S. 398 · 109th Congress
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expensing of environmental remediation costs.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rick Santorum
- Introduced
- 2005-02-16
- Latest action
- 2005-02-16 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent provisions allowing the expensing of environmental remediation costs; (2) revise the definition of "qualified contaminated site" to include toxic as well as hazardous substances; (3) include within the definition of "hazardous or toxic substances" extremely hazardous substances, as defined by Federal law, and petroleum contaminants; and (4) eliminate the recapture of the expensing deduction upon the sale of environmental remediation property.