United States · Bill · S
S. 3275 (112th)
Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act
Introduced
7 June 2012
Last action
7 June 2012 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3842)
Sponsors
Christopher Coons, Jerry Moran, Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Amy Klobuchar, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Michael Bennet, Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA], Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5], Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large], Mark Warner
Subjects
Energy, Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations, to expand the definition of "qualifying income" for such partnerships to include income and gains from renewable and alternative fuels (in addition to fossil fuels), including renewable energy facilities used in the production of electricity, biodiesel, alcohol used as fuels, and renewable fuels used to reduce or replace fossil fuels present in transportation fuels.
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Timeline
7 June 2012
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3842)
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2012
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3841-3842)
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2012
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 7 June 2012 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 June 2012
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 June 2012
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 7 June 2012
Sponsors
- Christopher Coons · D · Sponsor
- Jerry Moran · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
- Jeanne Shaheen · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Michael Bennet · D · Cosponsor
- Lisa Murkowski · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Mark Warner · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3275
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3275
- us · 112-s-3275 · source updated 5 December 2025