H. R. 4520

One Hundred Eighth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four

An Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such

Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and

workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroad.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American

Jobs Creation Act of 2004’’.

(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly

provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed

in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other

provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section

or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act

is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; etc.

TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO REPEAL OF EXCLUSION FOR

EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME

Sec. 101. Repeal of exclusion for extraterritorial income.

Sec. 102. Deduction relating to income attributable to domestic production activities.

TITLE II—BUSINESS TAX INCENTIVES

Subtitle A—Small Business Expensing

Sec. 201. 2-year extension of increased expensing for small business.

Subtitle B—Depreciation

Sec. 211. Recovery period for depreciation of certain leasehold improvements and

restaurant property.

Subtitle C—Community Revitalization

Sec. 221. Modification of targeted areas and low-income communities for new markets tax credit.

Sec. 222. Expansion of designated renewal community area based on 2000 census

data.

Sec. 223. Modification of income requirement for census tracts within high migration rural counties.

Subtitle D—S Corporation Reform and Simplification

Sec. 231. Members of family treated as 1 shareholder.

Sec. 232. Increase in number of eligible shareholders to 100.

Sec. 233. Expansion of bank S corporation eligible shareholders to include IRAs.

Sec. 234. Disregard of unexercised powers of appointment in determining potential

current beneficiaries of ESBT.

Sec. 235. Transfer of suspended losses incident to divorce, etc.

Sec. 236. Use of passive activity loss and at-risk amounts by qualified subchapter

S trust income beneficiaries.
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Sec. 237. Exclusion of investment securities income from passive income test for

bank S corporations. Sec. 238. Relief from inadvertently invalid qualified subchapter S subsidiary elections and terminations.

Sec. 239. Information returns for qualified subchapter S subsidiaries.

Sec. 240. Repayment of loans for qualifying employer securities.

Subtitle E—Other Business Incentives

Sec. 241. Phaseout of 4.3-cent motor fuel excise taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation which remain in general fund. Sec. 242. Modification of application of income forecast method of depreciation.

Sec. 243. Improvements related to real estate investment trusts.

Sec. 244. Special rules for certain film and television productions.

Sec. 245. Credit for maintenance of railroad track.

Sec. 246. Suspension of occupational taxes relating to distilled spirits, wine, and

beer.

Sec. 247. Modification of unrelated business income limitation on investment in

certain small business investment companies. Sec. 248. Election to determine corporate tax on certain international shipping activities using per ton rate.

Subtitle F—Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan Stock Options

Sec. 251. Exclusion of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plan

stock options from wages.

TITLE III—TAX RELIEF FOR AGRICULTURE AND SMALL MANUFACTURERS

Subtitle A—Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit

Sec. 301. Alcohol and biodiesel excise tax credit and extension of alcohol fuels income tax credit.

Sec. 302. Biodiesel income tax credit.

Sec. 303. Information reporting for persons claiming certain tax benefits.

Subtitle B—Agricultural Incentives

Sec. 311. Special rules for livestock sold on account of weather-related conditions.

Sec. 312. Payment of dividends on stock of cooperatives without reducing patronage

dividends.

Sec. 313. Apportionment of small ethanol producer credit.

Sec. 314. Coordinate farmers and fishermen income averaging and the alternative

minimum tax.

Sec. 315. Capital gain treatment under section 631(b) to apply to outright sales by

landowners.

Sec. 316. Modification to cooperative marketing rules to include value added processing involving animals. Sec. 317. Extension of declaratory judgment procedures to farmers’ cooperative organizations. Sec. 318. Certain expenses of rural letter carriers.

Sec. 319. Treatment of certain income of cooperatives.

Sec. 320. Exclusion for payments to individuals under National Health Service

Corps loan repayment program and certain State loan repayment programs. Sec. 321. Modification of safe harbor rules for timber REITs.

Sec. 322. Expensing of certain reforestation expenditures.

Subtitle C—Incentives for Small Manufacturers

Sec. 331. Net income from publicly traded partnerships treated as qualifying income of regulated investment companies. Sec. 332. Simplification of excise tax imposed on bows and arrows.

Sec. 333. Reduction of excise tax on fishing tackle boxes.

Sec. 334. Sonar devices suitable for finding fish.

Sec. 335. Charitable contribution deduction for certain expenses incurred in support of Native Alaskan subsistence whaling. Sec. 336. Modification of depreciation allowance for aircraft.

Sec. 337. Modification of placed in service rule for bonus depreciation property.

Sec. 338. Expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with Environmental Protection Agency sulfur regulations. Sec. 339. Credit for production of low sulfur diesel fuel.

Sec. 340. Expansion of qualified small-issue bond program.

Sec. 341. Oil and gas from marginal wells.

TITLE IV—TAX REFORM AND SIMPLIFICATION FOR UNITED STATES

BUSINESSES

Sec. 401. Interest expense allocation rules.
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Sec. 402. Recharacterization of overall domestic loss.

Sec. 403. Look-thru rules to apply to dividends from noncontrolled section 902 corporations.

Sec. 404. Reduction to 2 foreign tax credit baskets.

Sec. 405. Attribution of stock ownership through partnerships to apply in determining section 902 and 960 credits.

Sec. 406. Clarification of treatment of certain transfers of intangible property.

Sec. 407. United States property not to include certain assets of controlled foreign

corporation.

Sec. 408. Translation of foreign taxes.

Sec. 409. Repeal of withholding tax on dividends from certain foreign corporations.

Sec. 410. Equal treatment of interest paid by foreign partnerships and foreign corporations.

Sec. 411. Treatment of certain dividends of regulated investment companies.

Sec. 412. Look-thru treatment for sales of partnership interests.

Sec. 413. Repeal of foreign personal holding company rules and foreign investment

company rules.

Sec. 414. Determination of foreign personal holding company income with respect

to transactions in commodities.

Sec. 415. Modifications to treatment of aircraft leasing and shipping income.

Sec. 416. Modification of exceptions under subpart F for active financing.

Sec. 417. 10-year foreign tax credit carryover; 1-year foreign tax credit carryback.

Sec. 418. Modification of the treatment of certain REIT distributions attributable

to gain from sales or exchanges of United States real property interests.

Sec. 419. Exclusion of income derived from certain wagers on horse races and dog

races from gross income of nonresident alien individuals.

Sec. 420. Limitation of withholding tax for Puerto Rico corporations.

Sec. 421. Foreign tax credit under alternative minimum tax.

Sec. 422. Incentives to reinvest foreign earnings in United States.

Sec. 423. Delay in effective date of final regulations governing exclusion of income

from international operation of ships or aircraft.

Sec. 424. Study of earnings stripping provisions.

TITLE V—DEDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL GENERAL SALES TAXES

Sec. 501. Deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local

income taxes.

TITLE VI—FAIR AND EQUITABLE TOBACCO REFORM

Sec. 601. Short title.

Subtitle A—Termination of Federal Tobacco Quota and Price Support Programs

Sec. 611. Termination of tobacco quota program and related provisions.

Sec. 612. Termination of tobacco price support program and related provisions.

Sec. 613. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 614. Continuation of liability for 2004 and earlier crop years.

Subtitle B—Transitional Payments to Tobacco Quota Holders and Producers of

Tobacco

Sec. 621. Definitions.

Sec. 622. Contract payments to tobacco quota holders.

Sec. 623. Contract payments for producers of quota tobacco.

Sec. 624. Administration.

Sec. 625. Use of assessments as source of funds for payments.

Sec. 626. Tobacco Trust Fund.

Sec. 627. Limitation on total expenditures.

Subtitle C—Implementation and Transition

Sec. 641. Treatment of tobacco loan pool stocks and outstanding loan costs.

Sec. 642. Regulations.

Sec. 643. Effective date.

TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 701. Brownfields demonstration program for qualified green building and sustainable design projects.

Sec. 702. Exclusion of gain or loss on sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites

from unrelated business taxable income.

Sec. 703. Civil rights tax relief.

Sec. 704. Modification of class life for certain track facilities.

Sec. 705. Suspension of policyholders surplus account provisions.

Sec. 706. Certain Alaska natural gas pipeline property treated as 7-year property.
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Sec. 707. Extension of enhanced oil recovery credit to certain Alaska facilities.

Sec. 708. Method of accounting for naval shipbuilders.

Sec. 709. Modification of minimum cost requirement for transfer of excess pension

assets.

Sec. 710. Expansion of credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources. Sec. 711. Certain business credits allowed against regular and minimum tax.

Sec. 712. Inclusion of primary and secondary medical strategies for children and

adults with sickle cell disease as medical assistance under the Medicaid

program.

Sec. 713. Ceiling fans.

Sec. 714. Certain steam generators, and certain reactor vessel heads and pressurizers, used in nuclear facilities.

TITLE VIII—REVENUE PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—Provisions to Reduce Tax Avoidance Through Individual and Corporate

Expatriation

Sec. 801. Tax treatment of expatriated entities and their foreign parents.

Sec. 802. Excise tax on stock compensation of insiders in expatriated corporations.

Sec. 803. Reinsurance of United States risks in foreign jurisdictions.

Sec. 804. Revision of tax rules on expatriation of individuals.

Sec. 805. Reporting of taxable mergers and acquisitions.

Sec. 806. Studies.

Subtitle B—Provisions Relating to Tax Shelters

PART I—TAXPAYER-RELATED PROVISIONS

Sec. 811. Penalty for failing to disclose reportable transactions.

Sec. 812. Accuracy-related penalty for listed transactions, other reportable transactions having a significant tax avoidance purpose, etc.

Sec. 813. Tax shelter exception to confidentiality privileges relating to taxpayer

communications.

Sec. 814. Statute of limitations for taxable years for which required listed transactions not reported.

Sec. 815. Disclosure of reportable transactions.

Sec. 816. Failure to furnish information regarding reportable transactions.

Sec. 817. Modification of penalty for failure to maintain lists of investors.

Sec. 818. Penalty on promoters of tax shelters.

Sec. 819. Modifications of substantial understatement penalty for nonreportable

transactions.

Sec. 820. Modification of actions to enjoin certain conduct related to tax shelters

and reportable transactions.

Sec. 821. Penalty on failure to report interests in foreign financial accounts.

Sec. 822. Regulation of individuals practicing before the Department of the Treasury.

PART II—OTHER PROVISIONS

Sec. 831. Treatment of stripped interests in bond and preferred stock funds, etc.

Sec. 832. Minimum holding period for foreign tax credit on withholding taxes on income other than dividends.

Sec. 833. Disallowance of certain partnership loss transfers.

Sec. 834. No reduction of basis under section 734 in stock held by partnership in

corporate partner.

Sec. 835. Repeal of special rules for FASITS.

Sec. 836. Limitation on transfer or importation of built-in losses.

Sec. 837. Clarification of banking business for purposes of determining investment

of earnings in United States property.

Sec. 838. Denial of deduction for interest on underpayments attributable to nondisclosed reportable transactions.

Sec. 839. Clarification of rules for payment of estimated tax for certain deemed

asset sales.

Sec. 840. Recognition of gain from the sale of a principal residence acquired in a

like-kind exchange within 5 years of sale.

Sec. 841. Prevention of mismatching of interest and original issue discount deductions and income inclusions in transactions with related foreign persons.

Sec. 842. Deposits made to suspend running of interest on potential underpayments.

Sec. 843. Partial payment of tax liability in installment agreements.

Sec. 844. Affirmation of consolidated return regulation authority.

Sec. 845. Expanded disallowance of deduction for interest on convertible debt.
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PART III—LEASING

Sec. 847. Reform of tax treatment of certain leasing arrangements.

Sec. 848. Limitation on deductions allocable to property used by governments or

other tax-exempt entities.

Sec. 849. Effective date.

Subtitle C—Reduction of Fuel Tax Evasion

Sec. 851. Exemption from certain excise taxes for mobile machinery.

Sec. 852. Modification of definition of off-highway vehicle.

Sec. 853. Taxation of aviation-grade kerosene.

Sec. 854. Dye injection equipment.

Sec. 855. Elimination of administrative review for taxable use of dyed fuel.

Sec. 856. Penalty on untaxed chemically altered dyed fuel mixtures.

Sec. 857. Termination of dyed diesel use by intercity buses.

Sec. 858. Authority to inspect on-site records.

Sec. 859. Assessable penalty for refusal of entry.

Sec. 860. Registration of pipeline or vessel operators required for exemption of bulk

transfers to registered terminals or refineries.

Sec. 861. Display of registration.

Sec. 862. Registration of persons within foreign trade zones, etc.

Sec. 863. Penalties for failure to register and failure to report.

Sec. 864. Electronic filing of required information reports.

Sec. 865. Taxable fuel refunds for certain ultimate vendors.

Sec. 866. Two-party exchanges.

Sec. 867. Modifications of tax on use of certain vehicles.

Sec. 868. Dedication of revenues from certain penalties to the Highway Trust Fund.

Sec. 869. Simplification of tax on tires.

Sec. 870. Transmix and diesel fuel blend stocks treated as taxable fuel.

Sec. 871. Study regarding fuel tax compliance.

Subtitle D—Other Revenue Provisions

Sec. 881. Qualified tax collection contracts.

Sec. 882. Treatment of charitable contributions of patents and similar property.

Sec. 883. Increased reporting for noncash charitable contributions.

Sec. 884. Donations of motor vehicles, boats, and airplanes.

Sec. 885. Treatment of nonqualified deferred compensation plans.

Sec. 886. Extension of amortization of intangibles to sports franchises.

Sec. 887. Modification of continuing levy on payments to Federal vendors.

Sec. 888. Modification of straddle rules.

Sec. 889. Addition of vaccines against hepatitis A to list of taxable vaccines.

Sec. 890. Addition of vaccines against influenza to list of taxable vaccines.

Sec. 891. Extension of IRS user fees.

Sec. 892. COBRA fees.

Sec. 893. Prohibition on nonrecognition of gain through complete liquidation of

holding company.

Sec. 894. Effectively connected income to include certain foreign source income.

Sec. 895. Recapture of overall foreign losses on sale of controlled foreign corporation.

Sec. 896. Recognition of cancellation of indebtedness income realized on satisfaction

of debt with partnership interest.

Sec. 897. Denial of installment sale treatment for all readily tradable debt.

Sec. 898. Modification of treatment of transfers to creditors in divisive reorganizations.

Sec. 899. Clarification of definition of nonqualified preferred stock.

Sec. 900. Modification of definition of controlled group of corporations.

Sec. 901. Class lives for utility grading costs.

Sec. 902. Consistent amortization of periods for intangibles.

Sec. 903. Freeze of provisions regarding suspension of interest where Secretary

fails to contact taxpayer.

Sec. 904. Increase in withholding from supplemental wage payments in excess of

$1,000,000.

Sec. 905. Treatment of sale of stock acquired pursuant to exercise of stock options

to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements.

Sec. 906. Application of basis rules to nonresident aliens.

Sec. 907. Limitation of employer deduction for certain entertainment expenses.

Sec. 908. Residence and source rules relating to United States possessions.

Sec. 909. Sales or dispositions to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or State electric restructuring policy.

Sec. 910. Expansion of limitation on depreciation of certain passenger automobiles.
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TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO REPEAL OF EXCLUSION FOR

EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME

SEC. 101. REPEAL OF EXCLUSION FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114 is hereby repealed.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Subpart E of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1

(relating to qualifying foreign trade income) is hereby repealed.

(2) The table of subparts for such part III is amended

by striking the item relating to subpart E.

(3) The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of

chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section

114.

(4) The second sentence of section 56(g)(4)(B)(i) is amended

by striking ‘‘114 or’’.

(5) Section 275(a) is amended—

(A) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (4)(A),

by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (4)(B) and inserting

a period, and by striking subparagraph (C), and

(B) by striking the last sentence.

(6) Paragraph (3) of section 864(e) is amended—

(A) by striking:

‘‘(3) TAX-EXEMPT ASSETS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of’’; and inserting:

‘‘(3) TAX-EXEMPT ASSETS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For

purposes of’’, and

(B) by striking subparagraph (B).

(7) Section 903 is amended by striking ‘‘114, 164(a),’’ and

inserting ‘‘164(a)’’.

(8) Section 999(c)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘941(a)(5),’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transactions after December 31, 2004.

(d) TRANSITIONAL RULE FOR 2005 AND 2006.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of transactions during 2005

or 2006, the amount includible in gross income by reason of

the amendments made by this section shall not exceed the

applicable percentage of the amount which would have been

so included but for this subsection.

(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of paragraph

(1), the applicable percentage shall be as follows:

(A) For 2005, the applicable percentage shall be 20

percent.

(B) For 2006, the applicable percentage shall be 40

percent.

(e) REVOCATION OF ELECTION TO BE TREATED AS DOMESTIC

CORPORATION.—If, during the 1-year period beginning on the date

of the enactment of this Act, a corporation for which an election

is in effect under section 943(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 revokes such election, no gain or loss shall be recognized

with respect to property treated as transferred under clause (ii)

of section 943(e)(4)(B) of such Code to the extent such property—

(1) was treated as transferred under clause (i) thereof,

or
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(2) was acquired during a taxable year to which such

election applies and before May 1, 2003, in the ordinary course

of its trade or business.

The Secretary of the Treasury (or such Secretary’s delegate) may

prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to prevent the

abuse of the purposes of this subsection.

(f) BINDING CONTRACTS.—The amendments made by this section

shall not apply to any transaction in the ordinary course of a

trade or business which occurs pursuant to a binding contract—

(1) which is between the taxpayer and a person who is

not a related person (as defined in section 943(b)(3) of such

Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment

of this Act), and

(2) which is in effect on September 17, 2003, and at all

times thereafter.

For purposes of this subsection, a binding contract shall include

a purchase option, renewal option, or replacement option which

is included in such contract and which is enforceable against the

seller or lessor.

SEC. 102. DEDUCTION RELATING TO INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO

DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 (relating

to itemized deductions for individuals and corporations) is amended

by adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 199. INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

ACTIVITIES.

‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be allowed as a deduction

an amount equal to 9 percent of the lesser of— ‘‘(A) the qualified production activities income of the

taxpayer for the taxable year, or ‘‘(B) taxable income (determined without regard to this

section) for the taxable year.

‘‘(2) PHASEIN.—In the case of any taxable year beginning

after 2004 and before 2010, paragraph (1) and subsections

(d)(1) and (d)(6) shall be applied by substituting for the percentage contained therein the transition percentage determined

under the following table:

‘‘For taxable years The

transition

beginning in: percentage is:

2005 or 2006 ..................................................................................... 3

2007, 2008, or 2009 .......................................................................... 6.

‘‘(b) DEDUCTION LIMITED TO WAGES PAID.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the deduction allowable

under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed

50 percent of the W–2 wages of the employer for the taxable

year.

‘‘(2) W–2 WAGES.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term

‘W–2 wages’ means the sum of the aggregate amounts the

taxpayer is required to include on statements under paragraphs

(3) and (8) of section 6051(a) with respect to employment of

employees of the taxpayer during the calendar year ending

during the taxpayer’s taxable year.

‘‘(3) ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS.—The Secretary shall

provide for the application of this subsection in cases where
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the taxpayer acquires, or disposes of, the major portion of

a trade or business or the major portion of a separate unit

of a trade or business during the taxable year.

‘‘(c) QUALIFIED PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES INCOME.—For purposes

of this section—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified production activities

income’ for any taxable year means an amount equal to the

excess (if any) of—

‘‘(A) the taxpayer’s domestic production gross receipts

for such taxable year, over

‘‘(B) the sum of—

‘‘(i) the cost of goods sold that are allocable to

such receipts,

‘‘(ii) other deductions, expenses, or losses directly

allocable to such receipts, and

‘‘(iii) a ratable portion of other deductions,

expenses, and losses that are not directly allocable

to such receipts or another class of income.

‘‘(2) ALLOCATION METHOD.—The Secretary shall prescribe

rules for the proper allocation of items of income, deduction,

expense, and loss for purposes of determining income attributable to domestic production activities.

‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING COSTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of determining costs

under clause (i) of paragraph (1)(B), any item or service

brought into the United States shall be treated as acquired

by purchase, and its cost shall be treated as not less

than its value immediately after it entered the United

States. A similar rule shall apply in determining the

adjusted basis of leased or rented property where the lease

or rental gives rise to domestic production gross receipts.

‘‘(B) EXPORTS FOR FURTHER MANUFACTURE.—In the case

of any property described in subparagraph (A) that had

been exported by the taxpayer for further manufacture,

the increase in cost or adjusted basis under subparagraph

(A) shall not exceed the difference between the value of

the property when exported and the value of the property

when brought back into the United States after the further

manufacture.

‘‘(4) DOMESTIC PRODUCTION GROSS RECEIPTS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘domestic production gross

receipts’ means the gross receipts of the taxpayer which

are derived from—

‘‘(i) any lease, rental, license, sale, exchange, or

other disposition of—

‘‘(I) qualifying production property which was

manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted by

the taxpayer in whole or in significant part within

the United States,

‘‘(II) any qualified film produced by the taxpayer, or

‘‘(III) electricity, natural gas, or potable water

produced by the taxpayer in the United States,

‘‘(ii) construction performed in the United States,

or
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‘‘(iii) engineering or architectural services performed in the United States for construction projects

in the United States.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not include gross

receipts of the taxpayer which are derived from—

‘‘(i) the sale of food and beverages prepared by

the taxpayer at a retail establishment, and

‘‘(ii) the transmission or distribution of electricity,

natural gas, or potable water.

‘‘(5) QUALIFYING PRODUCTION PROPERTY.—The term ‘qualifying production property’ means—

‘‘(A) tangible personal property,

‘‘(B) any computer software, and

‘‘(C) any property described in section 168(f)(4).

‘‘(6) QUALIFIED FILM.—The term ‘qualified film’ means any

property described in section 168(f)(3) if not less than 50 percent

of the total compensation relating to the production of such

property is compensation for services performed in the United

States by actors, production personnel, directors, and producers.

Such term does not include property with respect to which

records are required to be maintained under section 2257 of

title 18, United States Code.

‘‘(7) RELATED PERSONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘domestic production gross

receipts’ shall not include any gross receipts of the taxpayer

derived from property leased, licensed, or rented by the

taxpayer for use by any related person.

‘‘(B) RELATED PERSON.—For purposes of subparagraph

(A), a person shall be treated as related to another person

if such persons are treated as a single employer under

subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 or subsection (m) or

(o) of section 414, except that determinations under subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 shall be made without

regard to section 1563(b).

‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(1) APPLICATION OF SECTION TO PASS-THRU ENTITIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an S corporation,

partnership, estate or trust, or other pass-thru entity—

‘‘(i) subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and

(3), this section shall be applied at the shareholder,

partner, or similar level, and

‘‘(ii) the Secretary shall prescribe rules for the

application of this section, including rules relating to—

‘‘(I) restrictions on the allocation of the deduction to taxpayers at the partner or similar level,

and

‘‘(II) additional reporting requirements.

‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF WAGE LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)(i), for purposes of applying subsection (b), a shareholder, partner, or similar person which

is allocated qualified production activities income from an

S corporation, partnership, estate, trust, or other passthru entity shall also be treated as having been allocated

W–2 wages from such entity in an amount equal to the

lesser of—
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‘‘(i) such person’s allocable share of such wages

(without regard to this subparagraph), as determined

under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, or

‘‘(ii) 2 times 9 percent of the qualified production

activities income allocated to such person for the taxable year.

