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S. 187

U.S. SenateIn Senate Committee

Summary

S. 187, the ALIGN Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 22, 2025 by Sen. James Lankford (R) with 13 co-sponsors. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Jan 22, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


Record

Text

S. 187 has 13 co-sponsors.

sb187/introduced-in-senate.txt
115 S187 IS: Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act
U.S. Senate
2025-01-22
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 187 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22, 2025 Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Daines , Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Young , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Marshall , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Risch , and Mr. Boozman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act or the ALIGN Act .
2.
Permanent full expensing for qualified property
(a)
In general
Paragraph (6) of section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
(6)
Applicable percentage
For purposes of this subsection, the term applicable percentage means, in the case of property placed in service (or, in the case of a specified plant described in paragraph (5), a plant which is planted or grafted) after September 27, 2017, 100 percent.
.
(b)
Conforming amendments
(1)
Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(A)
in paragraph (2)—
(i)
in subparagraph (A)—
(I)
in clause (i)(V), by inserting and at the end,
(II)
in clause (ii), by striking clause (ii) of subparagraph (E), and and inserting clause (i) of subparagraph (E). , and
(III)
by striking clause (iii),
(ii)
in subparagraph (B)—
(I)
in clause (i)—
(aa)
by striking subclauses (II) and (III), and
(bb)
by redesignating subclauses (IV) through (VI) as subclauses (II) through (IV), respectively,
(II)
by striking clause (ii), and
(III)
by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively,
(iii)
in subparagraph (C)—
(I)
in clause (i), by striking and subclauses (II) and (III) of subparagraph (B)(i) , and
(II)
in clause (ii), by striking subparagraph (B)(iii) and inserting subparagraph (B)(ii) , and
(iv)
in subparagraph (E)—
(I)
by striking clause (i), and
(II)
by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and
(B)
in paragraph (5)(A), by striking planted before January 1, 2027, or is grafted before such date to a plant that has already been planted, and inserting planted or grafted .
(2)
Section 460(c)(6)(B) of such Code is amended by striking which and all that follows through the period and inserting which has a recovery period of 7 years or less. .
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 13201 of Public Law 115–97 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-22
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made.

Sponsors

Sen. James Lankford (R) sponsors S. 187, and 13 members have co-sponsored it, 9 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 187 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance
Finance
Referred To · Jan 22, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 187 has taken 2 actions since Jan 22, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 22, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Finance Committee
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 187 has not gone to a roll call.

4 bills are related to S. 187.

Titles

S. 187 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • ALIGN Act — Display Title
  • ALIGN Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

37 clients hired 27 firms and 245 registered lobbyists who named S. 187 in 140 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Telecommunications, Transportation, Immigration, Agriculture.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 37.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATIONNational trade associationVirginia211$176K
TAX REFORM COALITIONCoalition of companies with an interest in corporate tax reformDistrict of Columbia18$2.4M
AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia17
FEDEX CORPORATIONDistrict of Columbia17
AT&T SERVICES INC AND ITS AFFILIATESDistrict of Columbia16$300K
NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATIONA national trade association of lumber and building materials dealersDistrict of Columbia16$240K
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSDistrict of Columbia16
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYDistrict of Columbia16
CASE NEW HOLLAND INDUSTRIAL INCDistrict of Columbia16
JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INCNew Jersey15$180K
ALLIANCE FOR BIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATIONBiopharmaceutical industryDistrict of Columbia14$1M
BP AMERICA INC.Oil and integrated energy company.Texas14$240K
PHILLIPS 66 COMPANYMultinational energy company.Texas14$200K
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CENTURYLINK, INC.)Providing telecommunications and data services to residential and business customersDistrict of Columbia14$130K
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYTire manufacturerOhio14$120K
YUM! BRANDSKentucky14$120K
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIESDistrict of Columbia14$80K
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.District of Columbia14
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESDistrict of Columbia14
LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.Manufacturer of residential furnishings and industrial materials.Missouri13$80K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 245.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 second_quarter$19.3M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 first_quarter$19.3M1st Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 fourth_quarter$18M4th Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 third_quarter$13.7M3rd Quarter - Report
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INCTHE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC.2025 first_quarter$6.9M1st Quarter - Report
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2025 fourth_quarter$3.7M4th Quarter - Report
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES2025 fourth_quarter$3.4M4th Quarter - Report
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2025 third_quarter$3.2M3rd Quarter - Amendme…
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2025 third_quarter$3.2M3rd Quarter - Amendme…
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2025 third_quarter$3.2M3rd Quarter - Report
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2026 first_quarter$3.1M1st Quarter - Report
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2025 second_quarter$3M2nd Quarter - Report
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES2025 second_quarter$3M2nd Quarter - Report
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES2025 first_quarter$3M1st Quarter - Report
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES2025 third_quarter$3M3rd Quarter - Report
FEDEX CORPORATIONFEDEX CORPORATION2025 first_quarter$2.8M1st Quarter - Report
PHILLIPS 66PHILLIPS 662025 first_quarter$1.7M1st Quarter - Report
INTERNATIONAL PAPERINTERNATIONAL PAPER2025 first_quarter$1.5M1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADSASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS2025 first_quarter$1.4M1st Quarter - Report
PHILLIPS 66PHILLIPS 662025 second_quarter$1.2M2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 187 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 187’s is Taxation.

s187/policy-areas.txt
TaxationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com