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22 118THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 419
55 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment
66 credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 JANUARY20, 2023
99 Mr. G
1010 OMEZ(for himself, Mr. LARSONof Connecticut, and Mr. KILDEE) intro-
1111 duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
1212 and Means
1313 A BILL
1414 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
1515 an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings
1616 into other uses.
1717 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1818 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
1919 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2020 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revitalizing Down-4
2121 towns Act’’. 5
2222 SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED OFFICE CONVERSION. 6
2323 (a) I
2424 NGENERAL.—Section 46 of the Internal Rev-7
2525 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph 8
2626 (7) as paragraph (8), by redesignating the paragraph (6) 9
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3030 relating to the advanced manufacturing investment credits 1
3131 as paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-2
3232 graph (7) (as so redesignated), by striking the period at 3
3333 the end of paragraph (8) (as so redesginated) and insert-4
3434 ing ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the following new 5
3535 paragraph: 6
3636 ‘‘(9) the qualified office conversion credit.’’. 7
3737 (b) A
3838 MOUNT OFCREDIT.—Subpart E of part IV of 8
3939 subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code 9
4040 of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 48E the fol-10
4141 lowing new section: 11
4242 ‘‘SEC. 48F. QUALIFIED OFFICE CONVERSION CREDIT. 12
4343 ‘‘(a) I
4444 NGENERAL.—For purposes of section 46, the 13
4545 qualified office conversion credit for any taxable year is 14
4646 equal to 20 percent of the qualified conversion expendi-15
4747 tures with respect to a qualified converted building. 16
4848 ‘‘(b) W
4949 HENEXPENDITURES TAKENINTOAC-17
5050 COUNT.— 18
5151 ‘‘(1) I
5252 N GENERAL.—Qualified conversion ex-19
5353 penditures with respect to any qualified converted 20
5454 building shall be taken into account for the taxable 21
5555 year in which such qualified converted building is 22
5656 placed in service. 23
5757 ‘‘(2) C
5858 OORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (d).— 24
5959 The amount which would (but for this subpara-25
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6363 graph) be taken into account under subparagraph 1
6464 (A) with respect to any qualified converted building 2
6565 shall be reduced (but not below zero) by any amount 3
6666 of qualified conversion expenditures taken into ac-4
6767 count under subsection (d) by the taxpayer or a 5
6868 predecessor of the taxpayer (or, in the case of a sale 6
6969 and leaseback described in section 50(a)(2)(C), by 7
7070 the lessee), to the extent any amount so taken into 8
7171 account has not been required to be recaptured 9
7272 under section 50(a). 10
7373 ‘‘(c) D
7474 EFINITIONS.— 11
7575 ‘‘(1) Q
7676 UALIFIED CONVERTED BUILDING .— 12
7777 ‘‘(A) I
7878 N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 13
7979 converted building’ means any building (and its 14
8080 structural components) if— 15
8181 ‘‘(i) prior to conversion, such building 16
8282 was nonresidential real property (as de-17
8383 fined in section 168) which was leased, or 18
8484 available for lease, to office tenants, 19
8585 ‘‘(ii) such building has been substan-20
8686 tially converted from an office use to a res-21
8787 idential, retail, or other commercial use, 22
8888 ‘‘(iii) in the case of conversion to a 23
8989 residential use, such converted building 24
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9393 meets the requirements of subparagraph 1
9494 (D), 2
9595 ‘‘(iv) such building was initially placed 3
9696 in service at least 25 years before the be-4
9797 ginning of the conversion, and 5
9898 ‘‘(v) depreciation (or amortization in 6
9999 lieu of depreciation) is allowable with re-7
100100 spect to such building. 8
101101 ‘‘(B) S
102102 UBSTANTIALLY CONVERTED DE -9
103103 FINED.— 10
104104 ‘‘(i) I
105105 N GENERAL.—For purposes of 11
106106 paragraph (1)(A)(ii), a building shall be 12
107107 treated as having been substantially con-13
108108 verted only if the qualified conversion ex-14
109109 penditures during the 24-month period se-15
110110 lected by the taxpayer (at the time and in 16
111111 the manner prescribed by regulation) and 17
112112 ending with or within the taxable year ex-18
113113 ceed the greater of— 19
114114 ‘‘(I) the adjusted basis of such 20
115115 building (and its structural compo-21
116116 nents), or 22
117117 ‘‘(II) $15,000. 23
118118 The adjusted basis of the building (and its 24
119119 structural components) shall be determined 25