‘‘(2) APPLICATION TO INDIVIDUALS.—In the case of an individual, subsection (a)(1)(B) shall be applied by substituting

‘adjusted gross income’ for ‘taxable income’. For purposes of

the preceding sentence, adjusted gross income shall be

determined—

‘‘(A) after application of sections 86, 135, 137, 219,

221, 222, and 469, and

‘‘(B) without regard to this section.

‘‘(3) PATRONS OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL

COOPERATIVES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If any amount described in paragraph (1) or (3) of section 1385(a)—

‘‘(i) is received by a person from an organization

to which part I of subchapter T applies which is

engaged—

‘‘(I) in the manufacturing, production, growth,

or extraction in whole or significant part of any

agricultural or horticultural product, or

‘‘(II) in the marketing of agricultural or horticultural products, and

‘‘(ii) is allocable to the portion of the qualified

production activities income of the organization which,

but for this paragraph, would be deductible under subsection (a) by the organization and is designated as

such by the organization in a written notice mailed

to its patrons during the payment period described

in section 1382(d),

then such person shall be allowed a deduction under subsection (a) with respect to such amount. The taxable income

of the organization shall not be reduced under section

1382 by reason of any amount to which the preceding

sentence applies.

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of applying

subparagraph (A), in determining the qualified production

activities income which would be deductible by the

organization under subsection (a)—

‘‘(i) there shall not be taken into account in computing the organization’s taxable income any deduction

allowable under subsection (b) or (c) of section 1382

(relating to patronage dividends, per-unit retain allocations, and nonpatronage distributions), and

‘‘(ii) in the case of an organization described in

subparagraph (A)(i)(II), the organization shall be

treated as having manufactured, produced, grown, or

extracted in whole or significant part any qualifying

production property marketed by the organization

which its patrons have so manufactured, produced,

grown, or extracted.

‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR AFFILIATED GROUPS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All members of an expanded affiliated group shall be treated as a single corporation for

purposes of this section.

‘‘(B) EXPANDED AFFILIATED GROUP.—For purposes of

this section, the term ‘expanded affiliated group’ means

an affiliated group as defined in section 1504(a),

determined—

‘‘(i) by substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘80 percent’

each place it appears, and

‘‘(ii) without regard to paragraphs (2) and (4) of

section 1504(b).

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF DEDUCTION.—Except as provided

in regulations, the deduction under subsection (a) shall

be allocated among the members of the expanded affiliated

group in proportion to each member’s respective amount

(if any) of qualified production activities income.

‘‘(5) TRADE OR BUSINESS REQUIREMENT.—This section shall

be applied by only taking into account items which are attributable to the actual conduct of a trade or business. ‘‘(6) COORDINATION WITH MINIMUM TAX.—The deduction

under this section shall be allowed for purposes of the tax

imposed by section 55; except that for purposes of section

55, the deduction under subsection (a) shall be 9 percent of

the lesser of—

‘‘(A) qualified production activities income (determined

without regard to part IV of subchapter A), or

‘‘(B) alternative minimum taxable income (determined

without regard to this section) for the taxable year.

In the case of an individual, subparagraph (B) shall be applied

by substituting ‘adjusted gross income’ for ‘alternative minimum taxable income’. For purposes of the preceding sentence,

adjusted gross income shall be determined in the same manner

as provided in paragraph (2).

‘‘(7) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this

section.’’.

(b) MINIMUM TAX.—Section 56(g)(4)(C) (relating to disallowance

of items not deductible in computing earnings and profits) is

amended by adding at the end the following new clause: ‘‘(v) DEDUCTION FOR DOMESTIC PRODUCTION.—

Clause (i) shall not apply to any amount allowable

as a deduction under section 199.’’.

(c) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO ELECTION TO TREAT CUTTING

OF TIMBER AS A SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Any election under section

631(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 made for a taxable

year ending on or before the date of the enactment of this Act

may be revoked by the taxpayer for any taxable year ending after

such date. For purposes of determining whether such taxpayer

may make a further election under such section, such election

(and any revocation under this section) shall not be taken into

account.

(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) Sections 86(b)(2)(A), 135(c)(4)(A), 137(b)(3)(A), and

219(g)(3)(A)(ii) are each amended by inserting ‘‘199,’’ before ‘‘221’’.

(2) Clause (i) of section 221(b)(2)(C) is amended by inserting

by inserting ‘‘199,’’ before ‘‘222’’.
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(3) Clause (i) of section 222(b)(2)(C) is amended by inserting

‘‘199,’’ before ‘‘911’’.

(4) Paragraph (1) of section 246(b) is amended by inserting

‘‘199,’’ after ‘‘172,’’.

(5) Clause (iii) of section 469(i)(3)(F) is amended by

inserting ‘‘199,’’ before ‘‘219,’’.

(6) Subsection (a) of section 613 is amended by inserting

‘‘and without the deduction under section 199’’ after ‘‘without

allowances for depletion’’.

(7) Subsection (a) of section 1402 is amended by striking

‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (14), by striking the period

at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by

inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(16) the deduction provided by section 199 shall not be

allowed.’’.

(8) The table of sections for part VI of subchapter B of

chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the following new

item:

‘‘Sec. 199. Income attributable to domestic production activities.’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

TITLE II—BUSINESS TAX INCENTIVES

Subtitle A—Small Business Expensing

SEC. 201. 2-YEAR EXTENSION OF INCREASED EXPENSING FOR SMALL

BUSINESS.

Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 179 are each amended

by striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2008’’.

Subtitle B—Depreciation

SEC. 211. RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DEPRECIATION OF CERTAIN LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS AND RESTAURANT PROPERTY.

(a) 15-YEAR RECOVERY PERIOD.—Subparagraph (E) of section

168(e)(3) (relating to classification of certain property) is amended

by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii), by striking the period

at the end of clause (iii) and inserting a comma, and by adding

at the end the following new clauses:

‘‘(iv) any qualified leasehold improvement property

placed in service before January 1, 2006, and ‘‘(v) any qualified restaurant property placed in

service before January 1, 2006.’’. (b) QUALIFIED LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT PROPERTY.—Subsection (e) of section 168 is amended by adding at the end the

following new paragraph:

‘‘(6) QUALIFIED LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT PROPERTY.—The

term ‘qualified leasehold improvement property’ has the

meaning given such term in section 168(k)(3) except that the

following special rules shall apply: ‘‘(A) IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY LESSOR.—In the case of

an improvement made by the person who was the lessor

of such improvement when such improvement was placed
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in service, such improvement shall be qualified leasehold

improvement property (if at all) only so long as such

improvement is held by such person.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CHANGES IN FORM OF BUSINESS.—

Property shall not cease to be qualified leasehold improvement property under subparagraph (A) by reason of—

‘‘(i) death,

‘‘(ii) a transaction to which section 381(a) applies,

‘‘(iii) a mere change in the form of conducting

the trade or business so long as the property is retained

in such trade or business as qualified leasehold

improvement property and the taxpayer retains a

substantial interest in such trade or business,

‘‘(iv) the acquisition of such property in an

exchange described in section 1031, 1033, or 1038 to

the extent that the basis of such property includes

an amount representing the adjusted basis of other

property owned by the taxpayer or a related person,

or

‘‘(v) the acquisition of such property by the taxpayer in a transaction described in section 332, 351,

361, 721, or 731 (or the acquisition of such property

by the taxpayer from the transferee or acquiring corporation in a transaction described in such section),

to the extent that the basis of the property in the

hands of the taxpayer is determined by reference to

its basis in the hands of the transferor or distributor.’’.

(c) QUALIFIED RESTAURANT PROPERTY.—Subsection (e) of section

168 (as amended by subsection (b)) is further amended by adding

at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) QUALIFIED RESTAURANT PROPERTY.—The term ‘qualified

restaurant property’ means any section 1250 property which

is an improvement to a building if—

‘‘(A) such improvement is placed in service more than

3 years after the date such building was first placed in

service, and

‘‘(B) more than 50 percent of the building’s square

footage is devoted to preparation of, and seating for onpremises consumption of, prepared meals.’’.

(d) REQUIREMENT TO USE STRAIGHT LINE METHOD.—

(1) Paragraph (3) of section 168(b) is amended by adding

at the end the following new subparagraphs:

‘‘(G) Qualified leasehold improvement property

described in subsection (e)(6).

‘‘(H) Qualified restaurant property described in subsection (e)(7).’’.

(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 168(b)(2) is amended by

inserting before the comma ‘‘not referred to in paragraph (3)’’.

(e) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in section

168(g)(3)(B) is amended by adding at the end the following new

items:

‘‘(E)(iv) ................................................................................... 39

‘‘(E)(v) .................................................................................... 39’’.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the

enactment of this Act.
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Subtitle C—Community Revitalization

SEC. 221. MODIFICATION OF TARGETED AREAS AND LOW-INCOME

COMMUNITIES FOR NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT.

(a) TARGETED AREAS.—Paragraph (2) of section 45D(e) (relating

to targeted areas) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(2) TARGETED POPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under which 1 or more targeted populations

(within the meaning of section 103(20) of the Riegle Community

Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12

U.S.C. 4702(20))) may be treated as low-income communities.

Such regulations shall include procedures for determining

which entities are qualified active low-income community

businesses with respect to such populations.’’.

(b) TRACTS WITH LOW POPULATION.—Subsection (e) of section

45D (defining low-income community) is amended by adding at

the end the following:

‘‘(4) TRACTS WITH LOW POPULATION.—A population census

tract with a population of less than 2,000 shall be treated

as a low-income community for purposes of this section if such

tract—

‘‘(A) is within an empowerment zone the designation

of which is in effect under section 1391, and

‘‘(B) is contiguous to 1 or more low-income communities

(determined without regard to this paragraph).’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) TARGETED AREAS.—The amendment made by subsection

(a) shall apply to designations made by the Secretary of the

Treasury after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(2) TRACTS WITH LOW POPULATION.—The amendment made

by subsection (b) shall apply to investments made after the

date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 222. EXPANSION OF DESIGNATED RENEWAL COMMUNITY AREA

BASED ON 2000 CENSUS DATA.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1400E (relating to designation of

renewal communities) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subsection:

‘‘(g) EXPANSION OF DESIGNATED AREA BASED ON 2000 CENSUS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of all governments which

nominated an area as a renewal community, the Secretary

of Housing and Urban Development may expand the area of

such community to include any census tract if—

‘‘(A)(i) at the time such community was nominated,

such community would have met the requirements of this

section using 1990 census data even if such tract had

been included in such community, and

‘‘(ii) such tract has a poverty rate using 2000 census

data which exceeds the poverty rate for such tract using

1990 census data, or

‘‘(B)(i) such community would be described in subparagraph (A)(i) but for the failure to meet one or more of

the requirements of paragraphs (2)(C)(i), (3)(C), and (3)(D)

of subsection (c) using 1990 census data,
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‘‘(ii) such community, including such tract, has a population of not more than 200,000 using either 1990 census

data or 2000 census data,

‘‘(iii) such tract meets the requirement of subsection

(c)(3)(C) using 2000 census data, and

‘‘(iv) such tract meets the requirement of subparagraph

(A)(ii).

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CENSUS TRACTS WITH LOW

POPULATION IN 1990.—In the case of any census tract which

did not have a poverty rate determined by the Bureau of

the Census using 1990 census data, paragraph (1)(B) shall

be applied without regard to clause (iv) thereof.

‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN CENSUS TRACTS WITH LOW

POPULATION IN 2000.—At the request of all governments which

nominated an area as a renewal community, the Secretary

of Housing and Urban Development may expand the area of

such community to include any census tract if—

‘‘(A) either—

‘‘(i) such tract has no population using 2000 census

data, or

‘‘(ii) no poverty rate for such tract is determined

by the Bureau of the Census using 2000 census data,

‘‘(B) such tract is one of general distress, and

‘‘(C) such community, including such tract, meets the

requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection

(c)(2).

‘‘(4) PERIOD IN EFFECT.—Any expansion under this subsection shall take effect as provided in subsection (b).’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)

shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section

101 of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000.

SEC. 223. MODIFICATION OF INCOME REQUIREMENT FOR CENSUS

TRACTS WITHIN HIGH MIGRATION RURAL COUNTIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45D(e) (relating to low-income community), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) MODIFICATION OF INCOME REQUIREMENT FOR CENSUS

TRACTS WITHIN HIGH MIGRATION RURAL COUNTIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a population census

tract located within a high migration rural county, paragraph (1)(B)(i) shall be applied by substituting ‘85 percent’

for ‘80 percent’.

‘‘(B) HIGH MIGRATION RURAL COUNTY.—For purposes

of this paragraph, the term ‘high migration rural county’

means any county which, during the 20-year period ending

with the year in which the most recent census was conducted, has a net out-migration of inhabitants from the

county of at least 10 percent of the population of the

county at the beginning of such period.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect as if included in the amendment made by section

121(a) of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000.
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Subtitle D—S Corporation Reform and

Simplification

SEC. 231. MEMBERS OF FAMILY TREATED AS 1 SHAREHOLDER.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 1361(c) (relating

to special rules for applying subsection (b)) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(1) MEMBERS OF FAMILY TREATED AS 1 SHAREHOLDER.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purpose of subsection (b)(1)(A)—

‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), a husband

and wife (and their estates) shall be treated as 1 shareholder, and

‘‘(ii) in the case of a family with respect to which

an election is in effect under subparagraph (D), all

members of the family shall be treated as 1 shareholder.

‘‘(B) MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.—For purpose of

subparagraph (A)(ii)—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘members of the family’

means the common ancestor, lineal descendants of the

common ancestor, and the spouses (or former spouses)

of such lineal descendants or common ancestor.

‘‘(ii) COMMON ANCESTOR—For purposes of this

paragraph, an individual shall not be considered a

common ancestor if, as of the later of the effective

date of this paragraph or the time the election under

section 1362(a) is made, the individual is more than

6 generations removed from the youngest generation

of shareholders who would (but for this clause) be

members of the family. For purposes of the preceding

sentence, a spouse (or former spouse) shall be treated

as being of the same generation as the individual to

which such spouse is (or was) married.

‘‘(C) EFFECT OF ADOPTION, ETC.—In determining

whether any relationship specified in subparagraph (B)

exists, the rules of section 152(b)(2) shall apply.

‘‘(D) ELECTION.—An election under subparagraph

(A)(ii)—

‘‘(i) may, except as otherwise provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, be made by any

member of the family, and

‘‘(ii) shall remain in effect until terminated as provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary.’’.

(b) RELIEF FROM INADVERTENT INVALID ELECTION OR TERMINATION.—Section 1362(f) (relating to inadvertent invalid elections

or terminations), as amended by this Act, is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘or section 1361(c)(1)(A)(ii)’’ after ‘‘section

1361(b)(3)(B)(ii),’’ in paragraph (1), and

(2) by inserting ‘‘or section 1361(c)(1)(D)(iii)’’ after ‘‘section

1361(b)(3)(C),’’ in paragraph (1)(B).

(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendment made by subsection

(a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31,

2004.
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(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendments made by subsection

(b) shall apply to elections and terminations made after

December 31, 2004.

SEC. 232. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDERS TO

100.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361(b)(1)(A) (defining small business

corporation) is amended by striking ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘100’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 233. EXPANSION OF BANK S CORPORATION ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDERS TO INCLUDE IRAS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361(c)(2)(A) (relating to certain

trusts permitted as shareholders) is amended by inserting after

clause (v) the following new clause:

‘‘(vi) In the case of a corporation which is a bank

(as defined in section 581), a trust which constitutes

an individual retirement account under section 408(a),

including one designated as a Roth IRA under section

408A, but only to the extent of the stock held by

such trust in such bank as of the date of the enactment

of this clause.’’.

(b) TREATMENT AS SHAREHOLDER.—Section 1361(c)(2)(B)

(relating to treatment as shareholders) is amended by adding at

the end the following new clause:

‘‘(vi) In the case of a trust described in clause

(vi) of subparagraph (A), the individual for whose benefit the trust was created shall be treated as a shareholder.’’.

(c) SALE OF BANK STOCK IN IRA RELATING TO S CORPORATION

ELECTION EXEMPT FROM PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RULES.—Section

4975(d) (relating to exemptions) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at

the end of paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end of

paragraph (15) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by adding at the end

the following new paragraph:

‘‘(16) a sale of stock held by a trust which constitutes

an individual retirement account under section 408(a) to the

individual for whose benefit such account is established if—

‘‘(A) such stock is in a bank (as defined in section

581),

‘‘(B) such stock is held by such trust as of the date

of the enactment of this paragraph,

‘‘(C) such sale is pursuant to an election under section

1362(a) by such bank,

‘‘(D) such sale is for fair market value at the time

of sale (as established by an independent appraiser) and

the terms of the sale are otherwise at least as favorable

to such trust as the terms that would apply on a sale

to an unrelated party,

‘‘(E) such trust does not pay any commissions, costs,

or other expenses in connection with the sale, and

‘‘(F) the stock is sold in a single transaction for cash

not later than 120 days after the S corporation election

is made.’’.

(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 512(e)(1) is amended

by inserting ‘‘1361(c)(2)(A)(vi) or’’ before ‘‘1361(c)(6)’’.
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 234. DISREGARD OF UNEXERCISED POWERS OF APPOINTMENT

IN DETERMINING POTENTIAL CURRENT BENEFICIARIES

OF ESBT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361(e)(2) (defining potential current

beneficiary) is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(determined without regard to any power

of appointment to the extent such power remains unexercised

at the end of such period)’’ after ‘‘of the trust’’ in the first

sentence, and

(2) by striking ‘‘60-day’’ in the second sentence and

inserting ‘‘1-year’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 235. TRANSFER OF SUSPENDED LOSSES INCIDENT TO DIVORCE,

ETC.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1366(d)(2) (relating to indefinite

carryover of disallowed losses and deductions) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(2) INDEFINITE CARRYOVER OF DISALLOWED LOSSES AND

DEDUCTIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), any loss or deduction which is disallowed for any

taxable year by reason of paragraph (1) shall be treated

as incurred by the corporation in the succeeding taxable

year with respect to that shareholder.

‘‘(B) TRANSFERS OF STOCK BETWEEN SPOUSES OR

INCIDENT TO DIVORCE.—In the case of any transfer

described in section 1041(a) of stock of an S corporation,

any loss or deduction described in subparagraph (A) with

respect such stock shall be treated as incurred by the

corporation in the succeeding taxable year with respect

to the transferee.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 236. USE OF PASSIVE ACTIVITY LOSS AND AT-RISK AMOUNTS

BY QUALIFIED SUBCHAPTER S TRUST INCOME BENEFICIARIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361(d)(1) (relating to special rule

for qualified subchapter S trust) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A),

(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B)

and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and

(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(C) for purposes of applying sections 465 and 469

to the beneficiary of the trust, the disposition of the S

corporation stock by the trust shall be treated as a disposition by such beneficiary.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transfers made after December 31, 2004.
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SEC. 237. EXCLUSION OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES INCOME FROM PASSIVE INCOME TEST FOR BANK S CORPORATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1362(d)(3) (relating to where passive

investment income exceeds 25 percent of gross receipts for 3

consecutive taxable years and corporation has accumulated earnings

and profits) is amended by adding at the end the following new

subparagraph:

‘‘(F) EXCEPTION FOR BANKS; ETC.—In the case of a

bank (as defined in section 581), a bank holding company

(within the meaning of section 2(a) of the Bank Holding

Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(a))), or a financial

holding company (within the meaning of section 2(p) of

such Act), the term ‘passive investment income’ shall not

include—

‘‘(i) interest income earned by such bank or company, or

‘‘(ii) dividends on assets required to be held by

such bank or company, including stock in the Federal

Reserve Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank, or the

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Bank or participation

certificates issued by a Federal Intermediate Credit

Bank.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 238. RELIEF FROM INADVERTENTLY INVALID QUALIFIED SUBCHAPTER S SUBSIDIARY ELECTIONS AND TERMINATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1362(f) (relating to inadvertent

invalid elections or terminations) is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘, section 1361(b)(3)(B)(ii),’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’ in paragraph (1),

(2) by inserting ‘‘, section 1361(b)(3)(C),’’ after ‘‘subsection

(d)’’ in paragraph (1)(B),

(3) by amending paragraph (3)(A) to read as follows:

‘‘(A) so that the corporation for which the election

was made or the termination occurred is a small business

corporation or a qualified subchapter S subsidiary, as the

case may be, or’’,

(4) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:

‘‘(4) the corporation for which the election was made or

the termination occurred, and each person who was a shareholder in such corporation at any time during the period specified pursuant to this subsection, agrees to make such adjustments (consistent with the treatment of such corporation as

an S corporation or a qualified subchapter S subsidiary, as

the case may be) as may be required by the Secretary with

respect to such period,’’, and

(5) by inserting ‘‘or a qualified subchapter S subsidiary,

as the case may be’’ after ‘‘S corporation’’ in the matter following

paragraph (4).

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to elections made and terminations made after December

31, 2004.
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SEC. 239. INFORMATION RETURNS FOR QUALIFIED SUBCHAPTER S

SUBSIDIARIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361(b)(3)(A) (relating to treatment

of certain wholly owned subsidiaries) is amended by inserting ‘‘and

in the case of information returns required under part III of subchapter A of chapter 61’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 240. REPAYMENT OF LOANS FOR QUALIFYING EMPLOYER SECURITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 4975 (relating to

other definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the

end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) S CORPORATION REPAYMENT OF LOANS FOR QUALIFYING

EMPLOYER SECURITIES.—A plan shall not be treated as violating

the requirements of section 401 or 409 or subsection (e)(7),

or as engaging in a prohibited transaction for purposes of

subsection (d)(3), merely by reason of any distribution (as

described in section 1368(a)) with respect to S corporation stock

that constitutes qualifying employer securities, which in accordance with the plan provisions is used to make payments on

a loan described in subsection (d)(3) the proceeds of which

were used to acquire such qualifying employer securities

(whether or not allocated to participants). The preceding sentence shall not apply in the case of a distribution which is

paid with respect to any employer security which is allocated

to a participant unless the plan provides that employer securities with a fair market value of not less than the amount

of such distribution are allocated to such participant for the

year which (but for the preceding sentence) such distribution

would have been allocated to such participant.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to distributions with respect to S corporation stock

made after December 31, 1997.

Subtitle E—Other Business Incentives

SEC. 241. PHASEOUT OF 4.3-CENT MOTOR FUEL EXCISE TAXES ON RAILROADS AND INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION

WHICH REMAIN IN GENERAL FUND.

(a) TAXES ON TRAINS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Clause (ii) of section 4041(a)(1)(C) is

amended by striking subclauses (I), (II), and (III) and inserting

the following new subclauses:

‘‘(I) 3.3 cents per gallon after December 31,

2004, and before July 1, 2005,

‘‘(II) 2.3 cents per gallon after June 30, 2005,

and before January 1, 2007, and

‘‘(III) 0 after December 31, 2006.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (A) Subsection (d) of section 4041 is amended by

redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and by

inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(3) DIESEL FUEL USED IN TRAINS.—In the case of any

sale for use or use after December 31, 2006, there is hereby
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imposed a tax of 0.1 cent per gallon on any liquid other than

gasoline (as defined in section 4083)—

‘‘(A) sold by any person to an owner, lessee, or other

operator of a diesel-powered train for use as a fuel in

such train, or

‘‘(B) used by any person as a fuel in a diesel-powered

train unless there was a taxable sale of such fuel under

subparagraph (A).

