1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act . 2. Automated fire sprinkler system retrofits treated as section 179 property (a) In general Section 179(d)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) which is— (i) automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property (as defined in section 168(i)(20) determined without regard to subparagraph (A)(i)(II) thereof), or (ii) section 1245 property (as defined in section 1245(a)(3)), and . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Classification of certain automated 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 (viii), by striking the period at the end of clause (ix) and inserting , and , and by adding at the end the following: (x) any automated 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: (J) Any automated 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)(ix) the following: (E)(x) 39 . (d) Definition of automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property Section 168(i) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (20) Automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property (A) In general The term automated fire sprinkler system retrofit property means any property which comprises a sprinkler system which— (i) is installed in a building or structure which— (I) was placed in service before the date on which such sprinkler system is placed in service, and (II) has an occupiable story the floor of which is more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access, and (ii) is classified