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123123 as of the beginning of the 1st day of such 1
124124 24-month period, or of the holding period 2
125125 of the building, whichever is later. For 3
126126 purposes of the preceding sentence, the de-4
127127 termination of the beginning of the holding 5
128128 period shall be made without regard to any 6
129129 reconstruction by the taxpayer in connec-7
130130 tion with the conversion. 8
131131 ‘‘(ii) S
132132 PECIAL RULE FOR PHASED 9
133133 CONVERSION.—In the case of any conver-10
134134 sion which may reasonably be expected to 11
135135 be completed in phases set forth in archi-12
136136 tectural plans and specifications completed 13
137137 before the conversion begins, clause (i) 14
138138 shall be applied by substituting ‘60-month 15
139139 period’ for ‘24-month period’. 16
140140 ‘‘(iii) L
141141 ESSEES.—The Secretary shall 17
142142 prescribe by regulation rules for applying 18
143143 this subparagraph to lessees. 19
144144 ‘‘(C) R
145145 ECONSTRUCTION.—Conversion in-20
146146 cludes reconstruction. 21
147147 ‘‘(D) R
148148 ESIDENTIAL CONVERSION REQUIRE -22
149149 MENTS.— 23
150150 ‘‘(i) I
151151 N GENERAL.—A building meets 24
152152 the requirements of this subparagraph if— 25
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156156 ‘‘(I) 20 percent or more of the 1
157157 residential units are both rent-re-2
158158 stricted and occupied by individuals 3
159159 whose income is 80 percent or less of 4
160160 area median gross income, or 5
161161 ‘‘(II) such building is subject to a 6
162162 written binding State or local agree-7
163163 ment with respect to the provision or 8
164164 financing of affordable housing and 9
165165 such agreement is documented in such 10
166166 form and manner as the Secretary 11
167167 may provide. 12
168168 ‘‘(ii) R
169169 ENT AND INCOME LIMITA -13
170170 TION.—For purposes of this subparagraph, 14
171171 rules similar to the rules of subsection (g) 15
172172 of section 42 shall apply to determine 16
173173 whether a unit is rent-restricted, treatment 17
174174 of units occupied by individuals whose in-18
175175 comes rise above the limit, and the treat-19
176176 ment of units where Federal rental assist-20
177177 ance is reduced as tenant’s income in-21
178178 creases. 22
179179 ‘‘(2) Q
180180 UALIFIED CONVERSION EXPENDITURES 23
181181 DEFINED.— 24
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185185 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-1
186186 section (a), the term ‘qualified conversion ex-2
187187 penditures’ means any amount properly charge-3
188188 able to capital account— 4
189189 ‘‘(i) for property for which deprecia-5
190190 tion is allowable under section 168 and 6
191191 which is— 7
192192 ‘‘(I) nonresidential real property 8
193193 (as defined in section 168), 9
194194 ‘‘(II) residential rental property 10
195195 (as defined in section 168), or 11
196196 ‘‘(III) an addition or improve-12
197197 ment to property described in clause 13
198198 (i) or (ii), and 14
199199 ‘‘(ii) in connection with the conversion 15
200200 of a qualified converted building. 16
201201 ‘‘(B) C
202202 ERTAIN EXPENDITURES NOT IN -17
203203 CLUDED.—The term ‘qualified conversion ex-18
204204 penditures’ does not include— 19
205205 ‘‘(i) S
206206 TRAIGHT LINE DEPRECIATION 20
207207 MUST BE USED.—Any expenditure with re-21
208208 spect to which the taxpayer does not use 22
209209 the straight line method over a recovery 23
210210 period determined under subsection (c) or 24
211211 (g) of section 168. The preceding sentence 25
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215215 shall not apply to any expenditure to the 1
216216 extent the alternative depreciation system 2
217217 of section 168(g) applies to such expendi-3
218218 ture by reason of subparagraph (B) or (C) 4
219219 of section 168(g)(1). 5
220220 ‘‘(ii) C
221221 OST OF ACQUISITION .—The 6
222222 cost of acquiring any building or interest 7
223223 therein. 8
224224 ‘‘(iii) E
225225 NLARGEMENTS.—Any expendi-9
226226 ture attributable to the enlargement of an 10
227227 existing building. 11
228228 ‘‘(iv) T
229229 AX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY .— 12
230230 Any expenditure in connection with the 13
231231 conversion of a building which is allocable 14
232232 to the portion of such property which is (or 15
233233 may reasonably be expected to be) tax-ex-16
234234 empt use property (within the meaning of 17
235235 section 168(h)), except that— 18
236236 ‘‘(I) ‘50 percent’ shall be sub-19
237237 stituted for ‘35 percent’ in paragraph 20
238238 (1)(B)(iii) thereof, and 21
239239 ‘‘(II) an eligible educational insti-22
240240 tution (as defined in section 23
241241 529(e)(5)) shall not be treated as a 24
242242 tax-exempt entity. 25
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246246 This clause shall not apply for purposes of 1
247247 determining whether a building has been 2
248248 substantially converted. 3
