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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION S. 969
55 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny interest and deprecia-
66 tion deductions for taxpayers owning 50 or more single family properties.
77 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
88 MARCH11 (legislative day, MARCH10), 2025
99 Mr. W
1010 ARNOCK(for himself, Ms. SMITH, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms.
1111 W
1212 ARREN, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. REED, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR,
1313 Mr. W
1414 ELCH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the fol-
1515 lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Fi-
1616 nance
1717 A BILL
1818 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny inter-
1919 est and depreciation deductions for taxpayers owning
2020 50 or more single family properties.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2222 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2323 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2424 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Predatory Invest-4
2525 ing Act’’. 5
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2929 SEC. 2. DISALLOWANCE OF INTEREST DEDUCTION FOR DIS-1
3030 QUALIFIED SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY OWN-2
3131 ERS. 3
3232 (a) I
3333 NGENERAL.—Section 163 of the Internal Rev-4
3434 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 5
3535 (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) 6
3636 the following new subsection: 7
3737 ‘‘(n) I
3838 NTERESTPAID BYCERTAINDISQUALIFIED 8
3939 S
4040 INGLEFAMILYPROPERTYOWNERS.— 9
4141 ‘‘(1) I
4242 N GENERAL.—In the case of a disquali-10
4343 fied single family property owner, no deduction shall 11
4444 be allowed under this chapter for any interest paid 12
4545 or accrued in connection with any single family resi-13
4646 dential rental property owned (directly or indirectly) 14
4747 by such disqualified single family property owner. 15
4848 ‘‘(2) E
4949 XCEPTION.— 16
5050 ‘‘(A) I
5151 N GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 17
5252 not apply with respect to interest paid or ac-18
5353 crued in the taxable year in which such single 19
5454 family residential rental property is sold. 20
5555 ‘‘(B) E
5656 XCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) 21
5757 shall not apply unless the sale described in such 22
5858 subparagraph is— 23
5959 ‘‘(i) a sale to an individual for use as 24
6060 the principle residence of the individual 25
6161 (within the meaning of section 121), or 26
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6565 ‘‘(ii) a sale to any qualified nonprofit 1
6666 organization. 2
6767 ‘‘(C) Q
6868 UALIFIED NONPROFIT ORGANIZA -3
6969 TION.— 4
7070 ‘‘(i) I
7171 N GENERAL.—For purposes of 5
7272 this paragraph, the term ‘qualified non-6
7373 profit organization’ means any organiza-7
7474 tion which— 8
7575 ‘‘(I) is not organized for profit, 9
7676 and 10
7777 ‘‘(II) has as a principal purpose 11
7878 the creation, development, or preser-12
7979 vation of affordable housing. 13
8080 ‘‘(ii) C
8181 ERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS IN -14
8282 CLUDED.—The term ‘qualified nonprofit 15
8383 organization’ shall include— 16
8484 ‘‘(I) any community development 17
8585 corporation (as defined in section 18
8686 204(b) of the Department of Veterans 19
8787 Affairs and Housing and Urban De-20
8888 velopment, and Independent Agencies 21
8989 Appropriations Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 22
9090 1715z–11a(b)), 23
9191 ‘‘(II) any community housing de-24
9292 velopment organization (as defined in 25
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9696 section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzales 1
9797 National Affordable Housing Act (42 2
9898 U.S.C. 12704), 3
9999 ‘‘(III) any community-based de-4
100100 velopment organization qualified 5
101101 under section 570.204 of title 24, 6
102102 Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef-7
103103 fect on the date of the enactment of 8
104104 this subsection, 9
105105 ‘‘(IV) any land bank, 10
106106 ‘‘(V) any resident-owned coopera-11
107107 tive or community land trust, and 12
108108 ‘‘(VI) any subsidiary of a public 13
109109 housing agency (as defined in section 14
110110 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing 15
111111 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)). 16
112112 ‘‘(iii) L
113113 AND BANK.—For purposes of 17