No tax shall be imposed by this paragraph on the sale or

use of any liquid if tax was imposed on such liquid under

section 4081.’’.

(B) Subsection (f) of section 4082 is amended by

striking ‘‘section 4041(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections

(a)(1) and (d)(3) of section 4041’’.

(C) Subparagraph (B) of section 6421(f)(3) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(B) so much of the rate specified in section

4081(a)(2)(A) as does not exceed the rate applicable under

section 4041(a)(1)(C)(ii).’’.

(D) Subparagraph (B) of section 6427(l)(3) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(B) so much of the rate specified in section

4081(a)(2)(A) as does not exceed the rate applicable under

section 4041(a)(1)(C)(ii).’’.

(b) FUEL USED ON INLAND WATERWAYS.—Subparagraph (C)

of section 4042(b)(2) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(C) The deficit reduction rate is—

‘‘(i) 3.3 cents per gallon after December 31, 2004,

and before July 1, 2005,

‘‘(ii) 2.3 cents per gallon after June 30, 2005, and

before January 1, 2007, and

‘‘(iii) 0 after December 31, 2006.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on January 1, 2005.

SEC. 242. MODIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF INCOME FORECAST

METHOD OF DEPRECIATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 167(g) (relating to depreciation under

income forecast method) is amended by adding at the end the

following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) TREATMENT OF PARTICIPATIONS AND RESIDUALS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of determining the

depreciation deduction allowable with respect to a property

under this subsection, the taxpayer may include participations and residuals with respect to such property in the

adjusted basis of such property for the taxable year in

which the property is placed in service, but only to the

extent that such participations and residuals relate to

income estimated (for purposes of this subsection) to be

earned in connection with the property before the close

of the 10th taxable year referred to in paragraph (1)(A).

‘‘(B) PARTICIPATIONS AND RESIDUALS.—For purposes of

this paragraph, the term ‘participations and residuals’

means, with respect to any property, costs the amount

of which by contract varies with the amount of income

earned in connection with such property.
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‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO RECOMPUTATION

YEARS.—If the adjusted basis of any property is determined

under this paragraph, paragraph (4) shall be applied by

substituting ‘for each taxable year in such period’ for ‘for

such period’.

‘‘(D) OTHER SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(i) PARTICIPATIONS AND RESIDUALS.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the taxpayer may exclude

participations and residuals from the adjusted basis

of such property and deduct such participations and

residuals in the taxable year that such participations

and residuals are paid.

‘‘(ii) COORDINATION WITH OTHER RULES.—Deductions computed in accordance with this paragraph shall

be allowable notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), section

263, 263A, 404, 419, or 461(h).

‘‘(E) AUTHORITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary shall prescribe appropriate adjustments to the basis

of property and to the look-back method for the additional

amounts allowable as a deduction solely by reason of this

paragraph.’’. (b) DETERMINATION OF INCOME.—Section 167(g)(5) (relating to

special rules) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and

(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively, and inserting after

subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTION COSTS.—For purposes

of this subsection, the income with respect to any property

shall be the taxpayer’s gross income from such property.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 243. IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT

TRUSTS.

(a) EXPANSION OF STRAIGHT DEBT SAFE HARBOR.—Section 856

(defining real estate investment trust) is amended— (1) in subsection (c) by striking paragraph (7), and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(m) SAFE HARBOR IN APPLYING SUBSECTION (c)(4).—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In applying subclause (III) of subsection

(c)(4)(B)(iii), except as otherwise determined by the Secretary

in regulations, the following shall not be considered securities

held by the trust:

‘‘(A) Straight debt securities of an issuer which meet

the requirements of paragraph (2). ‘‘(B) Any loan to an individual or an estate.

‘‘(C) Any section 467 rental agreement (as defined in

section 467(d)), other than with a person described in subsection (d)(2)(B). ‘‘(D) Any obligation to pay rents from real property

(as defined in subsection (d)(1)). ‘‘(E) Any security issued by a State or any political

subdivision thereof, the District of Columbia, a foreign

government or any political subdivision thereof, or the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, but only if the determination of any payment received or accrued under such security

does not depend in whole or in part on the profits of
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any entity not described in this subparagraph or payments

on any obligation issued by such an entity,

‘‘(F) Any security issued by a real estate investment

trust.

‘‘(G) Any other arrangement as determined by the Secretary.

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO STRAIGHT DEBT SECURITIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(A),

securities meet the requirements of this paragraph if such

securities are straight debt, as defined in section 1361(c)(5)

(without regard to subparagraph (B)(iii) thereof).

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO CERTAIN CONTINGENCIES.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), any interest

or principal shall not be treated as failing to satisfy section

1361(c)(5)(B)(i) solely by reason of the fact that—

‘‘(i) the time of payment of such interest or principal is subject to a contingency, but only if—

‘‘(I) any such contingency does not have the

effect of changing the effective yield to maturity,

as determined under section 1272, other than a

change in the annual yield to maturity which does

not exceed the greater of 1⁄4 of 1 percent or 5

percent of the annual yield to maturity, or

‘‘(II) neither the aggregate issue price nor the

aggregate face amount of the issuer’s debt

instruments held by the trust exceeds $1,000,000

and not more than 12 months of unaccrued interest

can be required to be prepaid thereunder, or

‘‘(ii) the time or amount of payment is subject

to a contingency upon a default or the exercise of

a prepayment right by the issuer of the debt, but

only if such contingency is consistent with customary

commercial practice.

‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO CORPORATE OR PART- NERSHIP ISSUERS.—In the case of an issuer which is a

corporation or a partnership, securities that otherwise

would be described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be considered

not to be so described if the trust holding such securities

and any of its controlled taxable REIT subsidiaries (as

defined in subsection (d)(8)(A)(iv)) hold any securities of

the issuer which—

‘‘(i) are not described in paragraph (1) (prior to

the application of this subparagraph), and

‘‘(ii) have an aggregate value greater than 1 percent of the issuer’s outstanding securities determined

without regard to paragraph (3)(A)(i).

‘‘(3) LOOK-THROUGH RULE FOR PARTNERSHIP SECURITIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of applying subclause

(III) of subsection (c)(4)(B)(iii)—

‘‘(i) a trust’s interest as a partner in a partnership

(as defined in section 7701(a)(2)) shall not be considered a security, and

‘‘(ii) the trust shall be deemed to own its proportionate share of each of the assets of the partnership.

‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF TRUST’S INTEREST IN PARTNER- SHIP ASSETS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), with
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respect to any taxable year beginning after the date of

the enactment of this subparagraph—

‘‘(i) the trust’s interest in the partnership assets

shall be the trust’s proportionate interest in any securities issued by the partnership (determined without

regard to subparagraph (A)(i) and paragraph (4), but

not including securities described in paragraph (1)),

and

‘‘(ii) the value of any debt instrument shall be

the adjusted issue price thereof, as defined in section

1272(a)(4).

‘‘(4) CERTAIN PARTNERSHIP DEBT INSTRUMENTS NOT TREATED

AS A SECURITY.—For purposes of applying subclause (III) of

subsection (c)(4)(B)(iii)—

‘‘(A) any debt instrument issued by a partnership and

not described in paragraph (1) shall not be considered

a security to the extent of the trust’s interest as a partner

in the partnership, and

‘‘(B) any debt instrument issued by a partnership and

not described in paragraph (1) shall not be considered

a security if at least 75 percent of the partnership’s gross

income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) is derived from sources referred to in subsection

(c)(3).

‘‘(5) SECRETARIAL GUIDANCE.—The Secretary is authorized

to provide guidance (including through the issuance of a written

determination, as defined in section 6110(b)) that an arrangement shall not be considered a security held by the trust

for purposes of applying subclause (III) of subsection

(c)(4)(B)(iii) notwithstanding that such arrangement otherwise

could be considered a security under subparagraph (F) of subsection (c)(5).’’.

(b) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF LIMITED RENTAL EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) of section 856(d)(8) (relating to special

rules for taxable REIT subsidiaries) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(A) LIMITED RENTAL EXCEPTION.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this

subparagraph are met with respect to any property

if at least 90 percent of the leased space of the property

is rented to persons other than taxable REIT subsidiaries of such trust and other than persons described

in paragraph (2)(B).

‘‘(ii) RENTS MUST BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPARABLE.—Clause (i) shall apply only to the extent

that the amounts paid to the trust as rents from real

property (as defined in paragraph (1) without regard

to paragraph (2)(B)) from such property are substantially comparable to such rents paid by the other tenants of the trust’s property for comparable space.

‘‘(iii) TIMES FOR TESTING RENT COMPARABILITY.—

The substantial comparability requirement of clause

(ii) shall be treated as met with respect to a lease

to a taxable REIT subsidiary of the trust if such

requirement is met under the terms of the lease—

‘‘(I) at the time such lease is entered into,
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‘‘(II) at the time of each extension of the lease,

including a failure to exercise a right to terminate,

and

‘‘(III) at the time of any modification of the

lease between the trust and the taxable REIT subsidiary if the rent under such lease is effectively

increased pursuant to such modification.

With respect to subclause (III), if the taxable REIT

subsidiary of the trust is a controlled taxable REIT

subsidiary of the trust, the term ‘rents from real property’ shall not in any event include rent under such

lease to the extent of the increase in such rent on

account of such modification.

‘‘(iv) CONTROLLED TAXABLE REIT SUBSIDIARY.—For

purposes of clause (iii), the term ‘controlled taxable

REIT subsidiary’ means, with respect to any real estate

investment trust, any taxable REIT subsidiary of such

trust if such trust owns directly or indirectly—

‘‘(I) stock possessing more than 50 percent of

the total voting power of the outstanding stock

of such subsidiary, or ‘‘(II) stock having a value of more than 50

percent of the total value of the outstanding stock

of such subsidiary.

‘‘(v) CONTINUING QUALIFICATION BASED ON THIRD

PARTY ACTIONS.—If the requirements of clause (i) are

met at a time referred to in clause (iii), such requirements shall continue to be treated as met so long

as there is no increase in the space leased to any

taxable REIT subsidiary of such trust or to any person

described in paragraph (2)(B).

‘‘(vi) CORRECTION PERIOD.—If there is an increase

referred to in clause (v) during any calendar quarter

with respect to any property, the requirements of

clause (iii) shall be treated as met during the quarter

and the succeeding quarter if such requirements are

met at the close of such succeeding quarter.’’.

(c) DELETION OF CUSTOMARY SERVICES EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (B) of section 857(b)(7) (relating to redetermined rents) is

amended by striking clause (ii) and by redesignating clauses (iii),

(iv), (v), (vi), and (vii) as clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi), respectively.

(d) CONFORMITY WITH GENERAL HEDGING DEFINITION.—

Subparagraph (G) of section 856(c)(5) (relating to treatment of

certain hedging instruments) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(G) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HEDGING INSTRUMENTS.—

Except to the extent provided by regulations, any income

of a real estate investment trust from a hedging transaction

(as defined in clause (ii) or (iii) of section 1221(b)(2)(A))

which is clearly identified pursuant to section 1221(a)(7),

including gain from the sale or disposition of such a transaction, shall not constitute gross income under paragraph

(2) to the extent that the transaction hedges any indebtedness incurred or to be incurred by the trust to acquire

or carry real estate assets.’’.

(e) CONFORMITY WITH REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY

RULES.—Clause (i) of section 857(b)(5)(A) (relating to imposition
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of tax in case of failure to meet certain requirements) is amended

by striking ‘‘90 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘95 percent’’.

(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—

(1) RULES OF APPLICATION FOR FAILURE TO SATISFY SECTION

856(c)(4).—Section 856(c) (relating to definition of real estate

investment trust) is amended by inserting after paragraph (6)

the following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) RULES OF APPLICATION FOR FAILURE TO SATISFY PARAGRAPH (4).—

‘‘(A) DE MINIMIS FAILURE.—A corporation, trust, or

association that fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (4)(B)(iii) for a particular quarter shall nevertheless

be considered to have satisfied the requirements of such

paragraph for such quarter if—

‘‘(i) such failure is due to the ownership of assets

the total value of which does not exceed the lesser

of—

‘‘(I) 1 percent of the total value of the trust’s

assets at the end of the quarter for which such

measurement is done, and

‘‘(II) $10,000,000, and

‘‘(ii)(I) the corporation, trust, or association, following the identification of such failure, disposes of

assets in order to meet the requirements of such paragraph within 6 months after the last day of the quarter

in which the corporation, trust or association’s identification of the failure to satisfy the requirements of

such paragraph occurred or such other time period

prescribed by the Secretary and in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, or

‘‘(II) the requirements of such paragraph are otherwise met within the time period specified in subclause

(I).

‘‘(B) FAILURES EXCEEDING DE MINIMIS AMOUNT.—A corporation, trust, or association that fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (4) for a particular quarter shall nevertheless be considered to have satisfied the requirements

of such paragraph for such quarter if—

‘‘(i) such failure involves the ownership of assets

the total value of which exceeds the de minimis

standard described in subparagraph (A)(i) at the end

of the quarter for which such measurement is done,

‘‘(ii) following the corporation, trust, or association’s identification of the failure to satisfy the requirements of such paragraph for a particular quarter, a

description of each asset that causes the corporation,

trust, or association to fail to satisfy the requirements

of such paragraph at the close of such quarter of any

taxable year is set forth in a schedule for such quarter

filed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the

Secretary,

‘‘(iii) the failure to meet the requirements of such

paragraph for a particular quarter is due to reasonable

cause and not due to willful neglect,

‘‘(iv) the corporation, trust, or association pays a

tax computed under subparagraph (C), and
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‘‘(v)(I) the corporation, trust, or association disposes of the assets set forth on the schedule specified

in clause (ii) within 6 months after the last day of

the quarter in which the corporation, trust or association’s identification of the failure to satisfy the requirements of such paragraph occurred or such other time

period prescribed by the Secretary and in the manner

prescribed by the Secretary, or

‘‘(II) the requirements of such paragraph are otherwise met within the time period specified in subclause

(I).

‘‘(C) TAX.—For purposes of subparagraph (B)(iv)—

‘‘(i) TAX IMPOSED.—If a corporation, trust, or

association elects the application of this subparagraph,

there is hereby imposed a tax on the failure described

in subparagraph (B) of such corporation, trust, or

association. Such tax shall be paid by the corporation,

trust, or association.

‘‘(ii) TAX COMPUTED.—The amount of the tax

imposed by clause (i) shall be the greater of—

‘‘(I) $50,000, or

‘‘(II) the amount determined (pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Secretary) by multiplying the net income generated by the assets

described in the schedule specified in subparagraph (B)(ii) for the period specified in clause (iii)

by the highest rate of tax specified in section 11.

‘‘(iii) PERIOD.—For purposes of clause (ii)(II), the

period described in this clause is the period beginning

on the first date that the failure to satisfy the requirements of such paragraph (4) occurs as a result of

the ownership of such assets and ending on the earlier

of the date on which the trust disposes of such assets

or the end of the first quarter when there is no longer

a failure to satisfy such paragraph (4).

‘‘(iv) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—For purposes of

subtitle F, the taxes imposed by this subparagraph

shall be treated as excise taxes with respect to which

the deficiency procedures of such subtitle apply.’’.

(2) MODIFICATION OF RULES OF APPLICATION FOR FAILURE

TO SATISFY SECTIONS 856(c)(2) OR 856(c)(3).—Paragraph (6) of

section 856(c) (relating to definition of real estate investment

trust) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B), by

redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B), and by

inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(A) following the corporation, trust, or association’s

identification of the failure to meet the requirements of

paragraph (2) or (3), or of both such paragraphs, for any

taxable year, a description of each item of its gross income

described in such paragraphs is set forth in a schedule

for such taxable year filed in accordance with regulations

prescribed by the Secretary, and’’.

(3) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION TO LOSS OF REIT STATUS

IF FAILURE TO SATISFY REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (g) of section

856 (relating to termination of election) is amended—
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(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting before the period

at the end of the first sentence the following: ‘‘unless paragraph (5) applies’’, and

(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) ENTITIES TO WHICH PARAGRAPH APPLIES.—This paragraph applies to a corporation, trust, or association—

‘‘(A) which is not a real estate investment trust to

which the provisions of this part apply for the taxable

year due to one or more failures to comply with one or

more of the provisions of this part (other than subsection

(c)(6) or (c)(7) of section 856),

‘‘(B) such failures are due to reasonable cause and

not due to willful neglect, and

‘‘(C) if such corporation, trust, or association pays (as

prescribed by the Secretary in regulations and in the same

manner as tax) a penalty of $50,000 for each failure to

satisfy a provision of this part due to reasonable cause

and not willful neglect.’’.

(4) DEDUCTION OF TAX PAID FROM AMOUNT REQUIRED TO

BE DISTRIBUTED.—Subparagraph (E) of section 857(b)(2) is

amended by striking ‘‘(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(7) of this subsection,

section 856(c)(7)(B)(iii), and section 856(g)(1).’’.

(5) EXPANSION OF DEFICIENCY DIVIDEND PROCEDURE.—Subsection (e) of section 860 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the

end of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of

paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by adding at the end

the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) a statement by the taxpayer attached to its amendment

or supplement to a return of tax for the relevant tax year.’’.

(g) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years

beginning after December 31, 2000.

(2) SUBSECTIONS (c) THROUGH (f).—The amendments made

by subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply to taxable years

beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 244. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN FILM AND TELEVISION

PRODUCTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 is

amended by inserting after section 180 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 181. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN QUALIFIED FILM AND TELEVISION

PRODUCTIONS.

‘‘(a) ELECTION TO TREAT COSTS AS EXPENSES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A taxpayer may elect to treat the cost

of any qualified film or television production as an expense

which is not chargeable to capital account. Any cost so treated

shall be allowed as a deduction. ‘‘(2) DOLLAR LIMITATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to

any qualified film or television production the aggregate

cost of which exceeds $15,000,000.

‘‘(B) HIGHER DOLLAR LIMITATION FOR PRODUCTIONS IN

CERTAIN AREAS.—In the case of any qualified film or television production the aggregate cost of which is significantly incurred in an area eligible for designation as—
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‘‘(i) a low-income community under section 45D,

or

‘‘(ii) a distressed county or isolated area of distress

by the Delta Regional Authority established under section 2009aa–1 of title 7, United States Code,

subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting

‘$20,000,000’ for ‘$15,000,000’.

‘‘(b) NO OTHER DEDUCTION OR AMORTIZATION DEDUCTION

ALLOWABLE.—With respect to the basis of any qualified film or

television production to which an election is made under subsection

(a), no other depreciation or amortization deduction shall be allowable.

‘‘(c) ELECTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An election under this section with

respect to any qualified film or television production shall be

made in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary and by

the due date (including extensions) for filing the taxpayer’s

return of tax under this chapter for the taxable year in which

costs of the production are first incurred.

‘‘(2) REVOCATION OF ELECTION.—Any election made under

this section may not be revoked without the consent of the

Secretary.

‘‘(d) QUALIFIED FILM OR TELEVISION PRODUCTION.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified film or television

production’ means any production described in paragraph (2)

if 75 percent of the total compensation of the production is

qualified compensation. ‘‘(2) PRODUCTION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A production is described in this

paragraph if such production is property described in section 168(f)(3). For purposes of a television series, only the

first 44 episodes of such series may be taken into account.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A production is not described in this

paragraph if records are required under section 2257 of

title 18, United States Code, to be maintained with respect

to any performer in such production.

‘‘(3) QUALIFIED COMPENSATION.—For purposes of paragraph

(1)—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified compensation’

means compensation for services performed in the United

States by actors, directors, producers, and other relevant

production personnel.

‘‘(B) PARTICIPATIONS AND RESIDUALS EXCLUDED.—The

term ‘compensation’ does not include participations and

residuals (as defined in section 167(g)(7)(B)). ‘‘(e) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN OTHER RULES.—For purposes of

this section, rules similar to the rules of subsections (b)(2) and

(c)(4) of section 194 shall apply. ‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to qualified

film and television productions commencing after December 31,

2008.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for part

VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after

the item relating to section 180 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 181. Treatment of certain qualified film and television productions.’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to qualified film and television productions (as defined

in section 181(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added

by this section) commencing after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

SEC. 245. CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE OF RAILROAD TRACK.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of

chapter 1 (relating to business-related credits) is amended by adding

at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 45G. RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE CREDIT.

‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, the railroad

track maintenance credit determined under this section for the

taxable year is an amount equal to 50 percent of the qualified

railroad track maintenance expenditures paid or incurred by an

eligible taxpayer during the taxable year.

‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The credit allowed under subsection (a) for

any taxable year shall not exceed the product of—

‘‘(1) $3,500, and

‘‘(2) the number of miles of railroad track owned or leased

by the eligible taxpayer as of the close of the taxable year.

A mile of railroad track may be taken into account by a person

other than the owner only if such mile is assigned to such person

by the owner for purposes of this subsection. Any mile which

is so assigned may not be taken into account by the owner for

purposes of this subsection.

‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER.—For purposes of this section, the term

‘eligible taxpayer’ means—

‘‘(1) any Class II or Class III railroad, and

‘‘(2) any person who transports property using the rail

facilities of a person described in paragraph (1) or who furnishes

railroad-related property or services to such a person.

‘‘(d) QUALIFIED RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified railroad

track maintenance expenditures’ means expenditures (whether or

not otherwise chargeable to capital account) for maintaining railroad track (including roadbed, bridges, and related track structures)

owned or leased as of January 1, 2005, by a Class II or Class

III railroad. ‘‘(e) OTHER DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(1) CLASS II OR CLASS III RAILROAD.—For purposes of this

section, the terms ‘Class II railroad’ and ‘Class III railroad’

have the respective meanings given such terms by the Surface

Transportation Board. ‘‘(2) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—Rules similar to the rules of

paragraph (1) of section 41(f) shall apply for purposes of this

section.

‘‘(3) BASIS ADJUSTMENT.—For purposes of this subtitle, if

a credit is allowed under this section with respect to any

railroad track, the basis of such track shall be reduced by

the amount of the credit so allowed.

‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF SECTION.—This section shall apply to qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures paid or incurred

during taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, and before

January 1, 2008.’’. (b) LIMITATION ON CARRYBACK.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 39 is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(d) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—No portion of the unused business

credit for any taxable year which is attributable to a credit specified

in section 38(b) or any portion thereof may be carried back to

any taxable year before the first taxable year for which such specified credit or such portion is allowable (without regard to subsection

(a)).’’.

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph

(1) shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after

December 31, 2003.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 38(b) (relating to general business credit) is

amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (14), by

striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting

‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(16) the railroad track maintenance credit determined

under section 45G(a).’’.

(2) Subsection (a) of section 1016 is amended by striking

‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (27), by striking the period

at the end of paragraph (28) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by

inserting after paragraph (28) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(29) in the case of railroad track with respect to which

a credit was allowed under section 45G, to the extent provided

in section 45G(e)(3).’’.