249249 ‘‘(v) E
250250 XPENDITURES OF LESSEE .— 4
251251 Any expenditure of a lessee of a building 5
252252 if, on the date the conversion is completed, 6
253253 the remaining term of the lease (deter-7
254254 mined without regard to any renewal peri-8
255255 ods) is less than the recovery period deter-9
256256 mined under section 168(c). 10
257257 ‘‘(d) P
258258 ROGRESSEXPENDITURES.— 11
259259 ‘‘(1) I
260260 N GENERAL.—In the case of any building 12
261261 to which this subsection applies, except as provided 13
262262 in paragraph (3)— 14
263263 ‘‘(A) if such building is self-converted 15
264264 property, any qualified conversion expenditure 16
265265 with respect to such building shall be taken into 17
266266 account for the taxable year for which such ex-18
267267 penditure is properly chargeable to capital ac-19
268268 count with respect to such building, and 20
269269 ‘‘(B) if such building is not self-converted 21
270270 property, any qualified conversion expenditure 22
271271 with respect to such building shall be taken into 23
272272 account for the taxable year in which paid. 24
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276276 ‘‘(2) PROPERTY TO WHICH SUBSECTION AP -1
277277 PLIES.— 2
278278 ‘‘(A) I
279279 N GENERAL.—This subsection shall 3
280280 apply to any building which is being converted 4
281281 by or for the taxpayer if— 5
282282 ‘‘(i) the normal conversion period for 6
283283 such building is 2 years or more, and 7
284284 ‘‘(ii) it is reasonable to expect that 8
285285 such building will be a qualified converted 9
286286 building in the hands of the taxpayer when 10
287287 it is placed in service. 11
288288 Clauses (i) and (ii) shall be applied on the basis 12
289289 of facts known as of the close of the taxable 13
290290 year of the taxpayer in which the conversion be-14
291291 gins (or, if later, at the close of the first taxable 15
292292 year to which an election under this subsection 16
293293 applies). 17
294294 ‘‘(B) N
295295 ORMAL CONVERSION PERIOD .—For 18
296296 purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘normal 19
297297 conversion period’ means the period reasonably 20
298298 expected to be required for the conversion of 21
299299 the building— 22
300300 ‘‘(i) beginning with the date on which 23
301301 physical work on the conversion begins (or, 24
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306306 year to which an election under this sub-1
307307 section applies), and 2
308308 ‘‘(ii) ending on the date on which it is 3
309309 expected that the property will be available 4
310310 for placing in service. 5
311311 ‘‘(3) S
312312 PECIAL RULES FOR APPLYING PARA -6
313313 GRAPH (1).—For purposes of paragraph (1)— 7
314314 ‘‘(A) C
315315 OMPONENT PARTS , ETC.—Property 8
316316 which is to be a component part of, or is other-9
317317 wise to be included in, any building to which 10
318318 this subsection applies shall be taken into ac-11
319319 count— 12
320320 ‘‘(i) at a time not earlier than the 13
321321 time at which it becomes irrevocably de-14
322322 voted to use in the building, and 15
323323 ‘‘(ii) as if (at the time referred to in 16
324324 clause (i)) the taxpayer had expended an 17
325325 amount equal to that portion of the cost to 18
326326 the taxpayer of such component or other 19
327327 property which, for purposes of this sub-20
328328 part, is properly chargeable (during such 21
329329 taxable year) to capital account with re-22
330330 spect to such building. 23
331331 ‘‘(B) C
332332 ERTAIN BORROWING DIS -24
333333 REGARDED.—Any amount borrowed directly or 25
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337337 indirectly by the taxpayer from the person con-1
338338 verting the property for him shall not be treat-2
339339 ed as an amount expended for such conversion. 3
340340 ‘‘(C) L
341341 IMITATION FOR BUILDINGS WHICH 4
342342 ARE NOT SELF-CONVERTED.— 5
343343 ‘‘(i) I
344344 N GENERAL.—In the case of a 6
345345 building which is not self-converted, the 7
346346 amount taken into account under para-8
347347 graph (1)(B) for any taxable year shall not 9
348348 exceed the amount which represents the 10
349349 portion of the overall cost to the taxpayer 11
350350 of the conversion which is properly attrib-12
351351 utable to the portion of the conversion 13
352352 which is completed during such taxable 14
353353 year. 15
354354 ‘‘(ii) C
355355 ARRYOVER OF CERTAIN 16
356356 AMOUNTS.—In the case of a building which 17
357357 is not a self-converted building, if for the 18
358358 taxable year— 19
359359 ‘‘(I) the amount which (but for 20
360360 clause (i)) would have been taken into 21
361361 account under paragraph (1)(B) ex-22
362362 ceeds the limitation of clause (i), then 23
363363 the amount of such excess shall be 24
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368368 (1)(B) for the succeeding taxable 1
369369 year, or 2
370370 ‘‘(II) the limitation of clause (i) 3
371371 exceeds the amount taken into ac-4
