# 114-hr-4474: Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act

114-hr-4474, Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] (R-LA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4474
- Congress: 114
- Title: Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-02-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the placed-in-service restriction on the depreciation of certain farming business machinery and equipment and to make permanent the five-year recovery period for such property.

## Cosponsors (26)

- Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] (R-CA), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] (D-NE), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2016-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] (R-WI), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] (R-IL), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2016-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] (R-AL), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015
- 114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 114-hr-2726: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-1475: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act
- 114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015
- 114-hr-893: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4474 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4474)

## Related
- [114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-160)
- [114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3929)
- [114-hr-2726: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2726)
- [114-hr-1475: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1475)
- [114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1190)
- [114-hr-893: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-893)
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