(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart

D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by inserting

after the item relating to section 45F the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 45G. Railroad track maintenance credit.’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 246. SUSPENSION OF OCCUPATIONAL TAXES RELATING TO DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINE, AND BEER.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart G of part II of subchapter A of

chapter 51 is amended by redesignating section 5148 as section

5149 and by inserting after section 5147 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 5148. SUSPENSION OF OCCUPATIONAL TAX.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 5081, 5091, 5111,

5121, and 5131, the rate of tax imposed under such sections for

the suspension period shall be zero. During such period, persons

engaged in or carrying on a trade or business covered by such

sections shall register under section 5141 and shall comply with

the recordkeeping requirements under this part. ‘‘(b) SUSPENSION PERIOD.—For purposes of subsection (a), the

suspension period is the period beginning on July 1, 2005, and

ending on June 30, 2008.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5117 is amended by

adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Except as

provided in subsection (b) or by the Secretary, during the suspension

period (as defined in section 5148) it shall be unlawful for any

dealer to purchase distilled spirits for resale from any person other

than a wholesale dealer in liquors who is required to keep records

under section 5114.’’.
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart

G of part II of subchapter A of chapter 51 is amended by striking

the last item and inserting the following new items:

‘‘Sec. 5148. Suspension of occupational tax.

‘‘Sec. 5149. Cross references.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 247. MODIFICATION OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME LIMITATION ON INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS

INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 514(c) (relating to

acquisition indebtedness) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(6) CERTAIN FEDERAL FINANCING.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the

term ‘acquisition indebtedness’ does not include—

‘‘(i) an obligation, to the extent that it is insured

by the Federal Housing Administration, to finance the

purchase, rehabilitation, or construction of housing for

low and moderate income persons, or

‘‘(ii) indebtedness incurred by a small business

investment company licensed after the date of the

enactment of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 if

such indebtedness is evidenced by a debenture—

‘‘(I) issued by such company under section

303(a) of such Act, and

‘‘(II) held or guaranteed by the Small Business

Administration.

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not apply

with respect to any small business investment company

during any period that—

‘‘(i) any organization which is exempt from tax

under this title (other than a governmental unit) owns

more than 25 percent of the capital or profits interest

in such company, or

‘‘(ii) organizations which are exempt from tax

under this title (including governmental units other

than any agency or instrumentality of the United

States) own, in the aggregate, 50 percent or more

of the capital or profits interest in such company.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to indebtedness incurred after the date of the enactment

of this Act by a small business investment company licensed after

the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 248. ELECTION TO DETERMINE CORPORATE TAX ON CERTAIN

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ACTIVITIES USING PER TON

RATE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 is amended by inserting after

subchapter Q the following new subchapter:
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‘‘Subchapter R—Election To Determine Corporate Tax on

Certain International Shipping Activities Using Per Ton

Rate

‘‘Sec. 1352. Alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities.

‘‘Sec. 1353. Notional shipping income.

‘‘Sec. 1354. Alternative tax election; revocation; termination.

‘‘Sec. 1355. Definitions and special rules.

‘‘Sec. 1356. Qualifying shipping activities.

‘‘Sec. 1357. Items not subject to regular tax; depreciation; interest.

‘‘Sec. 1358. Allocation of credits, income, and deductions.

‘‘Sec. 1359. Disposition of qualifying vessels.

‘‘SEC. 1352. ALTERNATIVE TAX ON QUALIFYING SHIPPING ACTIVITIES.

‘‘In the case of an electing corporation, the tax imposed by

section 11 shall be the amount equal to the sum of— ‘‘(1) the tax imposed by section 11 determined after the

application of this subchapter, and ‘‘(2) a tax equal to— ‘‘(A) the highest rate of tax specified in section 11,

multiplied by ‘‘(B) the notional shipping income for the taxable year.

‘‘SEC. 1353. NOTIONAL SHIPPING INCOME.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subchapter, the notional

shipping income of an electing corporation shall be the sum of

the amounts determined under subsection (b) for each qualifying

vessel operated by such electing corporation. ‘‘(b) AMOUNTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), the

amount of notional shipping income of an electing corporation

for each qualifying vessel for the taxable year shall equal

the product of—

‘‘(A) the daily notional shipping income, and

‘‘(B) the number of days during the taxable year that

the electing corporation operated such vessel as a qualifying

vessel in United States foreign trade.

‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF VESSELS THE INCOME FROM WHICH IS

NOT OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO TAX.—In the case of a qualifying

vessel any of the income from which is not included in gross

income by reason of section 883 or otherwise, the amount

of notional shipping income from such vessel for the taxable

year shall be the amount which bears the same ratio to such

shipping income (determined without regard to this paragraph)

as the gross income from the operation of such vessel in the

United States foreign trade bears to the sum of such gross

income and the income so excluded.

‘‘(c) DAILY NOTIONAL SHIPPING INCOME.—For purposes of subsection (b), the daily notional shipping income from the operation

of a qualifying vessel is—

‘‘(1) 40 cents for each 100 tons of so much of the net

tonnage of the vessel as does not exceed 25,000 net tons,

and

‘‘(2) 20 cents for each 100 tons of so much of the net

tonnage of the vessel as exceeds 25,000 net tons.

‘‘(d) MULTIPLE OPERATORS OF VESSEL.—If for any period 2

or more persons are operators of a qualifying vessel, the notional

shipping income from the operation of such vessel for such period
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shall be allocated among such persons on the basis of their respective ownership and charter interests in such vessel or on such

other basis as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations.

‘‘SEC. 1354. ALTERNATIVE TAX ELECTION; REVOCATION; TERMINATION.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A qualifying vessel operator may elect the

application of this subchapter.

‘‘(b) TIME AND MANNER; YEARS FOR WHICH EFFECTIVE.—An

election under this subchapter—

‘‘(1) shall be made in such form as prescribed by the Secretary, and

‘‘(2) shall be effective for the taxable year for which made

and all succeeding taxable years until terminated under subsection (d).

Such election may be effective for any taxable year only if made

before the due date (including extensions) for filing the corporation’s

return for such taxable year.

‘‘(c) CONSISTENT ELECTIONS BY MEMBERS OF CONTROLLED

GROUPS.—An election under subsection (a) by a member of a controlled group shall apply to all qualifying vessel operators that

are members of such group.

‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—

‘‘(1) BY REVOCATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An election under subsection (a)

may be terminated by revocation.

‘‘(B) WHEN EFFECTIVE.—Except as provided in subparagraph (C)—

‘‘(i) a revocation made during the taxable year

and on or before the 15th day of the 3d month thereof

shall be effective on the 1st day of such taxable year,

and

‘‘(ii) a revocation made during the taxable year

but after such 15th day shall be effective on the 1st

day of the following taxable year.

‘‘(C) REVOCATION MAY SPECIFY PROSPECTIVE DATE.—

If the revocation specifies a date for revocation which is

on or after the day on which the revocation is made, the

revocation shall be effective for taxable years beginning

on and after the date so specified.

‘‘(2) BY PERSON CEASING TO BE QUALIFYING VESSEL OPERATOR.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An election under subsection (a)

shall be terminated whenever (at any time on or after

the 1st day of the 1st taxable year for which the corporation

is an electing corporation) such corporation ceases to be

a qualifying vessel operator.

‘‘(B) WHEN EFFECTIVE.—Any termination under this

paragraph shall be effective on and after the date of cessation. ‘‘(C) ANNUALIZATION.—The Secretary shall prescribe

such annualization and other rules as are appropriate in

the case of a termination under this paragraph. ‘‘(e) ELECTION AFTER TERMINATION.—If a qualifying vessel operator has made an election under subsection (a) and if such election

has been terminated under subsection (d), such operator (and any

successor operator) shall not be eligible to make an election under
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subsection (a) for any taxable year before its 5th taxable year

which begins after the 1st taxable year for which such termination

is effective, unless the Secretary consents to such election.

‘‘SEC. 1355. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subchapter—

‘‘(1) ELECTING CORPORATION.—The term ‘electing corporation’ means any corporation for which an election is in effect

under this subchapter.

‘‘(2) ELECTING GROUP; CONTROLLED GROUP.—

‘‘(A) ELECTING GROUP.—The term ‘electing group’

means a controlled group of which one or more members

is an electing corporation.

‘‘(B) CONTROLLED GROUP.—The term ‘controlled group’

means any group which would be treated as a single

employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 if paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 52(a) did not apply.

‘‘(3) QUALIFYING VESSEL OPERATOR.—The term ‘qualifying

vessel operator’ means any corporation—

‘‘(A) who operates one or more qualifying vessels, and

‘‘(B) who meets the shipping activity requirement in

subsection (c).

‘‘(4) QUALIFYING VESSEL.—The term ‘qualifying vessel’

means a self-propelled (or a combination self-propelled and

non-self-propelled) United States flag vessel of not less than

10,000 deadweight tons used exclusively in the United States

foreign trade during the period that the election under this

subchapter is in effect.

‘‘(5) UNITED STATES FLAG VESSEL.—The term ‘United States

flag vessel’ means any vessel documented under the laws of

the United States.

‘‘(6) UNITED STATES DOMESTIC TRADE.—The term ‘United

States domestic trade’ means the transportation of goods or

passengers between places in the United States.

‘‘(7) UNITED STATES FOREIGN TRADE.—The term ‘United

States foreign trade’ means the transportation of goods or passengers between a place in the United States and a foreign

place or between foreign places.

‘‘(8) CHARTER.—The term ‘charter’ includes an operating

agreement.

‘‘(b) OPERATING A VESSEL.—For purposes of this subchapter—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

a person is treated as operating any vessel during any period

if such vessel is—

‘‘(A) owned by, or chartered (including a time charter)

to, the person, and

‘‘(B) is in use as a qualifying vessel during such period.

‘‘(2) BAREBOAT CHARTERS.—A person is treated as operating

and using a vessel that it has chartered out on bareboat charter

terms only if—

‘‘(A)(i) the vessel is temporarily surplus to the person’s

requirements and the term of the charter does not exceed

3 years, or

‘‘(ii) the vessel is bareboat chartered to a member of

a controlled group which includes such person or to an

unrelated person who sub-bareboats or time charters the
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vessel to such a member (including the owner of the vessel),

and

‘‘(B) the vessel is used as a qualifying vessel by the

person to whom ultimately chartered.

‘‘(c) SHIPPING ACTIVITY REQUIREMENT.—For purposes of this

section—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this

subsection, a corporation meets the shipping activity requirement of this subsection for any taxable year only if the requirement of paragraph (4) is met for each of the 2 preceding

taxable years.

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR 1ST YEAR OF ELECTION.—A corporation meets the shipping activity requirement of this subsection

for the first taxable year for which the election under section

1354(a) is in effect only if the requirement of paragraph (4)

is met for the preceding taxable year.

‘‘(3) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—A corporation who is a member

of a controlled group meets the shipping activity requirement

of this subsection only if such requirement is met determined— ‘‘(A) by treating all members of such group as 1 person,

and ‘‘(B) by disregarding vessel charters between members

of such group.

‘‘(4) REQUIREMENT.—The requirement of this paragraph is

met for any taxable year if, on average during such year,

at least 25 percent of the aggregate tonnage of qualifying vessels used by the corporation were owned by such corporation

or chartered to such corporation on bareboat charter terms.

‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON PARTNERSHIPS, ETC.—In applying

this subchapter to a partner in a partnership—

‘‘(1) each partner shall be treated as operating vessels

operated by the partnership,

‘‘(2) each partner shall be treated as conducting the activities conducted by the partnership, and

‘‘(3) the extent of a partner’s ownership or charter interest

in any vessel owned by or chartered to the partnership shall

be determined on the basis of the partner’s interest in the

partnership.

A similar rule shall apply with respect to other pass-thru entities.

‘‘(e) EFFECT OF TEMPORARILY CEASING TO OPERATE A QUALIFYING VESSEL.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsections (b) and (c),

an electing corporation shall be treated as continuing to use

a qualifying vessel during any period of temporary cessation

if the electing corporation gives timely notice to the Secretary

stating—

‘‘(A) that it has temporarily ceased to operate the qualifying vessel, and

‘‘(B) its intention to resume operating the qualifying

vessel.

‘‘(2) NOTICE.—Notice shall be deemed timely if given not

later than the due date (including extensions) for the corporation’s tax return for the taxable year in which the temporary

cessation begins. ‘‘(3) PERIOD DISREGARD IN EFFECT.—The period of temporary cessation under paragraph (1) shall continue until the

earlier of the date on which—
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‘‘(A) the electing corporation abandons its intention

to resume operation of the qualifying vessel, or

‘‘(B) the electing corporation resumes operation of the

qualifying vessel.

‘‘(f) EFFECT OF TEMPORARILY OPERATING A QUALIFYING VESSEL

IN THE UNITED STATES DOMESTIC TRADE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subchapter, an

electing corporation shall be treated as continuing to use a

qualifying vessel in the United States foreign trade during

any period of temporary use in the United States domestic

trade if the electing corporation gives timely notice to the

Secretary stating—

‘‘(A) that it temporarily operates or has operated in

the United States domestic trade a qualifying vessel which

had been used in the United States foreign trade, and

‘‘(B) its intention to resume operation of the vessel

in the United States foreign trade.

‘‘(2) NOTICE.—Notice shall be deemed timely if given not

later than the due date (including extensions) for the corporation’s tax return for the taxable year in which the temporary

cessation begins.

‘‘(3) PERIOD DISREGARD IN EFFECT.—The period of temporary use under paragraph (1) continues until the earlier

of the date of which—

‘‘(A) the electing corporation abandons its intention

to resume operations of the vessel in the United States

foreign trade, or

‘‘(B) the electing corporation resumes operation of the

vessel in the United States foreign trade.

‘‘(4) NO DISREGARD IF DOMESTIC TRADE USE EXCEEDS 30

DAYS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any qualifying vessel

which is operated in the United States domestic trade for

more than 30 days during the taxable year.

‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes

of this section.

‘‘SEC. 1356. QUALIFYING SHIPPING ACTIVITIES.

‘‘(a) QUALIFYING SHIPPING ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of this

subchapter, the term ‘qualifying shipping activities’ means—

‘‘(1) core qualifying activities,

‘‘(2) qualifying secondary activities, and

‘‘(3) qualifying incidental activities.

‘‘(b) CORE QUALIFYING ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘core qualifying activities’ means activities in

operating qualifying vessels in United States foreign trade.

‘‘(c) QUALIFYING SECONDARY ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of this

section—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying secondary activities’

means secondary activities but only to the extent that, without

regard to this subchapter, the gross income derived by such

corporation from such activities does not exceed 20 percent

of the gross income derived by the corporation from its core

qualifying activities.

‘‘(2) SECONDARY ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘secondary activities’

means—
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‘‘(A) the active management or operation of vessels

other than qualifying vessels in the United States foreign

trade,

‘‘(B) the provision of vessel, barge, container, or cargorelated facilities or services to any person,

‘‘(C) other activities of the electing corporation and

other members of its electing group that are an integral

part of its business of operating qualifying vessels in United

States foreign trade, including—

‘‘(i) ownership or operation of barges, containers,

chassis, and other equipment that are the complement

of, or used in connection with, a qualifying vessel in

United States foreign trade,

‘‘(ii) the inland haulage of cargo shipped, or to

be shipped, on qualifying vessels in United States foreign trade, and

‘‘(iii) the provision of terminal, maintenance,

repair, logistical, or other vessel, barge, container, or

cargo-related services that are an integral part of operating qualifying vessels in United States foreign trade,

and

‘‘(D) such other activities as may be prescribed by

the Secretary pursuant to regulations.

‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH CORE ACTIVITIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Such term shall not include any

core qualifying activities.

‘‘(B) NONELECTING CORPORATIONS.—In the case of a

corporation (other than an electing corporation) which is

a member of an electing group, any core qualifying activities of the corporation shall be treated as qualifying secondary activities (and not as core qualifying activities).

‘‘(d) QUALIFYING INCIDENTAL ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of this

section, the term ‘qualified incidental activities’ means shippingrelated activities if—

‘‘(1) they are incidental to the corporation’s core qualifying

activities,

‘‘(2) they are not qualifying secondary activities, and

‘‘(3) without regard to this subchapter, the gross income

derived by such corporation from such activities does not exceed

0.1 percent of the corporation’s gross income from its core

qualifying activities.

‘‘(e) APPLICATION OF GROSS INCOME TESTS IN CASE OF ELECTING

GROUP.—In the case of an electing group, subsections (c)(1) and

(d)(3) shall be applied as if such group were 1 entity, and the

limitations under such subsections shall be allocated among the

corporations in such group.

‘‘SEC. 1357. ITEMS NOT SUBJECT TO REGULAR TAX; DEPRECIATION;

INTEREST.

‘‘(a) EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME.—Gross income of an

electing corporation shall not include its income from qualifying

shipping activities. ‘‘(b) ELECTING GROUP MEMBER.—Gross income of a corporation

(other than an electing corporation) which is a member of an

electing group shall not include its income from qualifying shipping

activities conducted by such member. ‘‘(c) DENIAL OF LOSSES, DEDUCTIONS, AND CREDITS.—
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‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to paragraph (2), each item

of loss, deduction (other than for interest expense), or credit

of any taxpayer with respect to any activity the income from

which is excluded from gross income under this section shall

be disallowed. ‘‘(2) DEPRECIATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the

adjusted basis (for purposes of determining gain) of any

qualifying vessel shall be determined as if the deduction

for depreciation had been allowed. ‘‘(B) METHOD.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause

(ii), the straight-line method of depreciation shall apply

to qualifying vessels the income from operation of

which is excluded from gross income under this section. ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) shall not apply to any

qualifying vessel which is subject to a charter entered

into before the date of the enactment of this subchapter. ‘‘(3) INTEREST.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), the interest expense of an electing corporation shall

be disallowed in the ratio that the fair market value of

such corporation’s qualifying vessels bears to the fair

market value of such corporation’s total assets. ‘‘(B) ELECTING GROUP.—In the case of a corporation

which is a member of an electing group, the interest

expense of such corporation shall be disallowed in the

ratio that the fair market value of such corporation’s qualifying vessels bears to the fair market value of the electing

groups total assets.

‘‘SEC. 1358. ALLOCATION OF CREDITS, INCOME, AND DEDUCTIONS.

‘‘(a) QUALIFYING SHIPPING ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of this

chapter, the qualifying shipping activities of an electing corporation

shall be treated as a separate trade or business activity distinct

from all other activities conducted by such corporation. ‘‘(b) EXCLUSION OF CREDITS OR DEDUCTIONS.— ‘‘(1) No deduction shall be allowed against the notional

shipping income of an electing corporation, and no credit shall

be allowed against the tax imposed by section 1352(a)(2). ‘‘(2) No deduction shall be allowed for any net operating

loss attributable to the qualifying shipping activities of any

person to the extent that such loss is carried forward by such

person from a taxable year preceding the first taxable year

for which such person was an electing corporation.

‘‘(c) TRANSACTIONS NOT AT ARM’S LENGTH.—Section 482 applies

in accordance with this subsection to a transaction or series of

transactions— ‘‘(1) as between an electing corporation and another person,

or ‘‘(2) as between an person’s qualifying shipping activities

and other activities carried on by it.

‘‘SEC. 1359. DISPOSITION OF QUALIFYING VESSELS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If any qualifying vessel operator sells or

disposes of any qualifying vessel in an otherwise taxable transaction, at the election of such operator, no gain shall be recognized
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if any replacement qualifying vessel is acquired during the period

specified in subsection (b), except to the extent that the amount

realized upon such sale or disposition exceeds the cost of the replacement qualifying vessel.

‘‘(b) PERIOD WITHIN WHICH PROPERTY MUST BE REPLACED.—

The period referred to in subsection (a) shall be the period beginning

one year prior to the disposition of the qualifying vessel and

ending—

‘‘(1) 3 years after the close of the first taxable year in

which the gain is realized, or

‘‘(2) subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by the Secretary, on such later date as the Secretary

may designate on application by the taxpayer.

Such application shall be made at such time and in such manner

as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.

‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF SECTION TO NONCORPORATE OPERATORS.—

For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualifying vessel operator’

includes any person who would be a qualifying vessel operator

were such person a corporation.

‘‘(d) TIME FOR ASSESSMENT OF DEFICIENCY ATTRIBUTABLE TO

GAIN.—If a qualifying vessel operator has made the election provided in subsection (a), then—

‘‘(1) the statutory period for the assessment of any deficiency, for any taxable year in which any part of the gain

is realized, attributable to such gain shall not expire prior

to the expiration of 3 years from the date the Secretary is

notified by such operator (in such manner as the Secretary

may by regulations prescribe) of the replacement qualifying

vessel or of an intention not to replace, and

‘‘(2) such deficiency may be assessed before the expiration

of such 3-year period notwithstanding the provisions of section

6212(c) or the provisions of any other law or rule of law which

would otherwise prevent such assessment.

‘‘(e) BASIS OF REPLACEMENT QUALIFYING VESSEL.—In the case

of any replacement qualifying vessel purchased by the qualifying

vessel operator which resulted in the nonrecognition of any part

of the gain realized as the result of a sale or other disposition

of a qualifying vessel, the basis shall be the cost of the replacement

qualifying vessel decreased in the amount of the gain not so recognized; and if the property purchased consists of more than one

piece of property, the basis determined under this sentence shall

be allocated to the purchased properties in proportion to their

respective costs.’’.

(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) The second sentence of section 56(g)(4)(B)(i), as amended

by this Act, is further amended by inserting ‘‘or 1357’’ after

‘‘section 139A’’.

(2) The table of subchapters for chapter 1 is amended

by inserting after the item relating to subchapter S the following new item:

‘‘Subchapter R. Election to determine corporate tax on certain international

shipping activities using per ton rate.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Subtitle F—Stock Options and Employee

Stock Purchase Plan Stock Options

SEC. 251. EXCLUSION OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS AND EMPLOYEE

STOCK PURCHASE PLAN STOCK OPTIONS FROM WAGES.

(a) EXCLUSION FROM EMPLOYMENT TAXES.—

(1) SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.—

(A) Section 3121(a) (relating to definition of wages)

is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (20),

by striking the period at the end of paragraph (21) and

inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after paragraph (21) the

following new paragraph:

‘‘(22) remuneration on account of—

‘‘(A) a transfer of a share of stock to any individual

pursuant to an exercise of an incentive stock option (as

defined in section 422(b)) or under an employee stock purchase plan (as defined in section 423(b)), or

‘‘(B) any disposition by the individual of such stock.’’.

(B) Section 209(a) of the Social Security Act is amended

by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (17), by striking

the period at the end of paragraph (18) and inserting

‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after paragraph (18) the following

new paragraph:

‘‘(19) Remuneration on account of— ‘‘(A) a transfer of a share of stock to any individual

pursuant to an exercise of an incentive stock option (as

defined in section 422(b) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986) or under an employee stock purchase plan (as

defined in section 423(b) of such Code), or ‘‘(B) any disposition by the individual of such stock.’’. (2) RAILROAD RETIREMENT TAXES.—Subsection (e) of section

3231 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(12) QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS.—The term ‘compensation’ shall not include any remuneration on account of— ‘‘(A) a transfer of a share of stock to any individual

pursuant to an exercise of an incentive stock option (as

defined in section 422(b)) or under an employee stock purchase plan (as defined in section 423(b)), or ‘‘(B) any disposition by the individual of such stock.’’. (3) UNEMPLOYMENT TAXES.—Section 3306(b) (relating to

definition of wages) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end

of paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end of paragraph

(18) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after paragraph

(18) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(19) remuneration on account of—

‘‘(A) a transfer of a share of stock to any individual

pursuant to an exercise of an incentive stock option (as

defined in section 422(b)) or under an employee stock purchase plan (as defined in section 423(b)), or

‘‘(B) any disposition by the individual of such stock.’’. (b) WAGE WITHHOLDING NOT REQUIRED ON DISQUALIFYING DIS- POSITIONS.—Section 421(b) (relating to effect of disqualifying dispositions) is amended by adding at the end the following new

sentence: ‘‘No amount shall be required to be deducted and withheld
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under chapter 24 with respect to any increase in income attributable

to a disposition described in the preceding sentence.’’.

