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Calendar No. 455 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5623 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2010 

Received and read the first time 

JUNE 30, 2010 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 

the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase of a principal 

residence before October 1, 2010, in the case of a written 

binding contract entered into with respect to such principal residence before May 1, 2010, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homebuyer Assistance 

5 and Improvement Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF HOMEBUYER CREDIT FOR CERTAIN 

2 PURCHASES PURSUANT TO BINDING CON3 TRACTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 36(h) of 

5 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘July 1, 

7 2010’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘and who purchases such residence 

8 before October 1, 2010, paragraph (1) shall be applied by 

9 substituting ‘October 1, 2010’ ’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 

11 of section 36(h)(3) of such Code is amended by inserting 

12 ‘‘, and for ‘October 1, 2010’ ’’ after ‘‘for ‘July 1, 2010’ ’’. 

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

14 this section shall apply to residences purchased after June 

15 30, 2010. 

16 SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF BAD CHECKS PENALTY TO ELEC17 TRONIC PAYMENTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6657 of the Internal Rev19 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘If any check or money order in 

21 payment of any amount’’ and inserting ‘‘If any in22 strument in payment, by any commercially accept23 able means, of any amount’’, and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘such check’’ each place it ap25 pears and inserting ‘‘such instrument’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall apply to instruments tendered after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF PRISONER RETURN INFORMATION 

5 TO STATE PRISONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

7 6103(k)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘and the head of any State 

10 agency charged with the responsibility for adminis11 tration of prisons’’ after ‘‘the head of the Federal 

12 Bureau of Prisons’’, and 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘Federal prison’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘Federal or State prison’’. 

15 (b) RESTRICTION ON REDISCLOSURE.—Subpara16 graph (B) of section 6103(k)(10) of such Code is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘and the head of any State 

19 agency charged with the responsibility for adminis20 tration of prisons’’ after ‘‘the head of the Federal 

21 Bureau of Prisons’’, and 

22 (2) by inserting ‘‘or agency’’ after ‘‘such Bu23 reau’’. 


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1 (c) RECORDKEEPING.—Paragraph (4) of section 

2 6103(p) of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘(k)(10),’’ 

3 before ‘‘(l)(6),’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph (A). 

4 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of para5 graph (10) of section 6103(k) of such Code is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘OF PRISONERS TO FEDERAL BUREAU OF

7 PRISONS’’ and inserting ‘‘TO CERTAIN PRISON OFFICIALS’’. 

8 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this section shall apply to disclosures made after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 5. AMENDMENT OF TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009. 

12 (a) TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND FEES.—Section 

13 217(h)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

14 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘subsection (d) of section 11 of 

16 the Travel Promotion Act of 2009.’’ in clause (ii) 

17 and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) of the Travel Pro18 motion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)).’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014.’’ in clause 

20 (iii) and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015.’’. 

21 (b) IMPLEMENTATION BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR

22 2011.—Subsection (d) of the Travel Promotion Act of 

23 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2010, the’’ in 

25 paragraph (2)(A) and inserting ‘‘The’’; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘quarterly, beginning on Janu2 ary 1, 2010,’’ in paragraph (2)(A) and inserting 

3 ‘‘monthly, immediately following the collection of 

4 fees under section 217(h)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Immi5 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

6 1187(h)(3)(B)(i)(I)),’’; 

7 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2011 through 

8 2014,’’ in paragraph (2)(B) and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

9 years 2012 through 2015,’’; 

10 (4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2010,’’ in paragraph 

11 (3)(A) and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2011,’’; 

12 (5) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2011,’’ each place it 

13 appears in paragraph (3)(A) and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

14 year 2012,’’; and 

15 (6) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2010, 2011, 2012, 

16 2013, or 2014’’ in paragraph (4)(B) and inserting 

17 ‘‘fiscal year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015’’. 

18 SEC. 6. PAYGO COMPLIANCE. 

19 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

20 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

21 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

22 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

23 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

24 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, proVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:42 Jul 01, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5623.PCS H5623

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1 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

2 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 455 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5623 

AN ACT 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 

fore May 1, 2010, and for other purposes. into with respect to such principal residence bein the case of a written binding contract entered of a principal residence before October 1, 2010, extend the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase 

JUNE 30, 2010 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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