372372 count under paragraph (1)(B), then 5
373373 the amount of such excess shall in-6
374374 crease the limitation of clause (i) for 7
375375 the succeeding taxable year. 8
376376 ‘‘(D) D
377377 ETERMINATION OF PERCENTAGE OF 9
378378 COMPLETION.—The determination under sub-10
379379 paragraph (C)(i) of the portion of the overall 11
380380 cost to the taxpayer of the conversion which is 12
381381 properly attributable to conversion completed 13
382382 during any taxable year shall be made, under 14
383383 regulations prescribed by the Secretary, on the 15
384384 basis of engineering or architectural estimates 16
385385 or on the basis of cost accounting records. Un-17
386386 less the taxpayer establishes otherwise by clear 18
387387 and convincing evidence, the conversion shall be 19
388388 deemed to be completed not more rapidly than 20
389389 ratably over the normal conversion period. 21
390390 ‘‘(E) N
391391 O PROGRESS EXPENDITURES FOR 22
392392 CERTAIN PRIOR PERIODS.—No qualified conver-23
393393 sion expenditures shall be taken into account 24
394394 under this subsection for any period before the 25
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398398 first day of the first taxable year to which an 1
399399 election under this subsection applies. 2
400400 ‘‘(F) N
401401 O PROGRESS EXPENDITURES FOR 3
402402 PROPERTY FOR YEAR IT IS PLACED IN SERVICE , 4
403403 ETC.—In the case of any building, no qualified 5
404404 conversion expenditures shall be taken into ac-6
405405 count under this subsection for the earlier of— 7
406406 ‘‘(i) the taxable year in which the 8
407407 building is placed in service, or 9
408408 ‘‘(ii) the first taxable year for which 10
409409 recapture is required under section 11
410410 50(a)(2) with respect to such property, 12
411411 or for any taxable year thereafter. 13
412412 ‘‘(4) S
413413 ELF-CONVERTED BUILDING .—For pur-14
414414 poses of this subsection, the term ‘self-converted 15
415415 building’ means any building if it is reasonable to 16
416416 believe that more than half of the qualified conver-17
417417 sion expenditures for such building will be made di-18
418418 rectly by the taxpayer. 19
419419 ‘‘(5) E
420420 LECTION.—This subsection shall apply to 20
421421 any taxpayer only if such taxpayer has made an 21
422422 election under this paragraph. Such an election shall 22
423423 apply to the taxable year for which made and all 23
424424 subsequent taxable years. Such an election, once 24
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428428 made, may be revoked only with the consent of the 1
429429 Secretary. 2
430430 ‘‘(e) D
431431 ENIAL OFDOUBLEBENEFIT.—A credit shall 3
432432 not be allowed under this section for any qualified conver-4
433433 sion expenditure for which a credit is allowed under sec-5
434434 tion 42 or 47.’’. 6
435435 (c) C
436436 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 7
437437 (1) Section 49(a)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue 8
438438 Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 9
439439 end of clause (vii), by striking the period at the end 10
440440 of clause (viii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding 11
441441 after clause (viii) the following new clause: 12
442442 ‘‘(ix) the portion of the basis of any 13
443443 qualified converted property attributable to 14
444444 qualified conversion expenditures under 15
445445 section 48F.’’. 16
446446 (2) Section 50(a)(2)(E) of such Code is amend-17
447447 ed by striking ‘‘or 48E(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘48E(e), 18
448448 or 48F(d)’’. 19
449449 (3) Section 50(b)(2) of such Code is amended 20
450450 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), 21
451451 by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 22
452452 (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding after sub-23
453453 paragraph (D) the following new subparagraph: 24
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457457 ‘‘(E) a qualified converted building to the 1
458458 extent of that portion of the basis which is at-2
459459 tributable to qualified conversion expendi-3
460460 tures.’’. 4
461461 (4) Section 50(b)(3) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 5
462462 or, solely with respect to the qualified office conver-6
463463 sion credit, an eligible educational institution (as de-7
464464 fined in section 529(e)(5))’’ after ‘‘section 521’’. 8
465465 (5) The table of sections for subpart E of part 9
466466 IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 10
467467 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-11
468468 tion 48E the following new item: 12
469469 ‘‘Sec. 48F. Qualified office conversion credit.’’.
470470 (d) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 13
471471 this section shall apply to qualified conversion expendi-14
472472 tures incurred after the date of enactment in taxable years 15
473473 ending after such date. 16
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