114114 this subparagraph, the term ‘land bank’ 18
115115 means a government entity, agency, or pro-19
116116 gram, or a special purpose nonprofit entity 20
117117 formed by one or more units of govern-21
118118 ment in accordance with State or local 22
119119 land bank enabling law, that has been des-23
120120 ignated by one or more State or local gov-24
121121 ernments to acquire, steward, and dispose 25
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125125 of vacant, abandoned, or other problem 1
126126 properties in accordance with locally-deter-2
127127 mined priorities and goals. 3
128128 ‘‘(iv) C
129129 OMMUNITY LAND TRUST .—For 4
130130 purposes of this subparagraph, the term 5
131131 ‘community land trust’ means a nonprofit 6
132132 organization or State or local government 7
133133 or instrumentality that— 8
134134 ‘‘(I) use a ground lease or deed 9
135135 covenant with an affordability period 10
136136 of at least 30 years or more to— 11
137137 ‘‘(aa) make rental and 12
138138 homeownership units affordable 13
139139 to households; and 14
140140 ‘‘(bb) stipulate a preemptive 15
141141 option to purchase the affordable 16
142142 rentals or homeownership units 17
143143 so that the affordability of the 18
144144 units is preserved for successive 19
145145 income-eligible households; and 20
146146 ‘‘(II) monitors properties to en-21
147147 sure affordability is preserved. 22
148148 ‘‘(3) D
149149 ISQUALIFIED SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY 23
150150 OWNER.—For purposes of this subsection— 24
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154154 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘disqualified 1
155155 single family property owner’ means, with re-2
156156 spect to any taxable year, any taxpayer who 3
157157 owns (directly or indirectly) 50 or more single 4
158158 family residential rental properties. 5
159159 ‘‘(B) A
160160 GGREGATION RULES .—All persons 6
161161 treated as a single employer under subsection 7
162162 (a) or (b) of section 52, or subsection (m) or 8
163163 (o) of section 414, shall be treated as one tax-9
164164 payer for purposes of this section. 10
165165 ‘‘(C) M
166166 ODIFICATIONS.— 11
167167 ‘‘(i) I
168168 N GENERAL.—For purposes of 12
169169 applying subparagraph (B)— 13
170170 ‘‘(I) section 52(a) shall be ap-14
171171 plied by substituting ‘component 15
172172 members’ for ‘members’, and 16
173173 ‘‘(II) for purposes of applying 17
174174 section 52(b), the term ‘trade or busi-18
175175 ness’ shall include any activity treated 19
176176 as a trade or business under para-20
177177 graph (5) or (6) of section 469(c) (de-21
178178 termined without regard to the phrase 22
179179 ‘To the extent provided in regulations’ 23
180180 in such paragraph (6)). 24
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184184 ‘‘(ii) COMPONENT MEMBER .—For 1
185185 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘com-2
186186 ponent member’ has the meaning given 3
187187 such term by section 1563(b), except that 4
188188 the determination shall be made without 5
189189 regard to section 1563(b)(2). 6
190190 ‘‘(iii) N
191191 O INFERENCE.—The modifica-7
192192 tions made by clause (i) shall not be con-8
193193 strued to create any inference with respect 9
194194 to the proper application of section 52 with 10
195195 respect to any other provision of this title. 11
196196 ‘‘(4) S
197197 INGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RENTAL 12
198198 PROPERTY.—For purposes of this subsection— 13
199199 ‘‘(A) I
200200 N GENERAL.—The term ‘single fam-14
201201 ily residential rental property’ means— 15
202202 ‘‘(i) any residential rental property (as 16
203203 defined in section 168(e)(2)(A)(i)) which 17
204204 contains 4 or fewer dwelling units (as de-18
205205 fined in section 168(e)(2)(A)(ii)(I)), and 19
206206 ‘‘(ii) improvements to real property 20
207207 directly related to such dwelling units lo-21
208208 cated on the site of such dwelling units. 22
209209 For purposes of clause (i), each townhouse or 23
210210 rowhouse shall be treated as a separate build-24
211211 ing. 25
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215215 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROP -1
216216 ERTIES.—Such term shall not include any resi-2
217217 dential rental property (as so defined)— 3
218218 ‘‘(i) with respect to which a credit is 4
219219 allowed under section 42 for such taxable 5
220220 year or any property, or 6
221221 ‘‘(ii) which— 7
222222 ‘‘(I) was constructed by the tax-8
223223 payer, or 9
224224 ‘‘(II) acquired by the taxpayer 10
