development and financing of rural infrastructure projects. Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the business activities of AIFA. Prohibits financial assistance from AIFA for any private project for which no public benefit is created. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for infrastructure projects and for the repayment of such loans. Requires an annual independent audit of AIFA finances. Requires the Chief Executive Officer of AIFA to:(1) establish fees with respect to loans and loan guarantees that are sufficient to cover AIFA's administrative costs, and
(2) take actions to make AIFA a self-sustaining entity, with administrative and federal credit subsidy costs fully funded by fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012 the exemption from alternative minimum tax (AMT) for tax-exempt private activity bonds.
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S.652 Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
acarp123
October 04, 2012
I support S.652 - Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
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S.652 Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
rbbash
April 09, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 2nd Congressional district of Pennsylvania. I support S.652 - Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development. As a lifelong resident of the second district, and a graduate student in City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, I understand just how vital this bill is to the future of our nation's infrastructure, and therefore its global economic competitiveness. I strongly encourage you to support S.652. Failure to do so may spell...
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S.652 Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
ldranton
October 22, 2011
I support S.652 - Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
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