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S. 479: LOCAL Infrastructure Act

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S. 479: LOCAL Infrastructure Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-25 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.

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Official title

LOCAL Infrastructure Act

Plain summary

Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for Infrastructure Act or the LOCAL Infrastructure Act This bill reinstates tax provisions relating to advance refunding bonds. An advance refunding bond is a tax-exempt bond issued by a state or municipality to refinance or consolidate existing bond obligations.

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Official text

LOCAL Infrastructure Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · 23 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John Barrasso (R-WY), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), John Boozman (R-AR), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] reported raising $306,823 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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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.
Obligation
A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s479 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117