(c) WAGE WITHHOLDING NOT REQUIRED ON COMPENSATION

WHERE OPTION PRICE IS BETWEEN 85 PERCENT AND 100 PERCENT

OF VALUE OF STOCK.—Section 423(c) (relating to special rule where

option price is between 85 percent and 100 percent of value of

stock) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:

‘‘No amount shall be required to be deducted and withheld under

chapter 24 with respect to any amount treated as compensation

under this subsection.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to stock acquired pursuant to options exercised after

the date of the enactment of this Act.

TITLE III—TAX RELIEF FOR AGRICULTURE AND SMALL MANUFACTURERS

Subtitle A—Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax

Credit

SEC. 301. ALCOHOL AND BIODIESEL EXCISE TAX CREDIT AND EXTENSION OF ALCOHOL FUELS INCOME TAX CREDIT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 (relating to rules

of special application) is amended by inserting after section 6425

the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6426. CREDIT FOR ALCOHOL FUEL AND BIODIESEL MIXTURES.

‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDITS.—There shall be allowed as a

credit against the tax imposed by section 4081 an amount equal

to the sum of—

‘‘(1) the alcohol fuel mixture credit, plus

‘‘(2) the biodiesel mixture credit.

‘‘(b) ALCOHOL FUEL MIXTURE CREDIT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the alcohol

fuel mixture credit is the product of the applicable amount

and the number of gallons of alcohol used by the taxpayer

in producing any alcohol fuel mixture for sale or use in a

trade or business of the taxpayer.

‘‘(2) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—For purposes of this

subsection—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), the applicable amount is 51 cents.

‘‘(B) MIXTURES NOT CONTAINING ETHANOL.—In the case

of an alcohol fuel mixture in which none of the alcohol

consists of ethanol, the applicable amount is 60 cents.

‘‘(3) ALCOHOL FUEL MIXTURE.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘alcohol fuel mixture’ means a mixture of

alcohol and a taxable fuel which— ‘‘(A) is sold by the taxpayer producing such mixture

to any person for use as a fuel, or ‘‘(B) is used as a fuel by the taxpayer producing such

mixture.
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For purposes of subparagraph (A), a mixture produced by any

person at a refinery prior to a taxable event which includes

ethyl tertiary butyl ether or other ethers produced from alcohol

shall be treated as sold at the time of its removal from the

refinery (and only at such time) to another person for use

as a fuel.

‘‘(4) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection—

‘‘(A) ALCOHOL.—The term ‘alcohol’ includes methanol

and ethanol but does not include—

‘‘(i) alcohol produced from petroleum, natural gas,

or coal (including peat), or

‘‘(ii) alcohol with a proof of less than 190 (determined without regard to any added denaturants).

Such term also includes an alcohol gallon equivalent of

ethyl tertiary butyl ether or other ethers produced from

such alcohol.

‘‘(B) TAXABLE FUEL.—The term ‘taxable fuel’ has the

meaning given such term by section 4083(a)(1).

‘‘(5) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not apply to any

sale, use, or removal for any period after December 31, 2010.

‘‘(c) BIODIESEL MIXTURE CREDIT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the biodiesel

mixture credit is the product of the applicable amount and

the number of gallons of biodiesel used by the taxpayer in

producing any biodiesel mixture for sale or use in a trade

or business of the taxpayer.

‘‘(2) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—For purposes of this

subsection—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), the applicable amount is 50 cents.

‘‘(B) AMOUNT FOR AGRI-BIODIESEL.—In the case of any

biodiesel which is agri-biodiesel, the applicable amount is

$1.00.

‘‘(3) BIODIESEL MIXTURE.—For purposes of this section, the

term ‘biodiesel mixture’ means a mixture of biodiesel and diesel

fuel (as defined in section 4083(a)(3)), determined without

regard to any use of kerosene, which—

‘‘(A) is sold by the taxpayer producing such mixture

to any person for use as a fuel, or

‘‘(B) is used as a fuel by the taxpayer producing such

mixture.

‘‘(4) CERTIFICATION FOR BIODIESEL.—No credit shall be

allowed under this subsection unless the taxpayer obtains a

certification (in such form and manner as prescribed by the

Secretary) from the producer of the biodiesel which identifies

the product produced and the percentage of biodiesel and agribiodiesel in the product.

‘‘(5) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—Any term used in this subsection

which is also used in section 40A shall have the meaning

given such term by section 40A.

‘‘(6) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not apply to any

sale, use, or removal for any period after December 31, 2006.

‘‘(d) MIXTURE NOT USED AS A FUEL, ETC.—

‘‘(1) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—If—

‘‘(A) any credit was determined under this section with

respect to alcohol or biodiesel used in the production of
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any alcohol fuel mixture or biodiesel mixture, respectively,

and

‘‘(B) any person—

‘‘(i) separates the alcohol or biodiesel from the

mixture, or

‘‘(ii) without separation, uses the mixture other

than as a fuel,

then there is hereby imposed on such person a tax equal

to the product of the applicable amount and the number

of gallons of such alcohol or biodiesel.

‘‘(2) APPLICABLE LAWS.—All provisions of law, including

penalties, shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with

this section, apply in respect of any tax imposed under paragraph (1) as if such tax were imposed by section 4081 and

not by this section.

‘‘(e) COORDINATION WITH EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX.—Rules

similar to the rules under section 40(c) shall apply for purposes

of this section.’’.

(b) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 4101(a)(1) (relating

to registration), as amended by section 861, is amended by inserting

‘‘and every person producing or importing biodiesel (as defined

in section 40A(d)(1)) or alcohol (as defined in section 6426(b)(4)(A))’’

before ‘‘shall register with the Secretary’’.

(c) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 40(c) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2),

(k), or (m) of section 4041, section 4081(c), or section 4091(c)’’

and inserting ‘‘section 4041(b)(2), section 6426, or section

6427(e)’’.

(2) Paragraph (4) of section 40(d) is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘(4) VOLUME OF ALCOHOL.—For purposes of determining

under subsection (a) the number of gallons of alcohol with

respect to which a credit is allowable under subsection (a),

the volume of alcohol shall include the volume of any denaturant (including gasoline) which is added under any formulas

approved by the Secretary to the extent that such denaturants

do not exceed 5 percent of the volume of such alcohol (including

denaturants).’’.

(3) Section 40(e)(1) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘2007’’ in subparagraph (A) and

inserting ‘‘2010’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘2008’’ in subparagraph (B) and

inserting ‘‘2011’’.

(4) Section 40(h) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘2007’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting

‘‘2010’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘, 2006, or 2007’’ in the table contained

in paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘through 2010’’.

(5) Section 4041(b)(2)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘a substance other than petroleum or natural gas’’ and inserting

‘‘coal (including peat)’’.

(6) Section 4041 is amended by striking subsection (k).

(7) Section 4081 is amended by striking subsection (c).

(8) Paragraph (2) of section 4083(a) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(2) GASOLINE.—The term ‘gasoline’—
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‘‘(A) includes any gasoline blend, other than qualified

methanol or ethanol fuel (as defined in section

4041(b)(2)(B)), partially exempt methanol or ethanol fuel

(as defined in section 4041(m)(2)), or a denatured alcohol,

and

‘‘(B) includes, to the extent prescribed in regulations—

‘‘(i) any gasoline blend stock, and

‘‘(ii) any product commonly used as an additive

in gasoline (other than alcohol).

For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term ‘gasoline blend

stock’ means any petroleum product component of gasoline.’’.

(9) Section 6427 is amended by inserting after subsection

(d) the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) ALCOHOL OR BIODIESEL USED TO PRODUCE ALCOHOL FUEL

AND BIODIESEL MIXTURES.—Except as provided in subsection (k)—

‘‘(1) USED TO PRODUCE A MIXTURE.—If any person produces

a mixture described in section 6426 in such person’s trade

or business, the Secretary shall pay (without interest) to such

person an amount equal to the alcohol fuel mixture credit

or the biodiesel mixture credit with respect to such mixture.

‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.—

No amount shall be payable under paragraph (1) with respect

to any mixture with respect to which an amount is allowed

as a credit under section 6426.

‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not apply with

respect to—

‘‘(A) any alcohol fuel mixture (as defined in section

6426(b)(3)) sold or used after December 31, 2010, and

‘‘(B) any biodiesel mixture (as defined in section

6426(c)(3)) sold or used after December 31, 2006.’’.

(10) Section 6427(i)(3) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ both places it appears

in subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(1)’’,

(B) by striking ‘‘gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene used

to produce a qualified alcohol mixture (as defined in section

4081(c)(3))’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘a mixture

described in section 6426’’,

(C) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the

following new flush sentence:

‘‘In the case of an electronic claim, this subparagraph shall

be applied without regard to clause (i).’’,

(D) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)(1)’’ in subparagraph (B)

and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(1)’’,

(E) by striking ‘‘20 days of the date of the filing of

such claim’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘45 days

of the date of the filing of such claim (20 days in the

case of an electronic claim)’’, and

(F) by striking ‘‘ALCOHOL MIXTURE’’ in the heading and

inserting ‘‘ALCOHOL FUEL AND BIODIESEL MIXTURE’’.

(11) Section 9503(b)(1) is amended by adding at the end

the following new flush sentence:

‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, taxes received under sections

4041 and 4081 shall be determined without reduction for credits

under section 6426.’’.

(12) Section 9503(b)(4) is amended—

(A) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (C),
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(B) by striking the comma at the end of subparagraph

(D)(iii) and inserting a period, and

(C) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F).

(13) Section 9503(c)(2)(A) is amended by adding at the

end the following: ‘‘Clauses (i)(III) and (ii) shall not apply

to claims under section 6427(e).’’. (14) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter

65 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section

6425 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6426. Credit for alcohol fuel and biodiesel mixtures.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to

fuel sold or used after December 31, 2004.

(2) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.—The amendment made

by subsection (b) shall take effect on April 1, 2005.

(3) EXTENSION OF ALCOHOL FUELS CREDIT.—The amendments made by paragraphs (3), (4), and (14) of subsection

(c) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

(4) REPEAL OF GENERAL FUND RETENTION OF CERTAIN

ALCOHOL FUELS TAXES.—The amendments made by subsection

(c)(12) shall apply to fuel sold or used after September 30,

2004.

(e) FORMAT FOR FILING.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall

describe the electronic format for filing claims described in section

6427(i)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended

by subsection (c)(10)(C)) not later than December 31, 2004.

SEC. 302. BIODIESEL INCOME TAX CREDIT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of

chapter 1 (relating to business related credits) is amended by

inserting after section 40 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 40A. BIODIESEL USED AS FUEL.

‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, the biodiesel

fuels credit determined under this section for the taxable year

is an amount equal to the sum of— ‘‘(1) the biodiesel mixture credit, plus

‘‘(2) the biodiesel credit. ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF BIODIESEL MIXTURE CREDIT AND BIODIESEL

CREDIT.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) BIODIESEL MIXTURE CREDIT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The biodiesel mixture credit of any

taxpayer for any taxable year is 50 cents for each gallon

of biodiesel used by the taxpayer in the production of

a qualified biodiesel mixture. ‘‘(B) QUALIFIED BIODIESEL MIXTURE.—The term ‘qualified biodiesel mixture’ means a mixture of biodiesel and

diesel fuel (as defined in section 4083(a)(3)), determined

without regard to any use of kerosene, which—

‘‘(i) is sold by the taxpayer producing such mixture

to any person for use as a fuel, or

‘‘(ii) is used as a fuel by the taxpayer producing

such mixture.

‘‘(C) SALE OR USE MUST BE IN TRADE OR BUSINESS, ETC.—Biodiesel used in the production of a qualified biodiesel mixture shall be taken into account—
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‘‘(i) only if the sale or use described in subparagraph (B) is in a trade or business of the taxpayer,

and

‘‘(ii) for the taxable year in which such sale or

use occurs.

‘‘(D) CASUAL OFF-FARM PRODUCTION NOT ELIGIBLE.—

No credit shall be allowed under this section with respect

to any casual off-farm production of a qualified biodiesel

mixture.

‘‘(2) BIODIESEL CREDIT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The biodiesel credit of any taxpayer

for any taxable year is 50 cents for each gallon of biodiesel

which is not in a mixture with diesel fuel and which

during the taxable year—

‘‘(i) is used by the taxpayer as a fuel in a trade

or business, or

‘‘(ii) is sold by the taxpayer at retail to a person

and placed in the fuel tank of such person’s vehicle.

‘‘(B) USER CREDIT NOT TO APPLY TO BIODIESEL SOLD

AT RETAIL.—No credit shall be allowed under subparagraph

(A)(i) with respect to any biodiesel which was sold in a

retail sale described in subparagraph (A)(ii).

‘‘(3) CREDIT FOR AGRI-BIODIESEL.—In the case of any biodiesel which is agri-biodiesel, paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) shall

be applied by substituting ‘$1.00’ for ‘50 cents’.

‘‘(4) CERTIFICATION FOR BIODIESEL.—No credit shall be

allowed under this section unless the taxpayer obtains a certification (in such form and manner as prescribed by the Secretary)

from the producer or importer of the biodiesel which identifies

the product produced and the percentage of biodiesel and agribiodiesel in the product.

‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH CREDIT AGAINST EXCISE TAX.—The

amount of the credit determined under this section with respect

to any biodiesel shall be properly reduced to take into account

any benefit provided with respect to such biodiesel solely by reason

of the application of section 6426 or 6427(e).

‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this

section—

‘‘(1) BIODIESEL.—The term ‘biodiesel’ means the monoalkyl

esters of long chain fatty acids derived from plant or animal

matter which meet—

‘‘(A) the registration requirements for fuels and fuel

additives established by the Environmental Protection

Agency under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

7545), and ‘‘(B) the requirements of the American Society of

Testing and Materials D6751.

‘‘(2) AGRI-BIODIESEL.—The term ‘agri-biodiesel’ means biodiesel derived solely from virgin oils, including esters derived

from virgin vegetable oils from corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds,

cottonseeds, canola, crambe, rapeseeds, safflowers, flaxseeds,

rice bran, and mustard seeds, and from animal fats.

‘‘(3) MIXTURE OR BIODIESEL NOT USED AS A FUEL, ETC.— ‘‘(A) MIXTURES.—If— ‘‘(i) any credit was determined under this section

with respect to biodiesel used in the production of

any qualified biodiesel mixture, and
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‘‘(ii) any person—

‘‘(I) separates the biodiesel from the mixture,

or

‘‘(II) without separation, uses the mixture

other than as a fuel,

then there is hereby imposed on such person a tax equal

to the product of the rate applicable under subsection

(b)(1)(A) and the number of gallons of such biodiesel in

such mixture.

‘‘(B) BIODIESEL.—If—

‘‘(i) any credit was determined under this section

with respect to the retail sale of any biodiesel, and

‘‘(ii) any person mixes such biodiesel or uses such

biodiesel other than as a fuel,

then there is hereby imposed on such person a tax equal

to the product of the rate applicable under subsection

(b)(2)(A) and the number of gallons of such biodiesel.

‘‘(C) APPLICABLE LAWS.—All provisions of law, including

penalties, shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent

with this section, apply in respect of any tax imposed

under subparagraph (A) or (B) as if such tax were imposed

by section 4081 and not by this chapter.

‘‘(4) PASS-THRU IN THE CASE OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS.—

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, rules similar

to the rules of subsection (d) of section 52 shall apply.

‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to any sale

or use after December 31, 2006.’’.

(b) CREDIT TREATED AS PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.—

Section 38(b) (relating to current year business credit), as amended

by this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph

(15), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (16) and

inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by inserting after paragraph (16) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(17) the biodiesel fuels credit determined under section

40A(a).’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1)(A) Section 87 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 87. ALCOHOL AND BIODIESEL FUELS CREDITS.

‘‘Gross income includes—

‘‘(1) the amount of the alcohol fuel credit determined with

respect to the taxpayer for the taxable year under section

40(a), and

‘‘(2) the biodiesel fuels credit determined with respect to

the taxpayer for the taxable year under section 40A(a).’’.

(B) The item relating to section 87 in the table of sections

for part II of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by striking

‘‘fuel credit’’ and inserting ‘‘and biodiesel fuels credits’’.

(2) Section 196(c) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

end of paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end of

paragraph (10) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the

end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(11) the biodiesel fuels credit determined under section

40A(a).’’.
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(3) The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding after the item

relating to section 40 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 40A. Biodiesel used as fuel.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to fuel produced, and sold or used, after December

31, 2004, in taxable years ending after such date.

SEC. 303. INFORMATION REPORTING FOR PERSONS CLAIMING CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part III of subchapter A of

chapter 32 is amended by adding at the end the following new

section:

‘‘SEC. 4104. INFORMATION REPORTING FOR PERSONS CLAIMING CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require any person

claiming tax benefits—

‘‘(1) under the provisions of section 34, 40, and 40A, to

file a return at the time such person claims such benefits

(in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe), and

‘‘(2) under the provisions of section 4041(b)(2), 6426, or

6427(e) to file a quarterly return (in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe).

‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF RETURN.—Any return filed under this section

shall provide such information relating to such benefits and the

coordination of such benefits as the Secretary may require to ensure

the proper administration and use of such benefits. ‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT.—With respect to any person described in

subsection (a) and subject to registration requirements under this

title, rules similar to rules of section 4222(c) shall apply with

respect to any requirement under this section.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart C of part III of subchapter A of chapter 32 is amended by

adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 4104. Information reporting for persons claiming certain tax benefits.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on January 1, 2005.

Subtitle B—Agricultural Incentives

SEC. 311. SPECIAL RULES FOR LIVESTOCK SOLD ON ACCOUNT OF

WEATHER-RELATED CONDITIONS.

(a) REPLACEMENT OF LIVESTOCK WITH OTHER FARM PROPERTY.—Subsection (f) of section 1033 (relating to involuntary conversions) is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘drought, flood, or other weather-related

conditions, or’’ after ‘‘because of’’,

(2) by inserting ‘‘in the case of soil contamination or other

environmental contamination’’ after ‘‘including real property’’,

and

(3) by striking ‘‘WHERE THERE HAS BEEN ENVIRONMENTAL

CONTAMINATION’’ in the heading and inserting ‘‘IN CERTAIN

CASES’’.
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(b) EXTENSION OF REPLACEMENT PERIOD OF INVOLUNTARILY

CONVERTED LIVESTOCK.—Subsection (e) of section 1033 (relating

to involuntary conversions) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘CONDITIONS.—For purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘CONDITIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’, and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF REPLACEMENT PERIOD.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of drought, flood, or

other weather-related conditions described in paragraph

(1) which result in the area being designated as eligible

for assistance by the Federal Government, subsection

(a)(2)(B) shall be applied with respect to any converted

property by substituting ‘4 years’ for ‘2 years’. ‘‘(B) FURTHER EXTENSION BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary may extend on a regional basis the period for

replacement under this section (after the application of

subparagraph (A)) for such additional time as the Secretary

determines appropriate if the weather-related conditions

which resulted in such application continue for more than

3 years.’’. (c) INCOME INCLUSION RULES.—Section 451(e) (relating to special rule for proceeds from livestock sold on account of drought,

flood, or other weather-related conditions) is amended by adding

at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(3) SPECIAL ELECTION RULES.—If section 1033(e)(2) applies

to a sale or exchange of livestock described in paragraph (1),

the election under paragraph (1) shall be deemed valid if made

during the replacement period described in such section.’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to any taxable year with respect to which the due

date (without regard to extensions) for the return is after December

31, 2002.

SEC. 312. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS ON STOCK OF COOPERATIVES WITHOUT REDUCING PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1388 (relating to

patronage dividend defined) is amended by adding at the end the

following: ‘‘For purposes of paragraph (3), net earnings shall not

be reduced by amounts paid during the year as dividends on capital

stock or other proprietary capital interests of the organization to

the extent that the articles of incorporation or bylaws of such

organization or other contract with patrons provide that such dividends are in addition to amounts otherwise payable to patrons

which are derived from business done with or for patrons during

the taxable year.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to distributions in taxable years beginning after the

date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 313. APPORTIONMENT OF SMALL ETHANOL PRODUCER CREDIT.

(a) ALLOCATION OF ALCOHOL FUELS CREDIT TO PATRONS OF

A COOPERATIVE.—Section 40(g) (relating to definitions and special

rules for eligible small ethanol producer credit) is amended by

adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(6) ALLOCATION OF SMALL ETHANOL PRODUCER CREDIT TO

PATRONS OF COOPERATIVE.—

‘‘(A) ELECTION TO ALLOCATE.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a cooperative

organization described in section 1381(a), any portion

of the credit determined under subsection (a)(3) for

the taxable year may, at the election of the organization, be apportioned pro rata among patrons of the

organization on the basis of the quantity or value

of business done with or for such patrons for the taxable year.

‘‘(ii) FORM AND EFFECT OF ELECTION.—An election

under clause (i) for any taxable year shall be made

on a timely filed return for such year. Such election,

once made, shall be irrevocable for such taxable year.

‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PATRONS.—

‘‘(i) ORGANIZATIONS.—The amount of the credit not

apportioned to patrons pursuant to subparagraph (A)

shall be included in the amount determined under

subsection (a)(3) for the taxable year of the organization.

‘‘(ii) PATRONS.—The amount of the credit apportioned to patrons pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall

be included in the amount determined under such subsection for the first taxable year of each patron ending

on or after the last day of the payment period (as

defined in section 1382(d)) for the taxable year of the

organization or, if earlier, for the taxable year of each

patron ending on or after the date on which the patron

receives notice from the cooperative of the apportionment.

‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULES FOR DECREASE IN CREDITS FOR

TAXABLE YEAR.—If the amount of the credit of the

organization determined under such subsection for a

taxable year is less than the amount of such credit

shown on the return of the organization for such year,

an amount equal to the excess of—

‘‘(I) such reduction, over

‘‘(II) the amount not apportioned to such

patrons under subparagraph (A) for the taxable

year,

shall be treated as an increase in tax imposed by

this chapter on the organization. Such increase shall

not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter for

purposes of determining the amount of any credit

under this chapter or for purposes of section 55.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 314. COORDINATE FARMERS AND FISHERMEN INCOME AVERAGING AND THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 55(c) (defining regular tax) is

amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and

by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH INCOME AVERAGING FOR FARMERS

AND FISHERMEN.—Solely for purposes of this section, section

1301 (relating to averaging of farm and fishing income) shall

not apply in computing the regular tax.’’. (b) ALLOWING INCOME AVERAGING FOR FISHERMEN.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1301(a) is amended by striking

‘‘farming business’’ and inserting ‘‘farming business or fishing

business’’.

(2) DEFINITION OF ELECTED FARM INCOME.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 1301(b)(1)(A)

is amended by inserting ‘‘or fishing business’’ before the

semicolon.

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) of

section 1301(b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘or fishing business’’ after ‘‘farming business’’ both places it occurs.

(3) DEFINITION OF FISHING BUSINESS.—Section 1301(b) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) FISHING BUSINESS.—The term ‘fishing business’ means

the conduct of commercial fishing as defined in section 3 of

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (16 U.S.C. 1802).’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.