225225 after its construction but before the 11
226226 first date on which any dwelling unit 12
227227 in such property was occupied by a 13
228228 resident. 14
229229 ‘‘(5) R
230230 EGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre-15
231231 scribe such regulations as may be necessary or ap-16
232232 propriate to carry out the purposes of this sub-17
233233 section, including regulations to prevent the avoid-18
234234 ance of the purposes of this subsection.’’. 19
235235 (b) A
236236 PPLICATION TOCAPITALIZEDAMOUNTS.— 20
237237 (1) I
238238 N GENERAL.—Section 263A(f)(2) of the 21
239239 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-22
240240 ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 23
241241 ‘‘(D) E
242242 XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN INTEREST 24
243243 OF DISQUALIFIED SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY 25
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247247 OWNERS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 1
248248 any interest for which a deduction would be dis-2
249249 allowed under section 163(n).’’. 3
250250 (2) C
251251 ARRYING CHARGES.—Section 266 of such 4
252252 Code is amended— 5
253253 (A) by striking ‘‘No deduction’’ and insert-6
254254 ing the following: 7
255255 ‘‘(a) I
256256 NGENERAL.—No deduction’’, and 8
257257 (B) by adding at the end the following new 9
258258 subsection: 10
259259 ‘‘(b) S
260260 PECIALRULE FORCERTAININTEREST OFDIS-11
261261 QUALIFIEDSINGLEFAMILYPROPERTYOWNERS.—No 12
262262 election may be made under this section to treat as 13
263263 chargeable to capital account any interest for which a de-14
264264 duction would be disallowed under section 163(n).’’. 15
265265 (c) E
266266 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16
267267 this section shall apply to indebtedness incurred in taxable 17
268268 years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 18
269269 Act. 19
270270 SEC. 3. DISALLOWANCE OF DEPRECIATION IN CONNEC-20
271271 TION WITH PROPERTY USED BY DISQUALI-21
272272 FIED SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY OWNERS. 22
273273 (a) I
274274 NGENERAL.—Section 167 of the Internal Rev-23
275275 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 24
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279279 (i) as subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h) 1
280280 the following new subsection: 2
281281 ‘‘(i) D
282282 EDUCTIONDISALLOWED FOR DISQUALIFIED 3
283283 S
284284 INGLEFAMILYPROPERTYOWNERS.— 4
285285 ‘‘(1) I
286286 N GENERAL.—In the case of a disquali-5
287287 fied single family property owner, no deduction shall 6
288288 be allowed under this section for any single family 7
289289 residential rental property owned by such disquali-8
290290 fied single family property owner. 9
291291 ‘‘(2) E
292292 XCEPTION.— 10
293293 ‘‘(A) I
294294 N GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 11
295295 not apply with respect to depreciation deduction 12
296296 which is allowable— 13
297297 ‘‘(i) in connection with a single family 14
298298 residential rental property, and 15
299299 ‘‘(ii) in the taxable year in which such 16
300300 single family residential rental property is 17
301301 sold. 18
302302 ‘‘(B) E
303303 XCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) 19
304304 shall not apply unless the sale described in 20
305305 clause (ii) thereof is— 21
306306 ‘‘(i) a sale to an individual for use as 22
307307 the principle residence of the individual 23
308308 (within the meaning of section 121), or 24
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312312 ‘‘(ii) a sale to any qualified nonprofit 1
313313 organization (as defined in section 2
314314 163(n)(2)(C)). 3
315315 ‘‘(3) D
316316 EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-4
317317 section, the terms ‘disqualified single family property 5
318318 owner’ and ‘single family residential rental property’ 6
319319 have the respective meanings given such terms under 7
320320 section 163(n). 8
321321 ‘‘(4) R
322322 EGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre-9
323323 scribe such regulations as may be necessary or ap-10
324324 propriate to carry out the purposes of this sub-11
325325 section, including regulations to prevent the avoid-12
326326 ance of the purposes of this subsection.’’. 13
327327 (b) E
328328 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
329329 this section shall apply to property placed in service in 15
330330 taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment 16
331331 of this Act. 17
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