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CAN Act

USA117th CongressHR-2977| House 
| Updated: 5/4/2021
A. Drew Ferguson

A. Drew Ferguson

Republican Representative

Georgia

Ways and Means Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Connect America Now Act or the CAN Act This bill allows an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of gain from the sale or exchange of the entire interest in a wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier. A rural incumbent local exchange carrier is a carrier that serves (1) an area where it was required to provide communications services by a specified date to any customer regardless of cost, and (2) an area other than an urbanized area with not fewer than 50,000 people and a core where there are not fewer than 1,000 people per square mile. The bill requires recapture of tax for income from the sale or exchange of stock in a carrier not held for at least one year. The bill allows an investment tax credit for 30% of expenditures to purchase, maintain, or improve property to provide voice telephone service or broadband internet access in rural empowerment zones. The bill increases the volume cap for private activity bonds and allows the use of bond proceeds for infrastructure for broadband internet access service.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7857
CAN Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-4716
I CAN Act
May 4, 2021
Introduced in House
May 4, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 8, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-5212
Introduced in Senate
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7857
    CAN Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-4716
    I CAN Act


  • May 4, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • May 4, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • December 8, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-5212
    Introduced in Senate

Taxation

Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesBusiness investment and capitalCapital gains taxIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaRural conditions and developmentTelephone and wireless communication

CAN Act

USA117th CongressHR-2977| House 
| Updated: 5/4/2021
Connect America Now Act or the CAN Act This bill allows an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of gain from the sale or exchange of the entire interest in a wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier. A rural incumbent local exchange carrier is a carrier that serves (1) an area where it was required to provide communications services by a specified date to any customer regardless of cost, and (2) an area other than an urbanized area with not fewer than 50,000 people and a core where there are not fewer than 1,000 people per square mile. The bill requires recapture of tax for income from the sale or exchange of stock in a carrier not held for at least one year. The bill allows an investment tax credit for 30% of expenditures to purchase, maintain, or improve property to provide voice telephone service or broadband internet access in rural empowerment zones. The bill increases the volume cap for private activity bonds and allows the use of bond proceeds for infrastructure for broadband internet access service.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7857
CAN Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-4716
I CAN Act
May 4, 2021
Introduced in House
May 4, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 8, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-5212
Introduced in Senate
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7857
    CAN Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-4716
    I CAN Act


  • May 4, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • May 4, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • December 8, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-5212
    Introduced in Senate
A. Drew Ferguson

A. Drew Ferguson

Republican Representative

Georgia

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesBusiness investment and capitalCapital gains taxIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaRural conditions and developmentTelephone and wireless communication