The bill proposes significant changes to certain aspects of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to small issue bonds for agricultural and manufacturing purposes. These changes include expanding the definition of manufacturing facilities to include the production of intangible property and related facilities, increasing the limitations for qualified small issue bonds, and expanding exceptions to private activity bond rules for first-time farmers. The bill suggests an increase in dollar limitations, the adjustment of those limitations for inflation, and a change in the basis for determining substantial farmland. These amendments, if enacted, will impact small issue bond issuances and eligibility criteria for agricultural and manufacturing projects and first-time farmers.
