To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period classification for qualified leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property, for purposes of the depreciation tax deduction.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4306 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4306

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, 
    qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement 
                               property.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2009

Mr. Meek of Florida (for himself, Mr. Tiberi, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Crowley, 
 Mr. Davis of Alabama, and Mr. Herger) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, 
    qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement 
                               property.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF TREATMENT OF QUALIFED LEASEHOLD 
              IMPROVEMENT PROPERTY AS 15-YEAR PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF 
              DEPRECIATION DEDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Clause (iv) of section 168(e)(3)(E) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``placed in 
service before January 1, 2010''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to property placed in service after December 31, 2009.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF TREATMENT OF QUALIFED RESTAURANT 
              PROPERTY AS 15-YEAR PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF DEPRECIATION 
              DEDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Clause (v) of section 168(e)(3)(E) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``placed in service before 
January 1, 2010''.
    (b) Treatment To Include New Construction.--Clause (i) of section 
168(e)(7)(A) of such Code is amended by striking ``, and before January 
1, 2010''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2009.

SEC. 3. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF TREATMENT OF QUALIFED RETAIL IMPROVEMENT 
              PROPERTY AS 15-YEAR PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF DEPRECIATION 
              DEDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Clause (ix) of section 168(e)(3)(E) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``, and before 
January 1, 2010''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to property placed in service after December 31, 2009.
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