H.R. 510: BRACE Act of 2019
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H.R. 510: BRACE Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-11 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
BRACE Act of 2019
Plain summary
Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 or the BRACE Act of 2019 This bill permanently extends the tax credit for railroad track maintenance. The extension applies to expenditures paid or incurred during tax years beginning after 2017. Assignments of miles of railroad track, including related expenditures, for tax years ending after 2017 must be treated as timely if they are made pursuant to a written agreement entered into within 90 days of the enactment of this bill.
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Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 302 cosponsors
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Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), John Garamendi (D-CA), Ron Estes (R-KS), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Steve Womack (R-AR), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Sam Graves (R-MO), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), James Comer (R-KY), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Jason Smith (R-MO), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Peter Welch (D-VT), Dina Titus (D-NV), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL) and 242 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr510.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr510 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116