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High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2025

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify certain automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Introduced Feb 10, 2025

Latest action (Feb 10, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Economy & Taxes

Summary

  • Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits in high-rise residential buildings as 15-year property for depreciation purposes.
  • Applies accelerated depreciation to fire sprinkler system retrofits that meet National Fire Protection Association 13 standards.
  • Defines eligible retrofits as those installed in residential buildings with occupiable floors more than 75 feet above fire department vehicle access that were built before the retrofit installation.
  • Applies to retrofits installed after the date of enactment.

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Actions (2)

  1. Feb 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Feb 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 10, 2025

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Ms. Collins) 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 classify certain automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM RETROFITS.

(a) Treatment as 15-Year Property.—Section 168(e)(3)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “and” at the end of clause (vi), by striking the period at the end of clause (vii) and inserting “, and”, and by adding at the end the following:

“(viii) any automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property.”.

(b) Applicable Depreciation Method.—Section 168(b)(3) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(H) Any automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property.”.

(c) Alternative System.—The table contained in section 168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to subparagraph (E)(vii) the following:

(E)(viii).................................................. 39

(d) Definition of Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Retrofit Property.—Section 168(i) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(20) Automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property.— The term ‘automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property’ means any sprinkler system which—

“(A) meets the standards of National Fire Protection Association 13 (or any successor benchmark),

“(B) is installed for use in residential property, and

“(C) is installed in a building which—

“(i) was placed in service before the date of such installation, and

“(ii) has an occupiable floor more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.”.

(e) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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