US Congress House Bill 1813 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-10 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Gas Price Relief Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to distribute an equal amount of the revenues raised by this Act to each holder of a valid driver's license. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require seven-year amortization of the geological and geophysical expenditures of covered large oil companies. Defines "covered large oil company" as a taxpayer which is a major integrated oil company or which has gross receipts in excess of $50 million in a taxable year. Denies certain tax benefits to any taxpayer that is not a small, independent oil and gas company, including: (1) the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery, (2) expensing of intangible drilling and development costs in the case of gas wells and geothermal wells, (3) percentage depletion, (4) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses, (5) the exemption from limitations on passive activity losses, and (6) the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities. Prohibits the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies. Limits or denies the foreign tax credit and tax deferrals for amounts paid or accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign country or U.S. possession for any period with respect to combined foreign oil and gas income. Defines "dual capacity taxpayer" as a person who is subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and receives (or will receive) directly or indirectly a specific economic benefit from such county or possession.

Gas Price Relief Act of 2011

Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2011-05-10	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3117-3118)

HB601 (Related) 2011-02-10 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB851 (Related) 2011-03-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB1889 (Related) 2011-05-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1813/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1813/BILLS-112hr1813ih.pdf