March 12, 2025
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Risch, and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that income received by a regulated investment company from precious metals shall be treated as qualifying income.
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 Precious Metals Parity Act
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Sec. 2. Treatment of income received by regulated investment companies from precious metals
(a) In general
Section 851(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1)
by striking or foreign currencies
and inserting , foreign currencies, or precious metals,
, and
(2)
by striking or currencies
and inserting currencies, or precious metals
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(b) Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.