SEC. 315. CAPITAL GAIN TREATMENT UNDER SECTION 631(b) TO APPLY

TO OUTRIGHT SALES BY LANDOWNERS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 631(b) (relating

to disposal of timber with a retained economic interest) is amended

by striking ‘‘retains an economic interest in such timber’’ and

inserting ‘‘either retains an economic interest in such timber or

makes an outright sale of such timber’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) The third sentence of section 631(b) is amended by

striking ‘‘The date of disposal’’ and inserting ‘‘In the case of

disposal of timber with a retained economic interest, the date

of disposal’’. (2) The heading for section 631(b) is amended by striking ‘‘WITH A RETAINED ECONOMIC INTEREST’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to sales after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 316. MODIFICATION TO COOPERATIVE MARKETING RULES TO

INCLUDE VALUE ADDED PROCESSING INVOLVING ANIMALS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1388 (relating to definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the end the following new

subsection:

‘‘(k) COOPERATIVE MARKETING INCLUDES VALUE-ADDED PROCESSING INVOLVING ANIMALS.—For purposes of section 521 and this

subchapter, the marketing of the products of members or other

producers shall include the feeding of such products to cattle, hogs,

fish, chickens, or other animals and the sale of the resulting animals

or animal products.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 521(b) is amended by

adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) CROSS REFERENCE.—

‘‘For treatment of value-added processing involving animals, see

section 1388(k).’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 317. EXTENSION OF DECLARATORY JUDGMENT PROCEDURES TO

FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7428(a)(1) (relating to declaratory

judgments of tax exempt organizations) is amended by striking

‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B) and by adding at the end

the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(D) with respect to the initial classification or continuing classification of a cooperative as an organization

described in section 521(b) which is exempt from tax under

section 521(a), or’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply with respect to pleadings filed after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 318. CERTAIN EXPENSES OF RURAL LETTER CARRIERS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 162(o) (relating to treatment of certain reimbursed expenses of rural mail carriers) is amended by

redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by inserting

after paragraph (1) the following:

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE WHERE EXPENSES EXCEED REIMBURSEMENTS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A), if the expenses

incurred by an employee for the use of a vehicle in performing

services described in paragraph (1) exceed the qualified

reimbursements for such expenses, such excess shall be taken

into account in computing the miscellaneous itemized deductions of the employee under section 67.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for section 162(o)

is amended by striking ‘‘REIMBURSED’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.

SEC. 319. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INCOME OF COOPERATIVES.

(a) INCOME FROM OPEN ACCESS AND NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING TRANSACTIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 501(c)(12)

is amended by striking clause (ii) and adding at the end the

following:

‘‘(ii) from any provision or sale of electric energy

transmission services or ancillary services if such services are provided on a nondiscriminatory open access

basis under an open access transmission tariff

approved or accepted by FERC or under an independent transmission provider agreement approved or

accepted by FERC (other than income received or

accrued directly or indirectly from a member),

‘‘(iii) from the provision or sale of electric energy

distribution services or ancillary services if such services are provided on a nondiscriminatory open access

basis to distribute electric energy not owned by the

mutual or electric cooperative company—

‘‘(I) to end-users who are served by distribution

facilities not owned by such company or any of

its members (other than income received or

accrued directly or indirectly from a member), or

‘‘(II) generated by a generation facility not

owned or leased by such company or any of its
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members and which is directly connected to distribution facilities owned by such company or any

of its members (other than income received or

accrued directly or indirectly from a member),

‘‘(iv) from any nuclear decommissioning transaction, or

‘‘(v) from any asset exchange or conversion transaction.

Clauses (ii) through (v) shall not apply to taxable years

beginning after December 31, 2006.’’.

(2) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—Paragraph (12) of

section 501(c) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subparagraphs:

‘‘(E) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(ii), the term

‘FERC’ means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

and references to such term shall be treated as including

the Public Utility Commission of Texas with respect to

any ERCOT utility (as defined in section 212(k)(2)(B) of

the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824k(k)(2)(B))).

‘‘(F) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(iii), the term

‘nuclear decommissioning transaction’ means— ‘‘(i) any transfer into a trust, fund, or instrument

established to pay any nuclear decommissioning costs

if the transfer is in connection with the transfer of

the mutual or cooperative electric company’s interest

in a nuclear power plant or nuclear power plant unit,

‘‘(ii) any distribution from any trust, fund, or

instrument established to pay any nuclear decommissioning costs, or

‘‘(iii) any earnings from any trust, fund, or

instrument established to pay any nuclear decommissioning costs.

‘‘(G) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(iv), the term

‘asset exchange or conversion transaction’ means any voluntary exchange or involuntary conversion of any property

related to generating, transmitting, distributing, or selling

electric energy by a mutual or cooperative electric company,

the gain from which qualifies for deferred recognition under

section 1031 or 1033, but only if the replacement property

acquired by such company pursuant to such section constitutes property which is used, or to be used, for—

‘‘(i) generating, transmitting, distributing, or

selling electric energy, or

‘‘(ii) producing, transmitting, distributing, or

selling natural gas.’’.

(b) TREATMENT OF INCOME FROM LOAD LOSS TRANSACTIONS,

ETC.—Paragraph (12) of section 501(c), as amended by subsection

(a)(2), is amended by adding after subparagraph (G) the following

new subparagraph:

‘‘(H)(i) In the case of a mutual or cooperative electric

company described in this paragraph or an organization

described in section 1381(a)(2)(C), income received or

accrued from a load loss transaction shall be treated as

an amount collected from members for the sole purpose

of meeting losses and expenses.

‘‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘load loss

transaction’ means any wholesale or retail sale of electric
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energy (other than to members) to the extent that the

aggregate sales during the recovery period do not exceed

the load loss mitigation sales limit for such period.

‘‘(iii) For purposes of clause (ii), the load loss mitigation

sales limit for the recovery period is the sum of the annual

load losses for each year of such period.

‘‘(iv) For purposes of clause (iii), a mutual or cooperative electric company’s annual load loss for each year of

the recovery period is the amount (if any) by which—

‘‘(I) the megawatt hours of electric energy sold

during such year to members of such electric company

are less than

‘‘(II) the megawatt hours of electric energy sold

during the base year to such members.

‘‘(v) For purposes of clause (iv)(II), the term ‘base year’

means—

‘‘(I) the calendar year preceding the start-up year,

or

‘‘(II) at the election of the mutual or cooperative

electric company, the second or third calendar years

preceding the start-up year.

‘‘(vi) For purposes of this subparagraph, the recovery

period is the 7-year period beginning with the start-up

year.

‘‘(vii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the startup year is the first year that the mutual or cooperative

electric company offers nondiscriminatory open access or

the calendar year which includes the date of the enactment

of this subparagraph, if later, at the election of such company.

‘‘(viii) A company shall not fail to be treated as a

mutual or cooperative electric company for purposes of

this paragraph or as a corporation operating on a cooperative basis for purposes of section 1381(a)(2)(C) by reason

of the treatment under clause (i).

‘‘(ix) For purposes of subparagraph (A), in the case

of a mutual or cooperative electric company, income

received, or accrued, indirectly from a member shall be

treated as an amount collected from members for the sole

purpose of meeting losses and expenses.

‘‘(x) This subparagraph shall not apply to taxable years

beginning after December 31, 2006.’’.

(c) EXCEPTION FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME.—

Subsection (b) of section 512 (relating to modifications) is amended

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(18) TREATMENT OF MUTUAL OR COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC

COMPANIES.—In the case of a mutual or cooperative electric

company described in section 501(c)(12), there shall be excluded

income which is treated as member income under subparagraph

(H) thereof.’’.

(d) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 1381 is amended by adding

at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(c) CROSS REFERENCE.—

‘‘For treatment of income from load loss transactions of organizations described in subsection (a)(2)(C), see section 501(c)(12)(H).’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 320. EXCLUSION FOR PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT

PROGRAM AND CERTAIN STATE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 108(f) (relating to student loans) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) PAYMENTS UNDER NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS

LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM AND CERTAIN STATE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS.—In the case of an individual, gross income

shall not include any amount received under section 338B(g)

of the Public Health Service Act or under a State program

described in section 338I of such Act.’’.

(b) TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES OF EMPLOYMENT TAXES.—Each

of the following provisions is amended by inserting ‘‘108(f)(4),’’ after ‘‘74(c),’’:

(1) Section 3121(a)(20).

(2) Section 3231(e)(5).

(3) Section 3306(b)(16).

(4) Section 3401(a)(19).

(5) Section 209(a)(17) of the Social Security Act.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to amounts received by an individual in taxable years

beginning after December 31, 2003.

SEC. 321. MODIFICATION OF SAFE HARBOR RULES FOR TIMBER REITs.

(a) EXPANSION OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION SAFE HARBOR.—

Section 857(b)(6) (relating to income from prohibited transactions)

is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(D) CERTAIN SALES NOT TO CONSTITUTE PROHIBITED

TRANSACTIONS.—For purposes of this part, the term ‘prohibited transaction’ does not include a sale of property which

is a real estate asset (as defined in section 856(c)(5)(B))

if—

‘‘(i) the trust held the property for not less than

4 years in connection with the trade or business of

producing timber,

‘‘(ii) the aggregate expenditures made by the trust,

or a partner of the trust, during the 4-year period

preceding the date of sale which—

‘‘(I) are includible in the basis of the property

(other than timberland acquisition expenditures),

and

‘‘(II) are directly related to operation of the

property for the production of timber or for the

preservation of the property for use as timberland,

do not exceed 30 percent of the net selling price of

the property,
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‘‘(iii) the aggregate expenditures made by the trust,

or a partner of the trust, during the 4-year period

preceding the date of sale which—

‘‘(I) are includible in the basis of the property

(other than timberland acquisition expenditures),

and

‘‘(II) are not directly related to operation of

the property for the production of timber, or for

the preservation of the property for use as

timberland,

do not exceed 5 percent of the net selling price of

the property,

‘‘(iv)(I) during the taxable year the trust does not

make more than 7 sales of property (other than sales

of foreclosure property or sales to which section 1033

applies), or

‘‘(II) the aggregate adjusted bases (as determined

for purposes of computing earnings and profits) of property (other than sales of foreclosure property or sales

to which section 1033 applies) sold during the taxable

year does not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate bases

(as so determined) of all of the assets of the trust

as of the beginning of the taxable year,

‘‘(v) in the case that the requirement of clause

(iv)(I) is not satisfied, substantially all of the marketing

expenditures with respect to the property were made

through an independent contractor (as defined in section 856(d)(3)) from whom the trust itself does not

derive or receive any income, and

‘‘(vi) the sales price of the property sold by the

trust is not based in whole or in part on income or

profits, including income or profits derived from the

sale or operation of such property.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 322. EXPENSING OF CERTAIN REFORESTATION EXPENDITURES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—So much of subsection (b) of section 194

(relating to amortization of reforestation expenditures) as precedes

paragraph (2) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS EXPENSES.—

‘‘(1) ELECTION TO TREAT CERTAIN REFORESTATION EXPENDITURES AS EXPENSES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any qualified timber

property with respect to which the taxpayer has made

(in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary)

an election under this subsection, the taxpayer shall treat

reforestation expenditures which are paid or incurred

during the taxable year with respect to such property as

an expense which is not chargeable to capital account.

The reforestation expenditures so treated shall be allowed

as a deduction. ‘‘(B) DOLLAR LIMITATION.—The aggregate amount of

reforestation expenditures which may be taken into account

under subparagraph (A) with respect to each qualified

timber property for any taxable year shall not exceed
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$10,000 ($5,000 in the case of a separate return by a

married individual (as defined in section 7703)).’’.

(b) NET AMORTIZABLE BASIS.—Section 194(c)(2) (defining

amortizable basis) is amended by inserting ‘‘which have not been

taken into account under subsection (b)’’ after ‘‘expenditures’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 194(b) is amended by striking paragraphs (3)

and (4).

(2) Section 194(b)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph

(1)’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’.

(3) Section 194(c) is amended by striking paragraph (4)

and inserting the following new paragraphs:

‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF TRUSTS AND ESTATES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), this section shall not apply to trusts and estates.

‘‘(B) AMORTIZATION DEDUCTION ALLOWED TO ESTATES.—

The benefit of the deduction for amortization provided by

subsection (a) shall be allowed to estates in the same

manner as in the case of an individual. The allowable

deduction shall be apportioned between the income beneficiary and the fiduciary under regulations prescribed by

the Secretary. Any amount so apportioned to a beneficiary

shall be taken into account for purposes of determining

the amount allowable as a deduction under subsection (a)

to such beneficiary.

‘‘(5) APPLICATION WITH OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—No deduction

shall be allowed under any other provision of this chapter

with respect to any expenditure with respect to which a deduction is allowed or allowable under this section to the taxpayer.’’.

(4) The heading for section 194 is amended by striking

‘‘AMORTIZATION’’ and inserting ‘‘TREATMENT’’.

(5) The item relating to section 194 in the table of sections

for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by striking

‘‘Amortization’’ and inserting ‘‘Treatment’’.

(d) REPEAL OF REFORESTATION CREDIT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 46 (relating to amount of credit)

is amended—

(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (1),

(B) by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of paragraph (2)

and inserting a period, and

(C) by striking paragraph (3).

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) Section 48 is amended—

(i) by striking subsection (b),

(ii) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ in paragraph (5)

of subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’, and

(iii) by redesignating such paragraph (5) as subsection (b).

(B) The heading for section 48 is amended by striking

‘‘; REFORESTATION CREDIT’’.

(C) The item relating to section 48 in the table of

sections for subpart E of part IV of subchapter A of chapter

1 is amended by striking ‘‘, reforestation credit’’.

(D) Section 50(c)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘or reforestation credit’’.
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply with respect to expenditures paid or incurred after

the date of the enactment of this Act.

Subtitle C—Incentives for Small

Manufacturers

SEC. 331. NET INCOME FROM PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIPS

TREATED AS QUALIFYING INCOME OF REGULATED

INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 851(b) (defining regulated investment company) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(2) at least 90 percent of its gross income is derived

from—

‘‘(A) dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans (as defined in section 512(a)(5)), and gains

from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities

(as defined in section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company

Act of 1940, as amended) or foreign currencies, or other

income (including but not limited to gains from options,

futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its

business of investing in such stock, securities, or currencies,

and

‘‘(B) net income derived from an interest in a qualified

publicly traded partnership (as defined in subsection (h));

and’’.

(b) SOURCE FLOW-THROUGH RULE NOT TO APPLY.—The last

sentence of section 851(b) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than

a qualified publicly traded partnership as defined in subsection

(h))’’ after ‘‘derived from a partnership’’.

(c) LIMITATION ON OWNERSHIP.—Subsection (c) of section 851

is amended by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6) and

inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) The term ‘outstanding voting securities of such issuer’

shall include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded

partnership (as defined in subsection (h)).’’.

(d) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP.—Section 851 is amended by adding at the end the following

new subsection:

‘‘(h) QUALIFIED PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP.—For purposes

of this section, the term ‘qualified publicly traded partnership’

means a publicly traded partnership described in section 7704(b)

other than a partnership which would satisfy the gross income

requirements of section 7704(c)(2) if qualifying income included

only income described in subsection (b)(2)(A).’’. (e) DEFINITION OF QUALIFYING INCOME.—Section 7704(d)(4) is

amended by striking ‘‘section 851(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

851(b)(2)(A)’’.

(f) LIMITATION ON COMPOSITION OF ASSETS.—Subparagraph (B)

of section 851(b)(3) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(B) not more than 25 percent of the value of its

total assets is invested in— ‘‘(i) the securities (other than Government securities or the securities of other regulated investment

companies) of any one issuer,
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‘‘(ii) the securities (other than the securities of

other regulated investment companies) of two or more

issuers which the taxpayer controls and which are

determined, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to be engaged in the same or similar trades

or businesses or related trades or businesses, or

‘‘(iii) the securities of one or more qualified publicly

traded partnerships (as defined in subsection (h)).’’.

(g) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL PASSIVE ACTIVITY RULE TO REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—Subsection (k) of section 469

(relating to separate application of section in case of publicly traded

partnerships) is amended by adding at the end the following new

paragraph:

‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—

For purposes of this section, a regulated investment company

(as defined in section 851) holding an interest in a qualified

publicly traded partnership (as defined in section 851(h)) shall

be treated as a taxpayer described in subsection (a)(2) with

respect to items attributable to such interest.’’.

(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 332. SIMPLIFICATION OF EXCISE TAX IMPOSED ON BOWS AND

ARROWS.

(a) BOWS.—Paragraph (1) of section 4161(b) (relating to bows)

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(1) BOWS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on the

sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of any

bow which has a peak draw weight of 30 pounds or more,

a tax equal to 11 percent of the price for which so sold.

‘‘(B) ARCHERY EQUIPMENT.—There is hereby imposed

on the sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer—

‘‘(i) of any part or accessory suitable for inclusion

in or attachment to a bow described in subparagraph

(A), and

‘‘(ii) of any quiver or broadhead suitable for use

with an arrow described in paragraph (2),

a tax equal to 11 percent of the price for which so sold.’’.

(b) ARROWS.—Subsection (b) of section 4161 (relating to bows

and arrows, etc.) is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as

paragraph (4) and inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

‘‘(3) ARROWS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on the

sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of any

arrow, a tax equal to 12 percent of the price for which

so sold.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—In the case of any arrow of which

the shaft or any other component has been previously

taxed under paragraph (1) or (2)— ‘‘(i) section 6416(b)(3) shall not apply, and

‘‘(ii) the tax imposed by subparagraph (A) shall

be an amount equal to the excess (if any) of— ‘‘(I) the amount of tax imposed by this paragraph (determined without regard to this subparagraph), over
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‘‘(II) the amount of tax paid with respect to

the tax imposed under paragraph (1) or (2) on

such shaft or component.

‘‘(C) ARROW.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term

‘arrow’ means any shaft described in paragraph (2) to which

additional components are attached.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 4161(b)(2) is

amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(other than broadheads)’’ after ‘‘point’’,

and

(2) by striking ‘‘ARROWS.—’’ in the heading and inserting

‘‘ARROW COMPONENTS.—’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to articles sold by the manufacturer, producer, or

importer after the date which is 30 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 333. REDUCTION OF EXCISE TAX ON FISHING TACKLE BOXES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4161 (relating to

sport fishing equipment) is amended by redesignating paragraph

(3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(3) 3 PERCENT RATE OF TAX FOR TACKLE BOXES.—In the

case of fishing tackle boxes, paragraph (1) shall be applied

by substituting ‘3 percent’ for ‘10 percent’.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made this section shall

apply to articles sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer

after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 334. SONAR DEVICES SUITABLE FOR FINDING FISH.

(a) NOT TREATED AS SPORT FISHING EQUIPMENT.—Subsection

(a) of section 4162 (relating to sport fishing equipment defined)

is amended by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (8), by

striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting a period,

and by striking paragraph (10).

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4162 is amended by

striking subsection (b) and by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made this section shall

apply to articles sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer

after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 335. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN

EXPENSES INCURRED IN SUPPORT OF NATIVE ALASKAN

SUBSISTENCE WHALING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 170 (relating to charitable, etc., contributions and gifts), as amended by this Act, is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection: ‘‘(n) EXPENSES PAID BY CERTAIN WHALING CAPTAINS IN SUPPORT

OF NATIVE ALASKAN SUBSISTENCE WHALING.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual who is

recognized by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission as a

whaling captain charged with the responsibility of maintaining

and carrying out sanctioned whaling activities and who engages

in such activities during the taxable year, the amount described

in paragraph (2) (to the extent such amount does not exceed
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$10,000 for the taxable year) shall be treated for purposes

of this section as a charitable contribution.

‘‘(2) AMOUNT DESCRIBED.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount described in this paragraph is the aggregate of the reasonable and necessary

whaling expenses paid by the taxpayer during the taxable

year in carrying out sanctioned whaling activities.

‘‘(B) WHALING EXPENSES.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘whaling expenses’ includes expenses

for—

‘‘(i) the acquisition and maintenance of whaling

boats, weapons, and gear used in sanctioned whaling

activities,

‘‘(ii) the supplying of food for the crew and other

provisions for carrying out such activities, and

‘‘(iii) storage and distribution of the catch from

such activities.

‘‘(3) SANCTIONED WHALING ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of this

subsection, the term ‘sanctioned whaling activities’ means

subsistence bowhead whale hunting activities conducted pursuant to the management plan of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling

Commission.

‘‘(4) SUBSTANTIATION OF EXPENSES.—The Secretary shall

issue guidance requiring that the taxpayer substantiate the

whaling expenses for which a deduction is claimed under this

subsection, including by maintaining appropriate written

records with respect to the time, place, date, amount, and

nature of the expense, as well as the taxpayer’s eligibility

for such deduction, and that (to the extent provided by the

Secretary) such substantiation be provided as part of the taxpayer’s return of tax.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection

(a) shall apply to contributions made after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 336. MODIFICATION OF DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE FOR AIRCRAFT.

(a) AIRCRAFT TREATED AS QUALIFIED PROPERTY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 168(k) is

amended by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (F) as

subparagraphs (D) through (G), respectively, and by inserting

after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(C) CERTAIN AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘qualified property’

includes property—

‘‘(i) which meets the requirements of clauses (ii)

and (iii) of subparagraph (A), ‘‘(ii) which is an aircraft which is not a transportation property (as defined in subparagraph (B)(iii))

other than for agricultural or firefighting purposes, ‘‘(iii) which is purchased and on which such purchaser, at the time of the contract for purchase, has

made a nonrefundable deposit of the lesser of— ‘‘(I) 10 percent of the cost, or

‘‘(II) $100,000, and ‘‘(iv) which has— ‘‘(I) an estimated production period exceeding

4 months, and ‘‘(II) a cost exceeding $200,000.’’.
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(2) PLACED IN SERVICE DATE.—Clause (iv) of section

168(k)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and

inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 168(k)(2)(B) is amended by adding at the end

the following new clause:

‘‘(iv) APPLICATION OF SUBPARAGRAPH.—This

subparagraph shall not apply to any property which

is described in subparagraph (C).’’.

(2) Section 168(k)(4)(A)(ii) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(D)’’.

(3) Section 168(k)(4)(B)(iii) is amended by inserting ‘‘and

paragraph (2)(C)’’ after ‘‘of this paragraph)’’.

(4) Section 168(k)(4)(C) is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B), (C),

and (E)’’.

(5) Section 168(k)(4)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘Paragraph

(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraph (2)(F)’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section

101 of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002.

SEC. 337. MODIFICATION OF PLACED IN SERVICE RULE FOR BONUS

DEPRECIATION PROPERTY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subclause (II) of section 168(k)(2)(E)(iii)

(relating to syndication), as amended by the Working Families

Tax Relief Act of 2004 and as redesignated by this Act, is amended

by inserting before the comma at the end the following: ‘‘(or, in

the case of multiple units of property subject to the same lease,

within 3 months after the date the final unit is placed in service,

so long as the period between the time the first unit is placed

in service and the time the last unit is placed in service does

not exceed 12 months)’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to property sold after June 4, 2004.

SEC. 338. EXPENSING OF CAPITAL COSTS INCURRED IN COMPLYING

WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SULFUR

REGULATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 (relating

to itemized deductions for individuals and corporations) is amended

by inserting after section 179A the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 179B. DEDUCTION FOR CAPITAL COSTS INCURRED IN COMPLYING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SULFUR REGULATIONS.

‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—In the case of a small business refiner (as defined in section 45H(c)(1)) which elects the

application of this section, there shall be allowed as a deduction

an amount equal to 75 percent of qualified capital costs (as defined

in section 45H(c)(2)) which are paid or incurred by the taxpayer

during the taxable year. ‘‘(b) REDUCED PERCENTAGE.—In the case of a small business

refiner with average daily domestic refinery runs for the 1-year

period ending on December 31, 2002, in excess of 155,000 barrels,

the number of percentage points described in subsection (a) shall

be reduced (not below zero) by the product of such number (before
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the application of this subsection) and the ratio of such excess

to 50,000 barrels.

‘‘(c) BASIS REDUCTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title, the basis of

any property shall be reduced by the portion of the cost of

such property taken into account under subsection (a).

‘‘(2) ORDINARY INCOME RECAPTURE.—For purposes of section

1245, the amount of the deduction allowable under subsection

(a) with respect to any property which is of a character subject

to the allowance for depreciation shall be treated as a deduction

allowed for depreciation under section 167.’’.

‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVISIONS.—Section 280B

shall not apply to amounts which are treated as expenses under

this section.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 263(a)(1), as amended by this Act, is amended

by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (G), by striking

the period at the end of subparagraph (H) and inserting ‘‘,

or’’, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(I) expenditures for which a deduction is allowed

under section 179B.’’. (2) Section 263A(c)(3) is amended by inserting ‘‘179B,’’ after

‘‘section’’.

(3) Section 312(k)(3)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘or 179A’’

each place it appears in the heading and text and inserting

‘‘179A, or 179B’’.

(4) Section 1016(a) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

end of paragraph (28), by striking the period at the end of

paragraph (29) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after

paragraph (29) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(30) to the extent provided in section 179B(c).’’.

(5) Paragraphs (2)(C) and (3)(C) of section 1245(a) are

each amended by inserting ‘‘179B,’’ after ‘‘179A,’’.

(6) The table of sections for part VI of subchapter B of

chapter 1, as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting

after the item relating to section 179A the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 179B. Deduction for capital costs incurred in complying with Environmental Protection Agency sulfur regulations.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to expenses paid or incurred after December 31, 2002,

in taxable years ending after such date.

SEC. 339. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION OF LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of

chapter 1 (relating to business-related credits), as amended by

this Act, is amended by inserting after section 45G the following

new section:

‘‘SEC. 45H. CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION OF LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, the amount of

the low sulfur diesel fuel production credit determined under this

section with respect to any facility of a small business refiner

is an amount equal to 5 cents for each gallon of low sulfur diesel

fuel produced during the taxable year by such small business refiner

at such facility.

‘‘(b) MAXIMUM CREDIT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The aggregate credit determined under

subsection (a) for any taxable year with respect to any facility

shall not exceed—

‘‘(A) 25 percent of the qualified capital costs incurred

by the small business refiner with respect to such facility,

reduced by

‘‘(B) the aggregate credits determined under this section for all prior taxable years with respect to such facility.

‘‘(2) REDUCED PERCENTAGE.—In the case of a small business

refiner with average daily domestic refinery runs for the 1-

year period ending on December 31, 2002, in excess of 155,000

barrels, the number of percentage points described in paragraph

(1) shall be reduced (not below zero) by the product of such

number (before the application of this paragraph) and the ratio

of such excess to 50,000 barrels.

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of this

section—

‘‘(1) SMALL BUSINESS REFINER.—The term ‘small business

refiner’ means, with respect to any taxable year, a refiner

of crude oil—‘‘(A) with respect to which not more than 1,500 individuals are engaged in the refinery operations of the business

on any day during such taxable year, and

‘‘(B) the average daily domestic refinery run or average

retained production of which for all facilities of the taxpayer

for the 1-year period ending on December 31, 2002, did

not exceed 205,000 barrels.

‘‘(2) QUALIFIED CAPITAL COSTS.—The term ‘qualified capital

costs’ means, with respect to any facility, those costs paid

or incurred during the applicable period for compliance with

the applicable EPA regulations with respect to such facility,

including expenditures for the construction of new process operation units or the dismantling and reconstruction of existing

process units to be used in the production of low sulfur diesel

fuel, associated adjacent or offsite equipment (including tankage, catalyst, and power supply), engineering, construction

period interest, and sitework.

‘‘(3) APPLICABLE EPA REGULATIONS.—The term ‘applicable

EPA regulations’ means the Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency. ‘‘(4) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘applicable period’

means, with respect to any facility, the period beginning on

January 1, 2003, and ending on the earlier of the date which

is 1 year after the date on which the taxpayer must comply

with the applicable EPA regulations with respect to such facility

or December 31, 2009. ‘‘(5) LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL.—The term ‘low sulfur diesel

fuel’ means diesel fuel with a sulfur content of 15 parts per

million or less.

‘‘(d) REDUCTION IN BASIS.—For purposes of this subtitle, if

a credit is determined under this section for any expenditure with

respect to any property, the increase in basis of such property

which would (but for this subsection) result from such expenditure

shall be reduced by the amount of the credit so determined. ‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINATION OF REFINERY RUNS.— For purposes this section and section 179B(b), in the calculation

of average daily domestic refinery run or retained production, only
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refineries which on April 1, 2003, were refineries of the refiner

or a related person (within the meaning of section 613A(d)(3)),

shall be taken into account.

‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION.—

‘‘(1) REQUIRED.—No credit shall be allowed unless, not later

than the date which is 30 months after the first day of the

first taxable year in which the low sulfur diesel fuel production

credit is determined with respect to a facility, the small business refiner obtains certification from the Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, that the taxpayer’s qualified capital costs with

respect to such facility will result in compliance with the

applicable EPA regulations.

‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—An application for certification shall include relevant information regarding unit capacities and operating characteristics sufficient for the Secretary,

after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency, to determine that such qualified capital

costs are necessary for compliance with the applicable EPA

regulations.

‘‘(3) REVIEW PERIOD.—Any application shall be reviewed

and notice of certification, if applicable, shall be made within

60 days of receipt of such application. In the event the Secretary

does not notify the taxpayer of the results of such certification

within such period, the taxpayer may presume the certification

to be issued until so notified.

‘‘(4) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—With respect to the credit

allowed under this section—

‘‘(A) the statutory period for the assessment of any

deficiency attributable to such credit shall not expire before

the end of the 3-year period ending on the date that the

review period described in paragraph (3) ends with respect

to the taxpayer, and

‘‘(B) such deficiency may be assessed before the expiration of such 3-year period notwithstanding the provisions

of any other law or rule of law which would otherwise

prevent such assessment.

‘‘(g) COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS.— ‘‘(1) APPORTIONMENT OF CREDIT.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a cooperative

organization described in section 1381(a), any portion of

the credit determined under subsection (a) for the taxable

year may, at the election of the organization, be apportioned

among patrons eligible to share in patronage dividends

on the basis of the quantity or value of business done

with or for such patrons for the taxable year. ‘‘(B) FORM AND EFFECT OF ELECTION.—An election

under subparagraph (A) for any taxable year shall be made

on a timely filed return for such year. Such election, once

made, shall be irrevocable for such taxable year.

‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PATRONS.— ‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS.—The amount of the credit not

apportioned to patrons pursuant to paragraph (1) shall

be included in the amount determined under subsection

(a) for the taxable year of the organization. ‘‘(B) PATRONS.—The amount of the credit apportioned

to patrons pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be included
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in the amount determined under subsection (a) for the

first taxable year of each patron ending on or after the

last day of the payment period (as defined in section

1382(d)) for the taxable year of the organization or, if

earlier, for the taxable year of each patron ending on or

after the date on which the patron receives notice from

the cooperative of the apportionment.

‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—If the amount of a credit which has

been apportioned to any patron under this subsection is

decreased for any reason—

‘‘(A) such amount shall not increase the tax imposed

on such patron, and

‘‘(B) the tax imposed by this chapter on such organization shall be increased by such amount.

The increase under subparagraph (B) shall not be treated as

tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the

amount of any credit under this chapter or for purposes of

section 55.’’.

(b) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 (relating to general business credit), as

amended by this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end

of paragraph (16), by striking the period at the end of paragraph

(17) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by inserting after paragraph (17)

the following new paragraph:

‘‘(18) the low sulfur diesel fuel production credit determined

under section 45H(a).’’.

(c) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Section 280C (relating to

certain expenses for which credits are allowable) is amended by

adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL PRODUCTION CREDIT.—No deduction shall be allowed for that portion of the expenses otherwise

allowable as a deduction for the taxable year which is equal to

the amount of the credit determined for the taxable year under

section 45H(a).’’.

(d) BASIS ADJUSTMENT.—Section 1016(a) (relating to adjustments to basis), as amended by this Act, is amended by striking

‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (29), by striking the period at the

end of paragraph (30) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after

paragraph (30) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(31) in the case of a facility with respect to which a

credit was allowed under section 45H, to the extent provided

in section 45H(d).’’.

(e) DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN UNUSED BUSINESS CREDITS.—Section 196(c) (defining qualified business credits), as amended by

this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

(10), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and

inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding after paragraph (11) the following

new paragraph:

‘‘(12) the low sulfur diesel fuel production credit determined

under section 45H(a).’’.

(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart

D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1, as amended by this

Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section

45G the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 45H. Credit for production of low sulfur diesel fuel.’’.
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to expenses paid or incurred after December 31, 2002,

in taxable years ending after such date.

SEC. 340. EXPANSION OF QUALIFIED SMALL-ISSUE BOND PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 144(a)(4) (relating to $10,000,000

limit in certain cases) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subparagraph:

‘‘(G) ADDITIONAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES NOT TAKEN

INTO ACCOUNT.—With respect to bonds issued after September 30, 2009, in addition to any capital expenditure

described in subparagraph (C), capital expenditures of not

to exceed $10,000,000 shall not be taken into account for

purposes of applying subparagraph (A)(ii).’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (F) of section

144(a)(4) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This subparagraph shall not apply to bonds issued after

September 30, 2009.’’.

SEC. 341. OIL AND GAS FROM MARGINAL WELLS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of

chapter 1 (relating to business credits), as amended by this Act,

is amended by inserting after section 45H the following:

‘‘SEC. 45I. CREDIT FOR PRODUCING OIL AND GAS FROM MARGINAL

WELLS.

‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, the marginal

well production credit for any taxable year is an amount equal

to the product of—

‘‘(1) the credit amount, and

‘‘(2) the qualified credit oil production and the qualified

natural gas production which is attributable to the taxpayer.

‘‘(b) CREDIT AMOUNT.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The credit amount is—

‘‘(A) $3 per barrel of qualified crude oil production,

and

‘‘(B) 50 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of qualified natural

gas production.

‘‘(2) REDUCTION AS OIL AND GAS PRICES INCREASE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The $3 and 50 cents amounts under

paragraph (1) shall each be reduced (but not below zero)

by an amount which bears the same ratio to such amount

(determined without regard to this paragraph) as—

‘‘(i) the excess (if any) of the applicable reference

price over $15 ($1.67 for qualified natural gas production), bears to ‘‘(ii) $3 ($0.33 for qualified natural gas production).

The applicable reference price for a taxable year is the

reference price of the calendar year preceding the calendar

year in which the taxable year begins. ‘‘(B) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2005, each

of the dollar amounts contained in subparagraph (A) shall

be increased to an amount equal to such dollar amount

multiplied by the inflation adjustment factor for such calendar year (determined under section 43(b)(3)(B) by substituting ‘2004’ for ‘1990’).
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‘‘(C) REFERENCE PRICE.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘reference price’ means, with respect to

any calendar year—

‘‘(i) in the case of qualified crude oil production,

the reference price determined under section

29(d)(2)(C), and

‘‘(ii) in the case of qualified natural gas production,

the Secretary’s estimate of the annual average wellhead price per 1,000 cubic feet for all domestic natural

gas.

‘‘(c) QUALIFIED CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION.—

For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘qualified crude oil production’

and ‘qualified natural gas production’ mean domestic crude

oil or natural gas which is produced from a qualified marginal

well.

‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION WHICH MAY

QUALIFY.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Crude oil or natural gas produced

during any taxable year from any well shall not be treated

as qualified crude oil production or qualified natural gas

production to the extent production from the well during

the taxable year exceeds 1,095 barrels or barrel-of-oil

equivalents (as defined in section 29(d)(5)).

‘‘(B) PROPORTIONATE REDUCTIONS.—

‘‘(i) SHORT TAXABLE YEARS.—In the case of a short

taxable year, the limitations under this paragraph

shall be proportionately reduced to reflect the ratio

which the number of days in such taxable year bears

to 365.

‘‘(ii) WELLS NOT IN PRODUCTION ENTIRE YEAR.—

In the case of a well which is not capable of production

during each day of a taxable year, the limitations

under this paragraph applicable to the well shall be

proportionately reduced to reflect the ratio which the

number of days of production bears to the total number

of days in the taxable year.

‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—

‘‘(A) QUALIFIED MARGINAL WELL.—The term ‘qualified

marginal well’ means a domestic well—

‘‘(i) the production from which during the taxable

year is treated as marginal production under section

613A(c)(6), or

‘‘(ii) which, during the taxable year—

‘‘(I) has average daily production of not more

than 25 barrel-of-oil equivalents (as so defined),

and

‘‘(II) produces water at a rate not less than

95 percent of total well effluent.

‘‘(B) CRUDE OIL, ETC.—The terms ‘crude oil’, ‘natural

gas’, ‘domestic’, and ‘barrel’ have the meanings given such

terms by section 613A(e).

‘‘(d) OTHER RULES.—

‘‘(1) PRODUCTION ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TAXPAYER.—In the

case of a qualified marginal well in which there is more than

one owner of operating interests in the well and the crude
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oil or natural gas production exceeds the limitation under subsection (c)(2), qualifying crude oil production or qualifying natural gas production attributable to the taxpayer shall be determined on the basis of the ratio which taxpayer’s revenue

interest in the production bears to the aggregate of the revenue

interests of all operating interest owners in the production.

‘‘(2) OPERATING INTEREST REQUIRED.—Any credit under this

section may be claimed only on production which is attributable

to the holder of an operating interest.

‘‘(3) PRODUCTION FROM NONCONVENTIONAL SOURCES

EXCLUDED.—In the case of production from a qualified marginal

well which is eligible for the credit allowed under section 29

for the taxable year, no credit shall be allowable under this

section unless the taxpayer elects not to claim the credit under

section 29 with respect to the well.’’.

(b) CREDIT TREATED AS BUSINESS CREDIT.—Section 38(b), as

amended by this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end

of paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end of paragraph

(18) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by inserting after paragraph (18)

the following:

‘‘(19) the marginal oil and gas well production credit determined under section 45I(a).’’.

(c) CARRYBACK.—Subsection (a) of section 39 (relating to

carryback and carryforward of unused credits generally) is amended

by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(3) 5-YEAR CARRYBACK FOR MARGINAL OIL AND GAS WELL

PRODUCTION CREDIT.—Notwithstanding subsection (d), in the

case of the marginal oil and gas well production credit—

‘‘(A) this section shall be applied separately from the

business credit (other than the marginal oil and gas well

production credit),

‘‘(B) paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting

‘5 taxable years’ for ‘1 taxable years’ in subparagraph (A)

thereof, and

‘‘(C) paragraph (2) shall be applied—

‘‘(i) by substituting ‘25 taxable years’ for ‘21 taxable

years’ in subparagraph (A) thereof, and

‘‘(ii) by substituting ‘24 taxable years’ for ‘20 taxable years’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.’’.

(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart

D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1, as amended by this

Act, is amended by inserting after section 45H the following:

‘‘Sec. 45I. Credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells.’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to production in taxable years beginning after December

31, 2004.
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TITLE IV—TAX REFORM AND SIMPLIFICATION FOR UNITED STATES

BUSINESSES

SEC. 401. INTEREST EXPENSE ALLOCATION RULES.

(a) ELECTION TO ALLOCATE ON WORLDWIDE BASIS.—Section

864 is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g)

and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) ELECTION TO ALLOCATE INTEREST, ETC. ON WORLDWIDE

BASIS.—For purposes of this subchapter, at the election of the

worldwide affiliated group— ‘‘(1) ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF INTEREST

EXPENSE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The taxable income of each domestic

corporation which is a member of a worldwide affiliated

group shall be determined by allocating and apportioning

interest expense of each member as if all members of

such group were a single corporation.

‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF WORLDWIDE AFFILIATED GROUP.— The taxable income of the domestic members of a worldwide

affiliated group from sources outside the United States

shall be determined by allocating and apportioning the

interest expense of such domestic members to such income

in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of—

‘‘(i) the total interest expense of the worldwide

affiliated group multiplied by the ratio which the foreign assets of the worldwide affiliated group bears

to all the assets of the worldwide affiliated group,

over

‘‘(ii) the interest expense of all foreign corporations

which are members of the worldwide affiliated group

to the extent such interest expense of such foreign

corporations would have been allocated and apportioned to foreign source income if this subsection were

applied to a group consisting of all the foreign corporations in such worldwide affiliated group.

‘‘(C) WORLDWIDE AFFILIATED GROUP.—For purposes of

this paragraph, the term ‘worldwide affiliated group’ means

a group consisting of—

‘‘(i) the includible members of an affiliated group

(as defined in section 1504(a), determined without

regard to paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 1504(b)),

and ‘‘(ii) all controlled foreign corporations in which

such members in the aggregate meet the ownership

requirements of section 1504(a)(2) either directly or

indirectly through applying paragraph (2) of section

958(a) or through applying rules similar to the rules

of such paragraph to stock owned directly or indirectly

by domestic partnerships, trusts, or estates. ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF OTHER

EXPENSES.—Expenses other than interest which are not directly

allocable or apportioned to any specific income producing

activity shall be allocated and apportioned as if all members

of the affiliated group were a single corporation. For purposes
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of the preceding sentence, the term ‘affiliated group’ has the

meaning given such term by section 1504 (determined without

regard to paragraph (4) of section 1504(b)).

‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF TAX-EXEMPT ASSETS; BASIS OF STOCK

IN NONAFFILIATED 10-PERCENT OWNED CORPORATIONS.—The

rules of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (e) shall apply

for purposes of this subsection, except that paragraph (4) shall

be applied on a worldwide affiliated group basis.

‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (1), any

corporation described in subparagraph (B) shall be treated

as an includible corporation for purposes of section 1504

only for purposes of applying this subsection separately

to corporations so described.

‘‘(B) DESCRIPTION.—A corporation is described in this

subparagraph if—

‘‘(i) such corporation is a financial institution

described in section 581 or 591,

‘‘(ii) the business of such financial institution is

predominantly with persons other than related persons

(within the meaning of subsection (d)(4)) or their customers, and

‘‘(iii) such financial institution is required by State

or Federal law to be operated separately from any

other entity which is not such an institution.

‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF BANK AND FINANCIAL HOLDING

COMPANIES.—To the extent provided in regulations—

‘‘(i) a bank holding company (within the meaning

of section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of

1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(a)),

‘‘(ii) a financial holding company (within the

meaning of section 2(p) of the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(p)), and

‘‘(iii) any subsidiary of a financial institution

described in section 581 or 591, or of any such bank

or financial holding company, if such subsidiary is

predominantly engaged (directly or indirectly) in the

active conduct of a banking, financing, or similar business,

shall be treated as a corporation described in subparagraph

(B).

‘‘(5) ELECTION TO EXPAND FINANCIAL INSTITUTION GROUP

OF WORLDWIDE GROUP.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a worldwide affiliated group elects

the application of this subsection, all financial corporations

which—

‘‘(i) are members of such worldwide affiliated

group, but

‘‘(ii) are not corporations described in paragraph

(4)(B),

shall be treated as described in paragraph (4)(B) for purposes of applying paragraph (4)(A). This subsection (other

than this paragraph) shall apply to any such group in

the same manner as this subsection (other than this paragraph) applies to the pre-election worldwide affiliated group

of which such group is a part.
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‘‘(B) FINANCIAL CORPORATION.—For purposes of this

paragraph, the term ‘financial corporation’ means any corporation if at least 80 percent of its gross income is income

described in section 904(d)(2)(D)(ii) and the regulations

thereunder which is derived from transactions with persons

who are not related (within the meaning of section 267(b)

or 707(b)(1)) to the corporation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, there shall be disregarded any item of

income or gain from a transaction or series of transactions

a principal purpose of which is the qualification of any

corporation as a financial corporation.

‘‘(C) ANTI-ABUSE RULES.—In the case of a corporation

which is a member of an electing financial institution

group, to the extent that such corporation—

‘‘(i) distributes dividends or makes other distributions with respect to its stock after the date of the

enactment of this paragraph to any member of the

pre-election worldwide affiliated group (other than to

a member of the electing financial institution group)

in excess of the greater of—

‘‘(I) its average annual dividend (expressed as

a percentage of current earnings and profits)

during the 5-taxable-year period ending with the

taxable year preceding the taxable year, or

‘‘(II) 25 percent of its average annual earnings

and profits for such 5-taxable-year period, or

‘‘(ii) deals with any person in any manner not

clearly reflecting the income of the corporation (as

determined under principles similar to the principles

of section 482),

an amount of indebtedness of the electing financial institution group equal to the excess distribution or the understatement or overstatement of income, as the case may

be, shall be recharacterized (for the taxable year and subsequent taxable years) for purposes of this paragraph as

indebtedness of the worldwide affiliated group (excluding

the electing financial institution group). If a corporation

has not been in existence for 5 taxable years, this subparagraph shall be applied with respect to the period it was

in existence.

‘‘(D) ELECTION.—An election under this paragraph with

respect to any financial institution group may be made

only by the common parent of the pre-election worldwide

affiliated group and may be made only for the first taxable

year beginning after December 31, 2008, in which such

affiliated group includes 1 or more financial corporations.

Such an election, once made, shall apply to all financial

corporations which are members of the electing financial

institution group for such taxable year and all subsequent

years unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary.

‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO GROUPS.—For purposes

of this paragraph—

‘‘(i) PRE-ELECTION WORLDWIDE AFFILIATED

GROUP.—The term ‘pre-election worldwide affiliated

group’ means, with respect to a corporation, the worldwide affiliated group of which such corporation would
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(but for an election under this paragraph) be a member

for purposes of applying paragraph (1).

‘‘(ii) ELECTING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION GROUP.—

The term ‘electing financial institution group’ means

the group of corporations to which this subsection

applies separately by reason of the application of paragraph (4)(A) and which includes financial corporations

by reason of an election under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(F) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this subsection, including regulations—

‘‘(i) providing for the direct allocation of interest

expense in other circumstances where such allocation

would be appropriate to carry out the purposes of

this subsection,

‘‘(ii) preventing assets or interest expense from

being taken into account more than once, and

‘‘(iii) dealing with changes in members of any group

(through acquisitions or otherwise) treated under this

paragraph as an affiliated group for purposes of this

subsection.

‘‘(6) ELECTION.—An election to have this subsection apply

with respect to any worldwide affiliated group may be made

only by the common parent of the domestic affiliated group

referred to in paragraph (1)(C) and may be made only for

the first taxable year beginning after December 31, 2008, in

which a worldwide affiliated group exists which includes such

affiliated group and at least 1 foreign corporation. Such an

election, once made, shall apply to such common parent and

all other corporations which are members of such worldwide

affiliated group for such taxable year and all subsequent years

unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary.’’.

