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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4639

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives

relating to the closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 1994

Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide

tax incentives relating to the closure, realignment, or

downsizing of military installations.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. HIRING INCENTIVES RELATING TO BASE CLO4 SURES, REALIGNMENTS, AND REDUCTIONS IN

5 FORCE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of the Internal Reve7 nue Code of 1986 (relating to normal tax and surtax

8 rules) is amended by inserting after subchapter U the fol9 lowing new subchapter:
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1 ‘‘Subchapter V—Tax Incentives Relating to

2 Federal Military Installations

‘‘Part I. Definitions.

‘‘Part II. Hiring incentives.

3 ‘‘PART I—DEFINITIONS

‘‘Sec. 1398. Definitions.

4 ‘‘SEC. 1398. DEFINITIONS.

5 ‘‘(a) APPLICABLE FEDERAL MILITARY INSTALLA6 TION.—For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘appli7 cable Federal military installation’ means a Federal mili8 tary installation or other facility which experiences a re9 duction in force or is closed or realigned under—

10 ‘‘(1) the Defense Base Closure and Realign11 ment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note),

12 ‘‘(2) title II of the Defense Authorization

13 Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment

14 Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), or

15 ‘‘(3) section 2687 of title 10, United States

16 Code.

17 ‘‘(b) DISLOCATED EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of this

18 subchapter—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘dislocated em20 ployee’ means an individual who is certified, under

21 procedures similar to the procedures described in

22 section 51(d)(16), as being an individual (whether or

23 not a Federal employee)—
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1 ‘‘(A) who was employed on an applicable

2 Federal military installation, and

3 ‘‘(B) whose job was terminated as a result

4 of the closing or realignment of such installa5 tion or a reduction in force at such installation.

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—An individual shall not be

7 treated as a dislocated employee with respect to any

8 job termination after the later of—

9 ‘‘(A) the close of the 2nd calendar year fol10 lowing the calendar year in which the an11 nouncement of the job termination occurs, or

12 ‘‘(B) the close of the 1-year period begin13 ning with the date on which the employee first

14 begins work for any employer after the job ter15 mination.

16 ‘‘PART II—HIRING INCENTIVES

‘‘Sec. 1398A. Targeted jobs credit.

17 ‘‘SEC. 1398A. TARGETED JOBS CREDIT.

18 ‘‘For purposes of section 38, a dislocated employee

19 shall be treated as a member of a targeted group for pur20 poses of determining the targeted jobs credit under section

21 51.’’.

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sub23 chapters for chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
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1 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to

2 subchapter U the following new item:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER V. Tax incentives relating to Federal military installations.’’

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

4 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after

5 the date of the enactment of this Act.

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