I 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 2434 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that bonds used to finance professional stadiums are not treated as tax-exempt bonds. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH27, 2025 Mr. G ROTHMAN(for himself and Mr. BEYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that bonds used to finance professional stadiums are not treated as tax-exempt bonds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Tax Subsidies for 4 Stadiums Act of 2025’’. 5 SEC. 2. NO TAX-EXEMPT BONDS FOR PROFESSIONAL STA-6 DIUMS. 7 (a) I NGENERAL.—Section 103(b) of the Internal 8 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 9 the following new paragraph: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Apr 03, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2434.IH H2434 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 2434 IH ‘‘(4) PROFESSIONAL STADIUM BOND .—Any pro-1 fessional stadium bond.’’. 2 (b) P ROFESSIONALSTADIUMBONDDEFINED.—Sec-3 tion 103(c) of such Code is amended by adding at the end 4 the following new paragraph: 5 ‘‘(3) P ROFESSIONAL STADIUM BOND .—The 6 term ‘professional stadium bond’ means any bond 7 issued as part of an issue any proceeds of which are 8 used to finance or refinance capital expenditures al-9 locable to a facility (or appurtenant real property) 10 which, during at least 5 days during any calendar 11 year, is used as a stadium or arena for professional 12 sports exhibitions, games, or training.’’. 13 (c) E FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14 this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of 15 the enactment of this Act. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Apr 03, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2434.IH H2434 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB