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H.R. 1669: Partnership to Build America Act of 2017

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H.R. 1669: Partnership to Build America Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-22 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Partnership to Build America Act of 2017

Plain summary

Partnership to Build America Act of 2017 This bill establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments, non-profit infrastructure providers, private parties, and public-private partnerships for state or local government sponsored transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). The AIF may also to make equity investments in QIPs. The Department of the Treasury, acting through the AIF, shall issue American Infrastructure Bonds with an aggregate face value of $50 billion. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited into the AIF. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow U.S. corporations to exclude from gross income qualified cash dividend amounts received during a taxable year from a foreign-controlled corporation equal to the face value of qualified infrastructure bonds the corporation has purchased. The bill prohibits allowance of: a foreign tax credit for the excluded portion of any dividend received by a U.S. corporation, and a deduction for expenses directly allocable to that excludable portion.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Partnership to Build America Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] · 27 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joyce Beatty (D-OH)

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Words on this page, explained (3)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Bond
A way to borrow money. A government sells bonds to raise money now and promises to pay it back with interest over time. Bonds repaid from taxes often need voter approval.
Sponsor and cosponsor
The sponsor is the member who introduces a bill and leads it. Cosponsors are other members who sign on to show support.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1669 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115