US Congress Senate Bill 2117 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 1 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7103-7104)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property. This bill prohibits states, political subdivisions, and any other taxing authority from: (1) assessing natural gas pipeline property at a value that has a higher ratio to its true market value than the ratio used to assess other commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, (2) levying or collecting a tax on such an assessment, (3) levying or collecting an ad valorem property tax on natural gas pipeline property at a rate that exceeds the rate applicable to other commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, or (4) imposing any other tax that discriminates against a natural gas pipeline providing transportation or storage subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The bill: (1) grants jurisdiction to U.S. district courts to prevent violations of this Act, and (2) sets forth criteria governing relief for claims relating to violations of this Act.

A bill to prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property.

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7103-7104)

HB3663 (Related) 2015-11-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2117/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2117/BILLS-114s2117is.pdf