United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1580 (97th)
Residential Rental Housing Tax Incentive Act of 1981
Introduced
3 February 1981
Last action
3 February 1981 · Introduced
Status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3], Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7], Rep. Kramer, Ken [R-CO-5], Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6], Rep. Martin, James G. [R-NC-9], Rep. McKinney, Stewart B. [R-CT-4], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. Coyne, James K. [R-PA-8], Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16], Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6], Rep. Evans, Thomas B., Jr. [R-DE-At Large], Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-43], Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3], Rep. LeBoutillier, John [R-NY-6], Rep. Ferraro, Geraldine A. [D-NY-9], Rep. Ireland, Andrew P. [R-FL-10]
Subjects
Housing, Taxation
Source updated
29 August 2025
Summary
Residential Rental Housing Tax Incentive Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to depreciate residential rental property under the straight line method based on a period of 120 months if the original use of such property begins with the taxpayer or 240 months in any other case. Exempts residential property, residential rental property, and low-income housing from the requirement that construction period interest and taxes related to such property be amortized instead of deducted currently. Expands eligibility for accelerated depreciation of rehabilitation expenditures for all types of rental housing, not just low-income rental rehabilitation expenditures. Increases the eligible amount of depreciable low-income housing rehabilitation expenditures to $30,000. Eliminates provision for recapture of depreciation for rehabilitation expenditures.
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Timeline
3 February 1981
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 1981
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 3 February 1981
Sponsors
- Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Kramer, Ken [R-CO-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Martin, James G. [R-NC-9] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McKinney, Stewart B. [R-CT-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Coyne, James K. [R-PA-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Evans, Thomas B., Jr. [R-DE-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-43] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. LeBoutillier, John [R-NY-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ferraro, Geraldine A. [D-NY-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ireland, Andrew P. [R-FL-10] · D · Cosponsor
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/1580
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/hr/1580
- us · 97-hr-1580 · source updated 29 August 2025