(b) EXPANSION OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Paragraph (7) of

section 864(e) is amended—

(1) by inserting before the comma at the end of subparagraph (B) ‘‘and in other circumstances where such allocation

would be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection’’, and

(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (E), by

redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G), and by

inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(F) preventing assets or interest expense from being

taken into account more than once, and’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.

SEC. 402. RECHARACTERIZATION OF OVERALL DOMESTIC LOSS.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 904 is amended by redesignating

subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) as subsections (h), (i), (j), (k),

and (l) respectively, and by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: ‘‘(g) RECHARACTERIZATION OF OVERALL DOMESTIC LOSS.— ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of this subpart and

section 936, in the case of any taxpayer who sustains an overall

domestic loss for any taxable year beginning after December

31, 2006, that portion of the taxpayer’s taxable income from
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sources within the United States for each succeeding taxable

year which is equal to the lesser of—

‘‘(A) the amount of such loss (to the extent not used

under this paragraph in prior taxable years), or

‘‘(B) 50 percent of the taxpayer’s taxable income from

sources within the United States for such succeeding taxable year,

shall be treated as income from sources without the United

States (and not as income from sources within the United

States).

‘‘(2) OVERALL DOMESTIC LOSS DEFINED.—For purposes of

this subsection—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘overall domestic loss’

means any domestic loss to the extent such loss offsets

taxable income from sources without the United States

for the taxable year or for any preceding taxable year

by reason of a carryback. For purposes of the preceding

sentence, the term ‘domestic loss’ means the amount by

which the gross income for the taxable year from sources

within the United States is exceeded by the sum of the

deductions properly apportioned or allocated thereto (determined without regard to any carryback from a subsequent

taxable year).

‘‘(B) TAXPAYER MUST HAVE ELECTED FOREIGN TAX

CREDIT FOR YEAR OF LOSS.—The term ‘overall domestic

loss’ shall not include any loss for any taxable year unless

the taxpayer chose the benefits of this subpart for such

taxable year.

‘‘(3) CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSEQUENT INCOME.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any income from sources within

the United States that is treated as income from sources

without the United States under paragraph (1) shall be

allocated among and increase the income categories in

proportion to the loss from sources within the United States

previously allocated to those income categories.

‘‘(B) INCOME CATEGORY.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘income category’ has the meaning given

such term by subsection (f)(5)(E)(i).

‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (f).—The Secretary

shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to coordinate the provisions of this subsection with the provisions of

subsection (f).’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 535(d)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘section

904(g)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 904(h)(6)’’.

(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 936(a)(2) is amended by

striking ‘‘section 904(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (f) and (g)

of section 904’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to losses for taxable years beginning after December

31, 2006.

SEC. 403. LOOK-THRU RULES TO APPLY TO DIVIDENDS FROM NONCONTROLLED SECTION 902 CORPORATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 904(d)(4) (relating to look-thru rules

apply to dividends from noncontrolled section 902 corporations)

is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(4) LOOK-THRU APPLIES TO DIVIDENDS FROM NONCONTROLLED SECTION 902 CORPORATIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, any

dividend from a noncontrolled section 902 corporation with

respect to the taxpayer shall be treated as income described

in a subparagraph of paragraph (1) in proportion to the

ratio of—

‘‘(i) the portion of earnings and profits attributable

to income described in such subparagraph, to

‘‘(ii) the total amount of earnings and profits.

‘‘(B) EARNINGS AND PROFITS OF CONTROLLED FOREIGN

CORPORATIONS.—In the case of any distribution from a

controlled foreign corporation to a United States shareholder, rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (A) shall

apply in determining the extent to which earnings and

profits of the controlled foreign corporation which are

attributable to dividends received from a noncontrolled section 902 corporation may be treated as income in a separate

category.

‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this paragraph— ‘‘(i) EARNINGS AND PROFITS.— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The rules of section 316

shall apply.

‘‘(II) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe regulations regarding the treatment of distributions out of earnings and profits for periods

before the taxpayer’s acquisition of the stock to

which the distributions relate.

‘‘(ii) INADEQUATE SUBSTANTIATION.—If the Secretary determines that the proper subparagraph of

paragraph (1) in which a dividend is described has

not been substantiated, such dividend shall be treated

as income described in paragraph (1)(A).

‘‘(iii) COORDINATION WITH HIGH-TAXED INCOME

PROVISIONS.—Rules similar to the rules of paragraph

(3)(F) shall apply for purposes of this paragraph.

‘‘(iv) LOOK-THRU WITH RESPECT TO CARRYOVER OF

CREDIT.—Rules similar to subparagraph (A) also shall

apply to any carryforward under subsection (c) from

a taxable year beginning before January 1, 2003, of

tax allocable to a dividend from a noncontrolled section

902 corporation with respect to the taxpayer. The Secretary may by regulations provide for the allocation

of any carryback of tax allocable to a dividend from

a noncontrolled section 902 corporation from a taxable

year beginning on or after January 1, 2003, to a taxable

year beginning before such date for purposes of allocating such dividend among the separate categories

in effect for the taxable year to which carried.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Subparagraph (E) of section 904(d)(1) is hereby repealed.

(2) Section 904(d)(2)(C)(iii) is amended by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (I), by striking subclause (II), and

by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (II).

(3) The last sentence of section 904(d)(2)(D) is amended

to read as follows: ‘‘Such term does not include any financial

services income.’’.
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(4) Section 904(d)(2)(E) is amended—

(A) by inserting ‘‘or (4)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ in clause

(i), and

(B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iv) and by redesignating

clause (iii) as clause (ii).

(5) Section 904(d)(3)(F) is amended by striking ‘‘(D), or

(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (D)’’.

(6) Section 864(d)(5)(A)(i) is amended by striking

‘‘(C)(iii)(III)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)(iii)(II)’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2002.

SEC. 404. REDUCTION TO 2 FOREIGN TAX CREDIT BASKETS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 904(d) (relating to

separate application of section with respect to certain categories

of income) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of subsections (a), (b),

and (c) and sections 902, 907, and 960 shall be applied separately with respect to—

‘‘(A) passive category income, and

‘‘(B) general category income.’’.

(b) CATEGORIES.—Paragraph (2) of section 904(d) is amended

by striking subparagraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph (A)

as subparagraph (B), and by inserting before subparagraph (B)

(as so redesignated) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(A) CATEGORIES.—

‘‘(i) PASSIVE CATEGORY INCOME.—The term ‘passive

category income’ means passive income and specified

passive category income.

‘‘(ii) GENERAL CATEGORY INCOME.—The term ‘general category income’ means income other than passive

category income.’’.

(c) SPECIFIED PASSIVE CATEGORY INCOME.—Subparagraph (B)

of section 904(d)(2), as so redesignated, is amended by adding

at the end the following new clause:

‘‘(v) SPECIFIED PASSIVE CATEGORY INCOME.—The

term ‘specified passive category income’ means—

‘‘(I) dividends from a DISC or former DISC

(as defined in section 992(a)) to the extent such

dividends are treated as income from sources without the United States,

‘‘(II) taxable income attributable to foreign

trade income (within the meaning of section

923(b)), and

‘‘(III) distributions from a FSC (or a former

FSC) out of earnings and profits attributable to

foreign trade income (within the meaning of section 923(b)) or interest or carrying charges (as

defined in section 927(d)(1)) derived from a transaction which results in foreign trade income (as

defined in section 923(b)).’’.

(d) TREATMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (2) of section 904(d), as amended by section 403(b)(3), is amended by striking

subparagraph (D), by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D), and by inserting before subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated) the following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES INCOME AND

COMPANIES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Financial services income shall

be treated as general category income in the case of—

‘‘(I) a member of a financial services group,

and

‘‘(II) any other person if such person is

predominantly engaged in the active conduct of

a banking, insurance, financing, or similar business.

‘‘(ii) FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP.—The term ‘financial services group’ means any affiliated group (as

defined in section 1504(a) without regard to paragraphs

(2) and (3) of section 1504(b)) which is predominantly

engaged in the active conduct of a banking, insurance,

financing, or similar business. In determining whether

such a group is so engaged, there shall be taken into

account only the income of members of the group that

are—

‘‘(I) United States corporations, or

‘‘(II) controlled foreign corporations in which

such United States corporations own, directly or

indirectly, at least 80 percent of the total voting

power and value of the stock.

‘‘(iii) PASS-THRU ENTITIES.—The Secretary shall by

regulation specify for purposes of this subparagraph

the treatment of financial services income received or

accrued by partnerships and by other pass-thru entities

which are not members of a financial services group.’’.

(e) TREATMENT OF INCOME TAX BASE DIFFERENCES.—Paragraph

(2) of section 904(d) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs

(H) and (I) as subparagraphs (I) and (J), respectively, and by

inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(H) TREATMENT OF INCOME TAX BASE DIFFERENCES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of taxable years

beginning after December 31, 2006, tax imposed under

the law of a foreign country or possession of the United

States on an amount which does not constitute income

under United States tax principles shall be treated

as imposed on income described in paragraph (1)(B).

‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR YEARS BEFORE 2007.—

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case of taxes paid

or accrued in taxable years beginning after

December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2007,

a taxpayer may elect to treat tax imposed under

the law of a foreign country or possession of the

United States on an amount which does not constitute income under United States tax principles

as tax imposed on income described in subparagraph (C) or (I) of paragraph (1).

‘‘(II) ELECTION IRREVOCABLE.—Any such election shall apply to the taxable year for which made

and all subsequent taxable years described in subclause (I) unless revoked with the consent of the

Secretary.’’.

(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) Clause (iii) of section 904(d)(2)(B) (relating to exceptions

from passive income), as so redesignated, is amended by

striking subclause (I) and by redesignating subclauses (II) and

(III) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively.

(2) Clause (i) of section 904(d)(2)(D) (defining financial

services income), as so redesignated, is amended by adding

‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I) and by striking subclauses

(II) and (III) and inserting the following new subclause:

‘‘(II) passive income (determined without

regard to subparagraph (B)(iii)(II)).’’.

(3) Section 904(d)(2)(D) (defining financial services income),

as so redesignated and amended by section 404(b)(3), is

amended by striking clause (iii).

(4) Paragraph (3) of section 904(d) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(3) LOOK-THRU IN CASE OF CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORA- TIONS.—‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in

this paragraph, dividends, interest, rents, and royalties

received or accrued by the taxpayer from a controlled foreign corporation in which the taxpayer is a United States

shareholder shall not be treated as passive category income.

‘‘(B) SUBPART F INCLUSIONS.—Any amount included in

gross income under section 951(a)(1)(A) shall be treated

as passive category income to the extent the amount so

included is attributable to passive category income.

‘‘(C) INTEREST, RENTS, AND ROYALTIES.—Any interest,

rent, or royalty which is received or accrued from a controlled foreign corporation in which the taxpayer is a

United States shareholder shall be treated as passive category income to the extent it is properly allocable (under

regulations prescribed by the Secretary) to passive category

income of the controlled foreign corporation.

‘‘(D) DIVIDENDS.—Any dividend paid out of the earnings

and profits of any controlled foreign corporation in which

the taxpayer is a United States shareholder shall be treated

as passive category income in proportion to the ratio of—

‘‘(i) the portion of the earnings and profits attributable to passive category income, to

‘‘(ii) the total amount of earnings and profits.

‘‘(E) LOOK-THRU APPLIES ONLY WHERE SUBPART F

APPLIES.—If a controlled foreign corporation meets the

requirements of section 954(b)(3)(A) (relating to de minimis

rule) for any taxable year, for purposes of this paragraph,

none of its foreign base company income (as defined in

section 954(a) without regard to section 954(b)(5)) and none

of its gross insurance income (as defined in section

954(b)(3)(C)) for such taxable year shall be treated as passive category income, except that this sentence shall not

apply to any income which (without regard to this sentence)

would be treated as financial services income. Solely for

purposes of applying subparagraph (D), passive income

of a controlled foreign corporation shall not be treated

as passive category income if the requirements of section

954(b)(4) are met with respect to such income. ‘‘(F) COORDINATION WITH HIGH-TAXED INCOME PROVI- SIONS.—
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‘‘(i) In determining whether any income of a controlled foreign corporation is passive category income,

subclause (II) of paragraph (2)(B)(iii) shall not apply.

‘‘(ii) Any income of the taxpayer which is treated

as passive category income under this paragraph shall

be so treated notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (2); except that the determination of whether

any amount is high-taxed income shall be made after

the application of this paragraph.

‘‘(G) DIVIDEND.—For purposes of this paragraph, the

term ‘dividend’ includes any amount included in gross

income in section 951(a)(1)(B). Any amount included in

gross income under section 78 to the extent attributable

to amounts included in gross income in section 951(a)(1)(A)

shall not be treated as a dividend but shall be treated

as included in gross income under section 951(a)(1)(A).

‘‘(H) LOOK-THRU APPLIES TO PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANY INCLUSION.—If—

‘‘(i) a passive foreign investment company is a

controlled foreign corporation, and

‘‘(ii) the taxpayer is a United States shareholder

in such controlled foreign corporation,

any amount included in gross income under section 1293

shall be treated as income in a separate category to the

extent such amount is attributable to income in such category.’’.

(5) Paragraph (2) of section 904(d) is amended by adding

at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(K) TRANSITIONAL RULES FOR 2007 CHANGES.—For purposes of paragraph (1)—

‘‘(i) taxes carried from any taxable year beginning

before January 1, 2007, to any taxable year beginning

on or after such date, with respect to any item of

income, shall be treated as described in the subparagraph of paragraph (1) in which such income would

be described were such taxes paid or accrued in a

taxable year beginning on or after such date, and

‘‘(ii) the Secretary may by regulations provide for

the allocation of any carryback of taxes with respect

to income from a taxable year beginning on or after

January 1, 2007, to a taxable year beginning before

such date for purposes of allocating such income among

the separate categories in effect for the taxable year

to which carried.’’.

(6) Section 904(j)(3)(A)(i) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection

(d)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)(B)’’.

(g) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006.

(2) TRANSITIONAL RULE RELATING TO INCOME TAX BASE DIFFERENCE.—Section 904(d)(2)(H)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986, as added by subsection (e), shall apply to taxable

years beginning after December 31, 2004.
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SEC. 405. ATTRIBUTION OF STOCK OWNERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS TO APPLY IN DETERMINING SECTION 902 AND 960

CREDITS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 902 is amended

by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and by inserting

after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.—

Stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a partnership

shall be considered as being owned proportionately by its partners. Stock considered to be owned by a person by reason

of the preceding sentence shall, for purposes of applying such

sentence, be treated as actually owned by such person. The

Secretary may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary

to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including rules

to account for special partnership allocations of dividends,

credits, and other incidents of ownership of stock in determining

proportionate ownership.’’.

(b) CLARIFICATION OF COMPARABLE ATTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 901(b)(5).—Paragraph (5) of section 901(b) is amended by

striking ‘‘any individual’’ and inserting ‘‘any person’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxes of foreign corporations for taxable years of

such corporations beginning after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

SEC. 406. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANSFERS

OF INTANGIBLE PROPERTY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 367(d)(2) is

amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For

purposes of applying section 904(d), any such amount shall be

treated in the same manner as if such amount were a royalty.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to amounts treated as received pursuant to section

367(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on or after August

5, 1997.

SEC. 407. UNITED STATES PROPERTY NOT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN

ASSETS OF CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 956(c)(2) (relating to exceptions from

property treated as United States property) is amended by striking

‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (J), by striking the period at

the end of subparagraph (K) and inserting a semicolon, and by

adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:

‘‘(L) securities acquired and held by a controlled foreign

corporation in the ordinary course of its business as a

dealer in securities if— ‘‘(i) the dealer accounts for the securities as securities held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary

course of business, and ‘‘(ii) the dealer disposes of the securities (or such

securities mature while held by the dealer) within

a period consistent with the holding of securities for

sale to customers in the ordinary course of business;

and

‘‘(M) an obligation of a United States person which— ‘‘(i) is not a domestic corporation, and

‘‘(ii) is not—
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‘‘(I) a United States shareholder (as defined

in section 951(b)) of the controlled foreign corporation, or

‘‘(II) a partnership, estate, or trust in which

the controlled foreign corporation, or any related

person (as defined in section 954(d)(3)), is a

partner, beneficiary, or trustee immediately after

the acquisition of any obligation of such partnership, estate, or trust by the controlled foreign corporation.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 956(c)(2) is amended

by striking ‘‘and (K)’’ in the last sentence and inserting ‘‘, (K),

and (L)’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after

December 31, 2004, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.

SEC. 408. TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN TAXES.

(a) ELECTIVE EXCEPTION FOR TAXES PAID OTHER THAN IN FUNCTIONAL CURRENCY.—Paragraph (1) of section 986(a) (relating to

determination of foreign taxes and foreign corporation’s earnings

and profits) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (D) as

subparagraph (E) and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(D) ELECTIVE EXCEPTION FOR TAXES PAID OTHER THAN

IN FUNCTIONAL CURRENCY.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At the election of the taxpayer,

subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any foreign income

taxes the liability for which is denominated in any

currency other than in the taxpayer’s functional currency.

‘‘(ii) APPLICATION TO QUALIFIED BUSINESS UNITS.—

An election under this subparagraph may apply to

foreign income taxes attributable to a qualified business unit in accordance with regulations prescribed

by the Secretary.

‘‘(iii) ELECTION.—Any such election shall apply to

the taxable year for which made and all subsequent

taxable years unless revoked with the consent of the

Secretary.’’.

(b) SPECIAL RULE FOR REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 986(a)(1), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by redesignating subparagraph (E) as

subparagraph (F) and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the

following:

‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—In the case of a regulated investment company

which takes into account income on an accrual basis, subparagraphs (A) through (D) shall not apply and foreign

income taxes paid or accrued with respect to such income

shall be translated into dollars using the exchange rate

as of the date the income accrues.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 986(a)(2) is

amended by inserting ‘‘or (E)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 409. REPEAL OF WITHHOLDING TAX ON DIVIDENDS FROM CERTAIN FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 871(i) (relating to

tax not to apply to certain interest and dividends) is amended

by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(D) Dividends paid by a foreign corporation which

are treated under section 861(a)(2)(B) as income from

sources within the United States.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 410. EQUAL TREATMENT OF INTEREST PAID BY FOREIGN PARTNERSHIPS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 861(a) is amended

by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the

period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and

by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(C) in the case of a foreign partnership, which is

predominantly engaged in the active conduct of a trade

or business outside the United States, any interest not

paid by a trade or business engaged in by the partnership

in the United States and not allocable to income which

is effectively connected (or treated as effectively connected)

with the conduct of a trade or business in the United

States.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.

SEC. 411. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DIVIDENDS OF REGULATED

INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

(a) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DIVIDENDS.— (1) NONRESIDENT ALIEN INDIVIDUALS.—Section 871 (relating

to tax on nonresident alien individuals) is amended by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l) and by inserting after

subsection (j) the following new subsection:

‘‘(k) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN DIVIDENDS OF REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—

‘‘(1) INTEREST-RELATED DIVIDENDS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), no tax shall be imposed under paragraph (1)(A) of

subsection (a) on any interest-related dividend received

from a regulated investment company.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply—

‘‘(i) to any interest-related dividend received from

a regulated investment company by a person to the

extent such dividend is attributable to interest (other

than interest described in subparagraph (E) (i) or (iii))

received by such company on indebtedness issued by

such person or by any corporation or partnership with

respect to which such person is a 10-percent shareholder,

‘‘(ii) to any interest-related dividend with respect

to stock of a regulated investment company unless

the person who would otherwise be required to deduct

and withhold tax from such dividend under chapter
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3 receives a statement (which meets requirements

similar to the requirements of subsection (h)(5)) that

the beneficial owner of such stock is not a United

States person, and

‘‘(iii) to any interest-related dividend paid to any

person within a foreign country (or any interest-related

dividend payment addressed to, or for the account of,

persons within such foreign country) during any period

described in subsection (h)(6) with respect to such

country.

Clause (iii) shall not apply to any dividend with respect

to any stock which was acquired on or before the date

of the publication of the Secretary’s determination under

subsection (h)(6).

‘‘(C) INTEREST-RELATED DIVIDEND.—For purposes of

this paragraph, the term ‘interest-related dividend’ means

any dividend (or part thereof) which is designated by the

regulated investment company as an interest-related dividend in a written notice mailed to its shareholders not

later than 60 days after the close of its taxable year.

If the aggregate amount so designated with respect to

a taxable year of the company (including amounts so designated with respect to dividends paid after the close of

the taxable year described in section 855) is greater than

the qualified net interest income of the company for such

taxable year, the portion of each distribution which shall

be an interest-related dividend shall be only that portion

of the amounts so designated which such qualified net

interest income bears to the aggregate amount so designated. Such term shall not include any dividend with

respect to any taxable year of the company beginning after

December 31, 2007.

‘‘(D) QUALIFIED NET INTEREST INCOME.—For purposes

of subparagraph (C), the term ‘qualified net interest income’

means the qualified interest income of the regulated investment company reduced by the deductions properly allocable

to such income.

‘‘(E) QUALIFIED INTEREST INCOME.—For purposes of

subparagraph (D), the term ‘qualified interest income’

means the sum of the following amounts derived by the

regulated investment company from sources within the

United States:

‘‘(i) Any amount includible in gross income as

original issue discount (within the meaning of section

1273) on an obligation payable 183 days or less from

the date of original issue (without regard to the period

held by the company).

‘‘(ii) Any interest includible in gross income

(including amounts recognized as ordinary income in

respect of original issue discount or market discount

or acquisition discount under part V of subchapter

P and such other amounts as regulations may provide)

on an obligation which is in registered form; except

that this clause shall not apply to—

‘‘(I) any interest on an obligation issued by

a corporation or partnership if the regulated
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investment company is a 10-percent shareholder

in such corporation or partnership, and

‘‘(II) any interest which is treated as not being

portfolio interest under the rules of subsection

(h)(4).

‘‘(iii) Any interest referred to in subsection (i)(2)(A)

(without regard to the trade or business of the regulated investment company).

‘‘(iv) Any interest-related dividend includable in

gross income with respect to stock of another regulated

investment company.

‘‘(F) 10-PERCENT SHAREHOLDER.—For purposes of this

paragraph, the term ‘10-percent shareholder’ has the

meaning given such term by subsection (h)(3)(B).

‘‘(2) SHORT-TERM CAPITAL GAIN DIVIDENDS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), no tax shall be imposed under paragraph (1)(A) of

subsection (a) on any short-term capital gain dividend

received from a regulated investment company. ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR ALIENS TAXABLE UNDER SUB- SECTION (a)(2).—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the

case of any nonresident alien individual subject to tax

under subsection (a)(2).

‘‘(C) SHORT-TERM CAPITAL GAIN DIVIDEND.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘short-term capital gain

dividend’ means any dividend (or part thereof) which is

designated by the regulated investment company as a

short-term capital gain dividend in a written notice mailed

to its shareholders not later than 60 days after the close

of its taxable year. If the aggregate amount so designated

with respect to a taxable year of the company (including

amounts so designated with respect to dividends paid after

the close of the taxable year described in section 855)

is greater than the qualified short-term gain of the company

for such taxable year, the portion of each distribution which

shall be a short-term capital gain dividend shall be only

that portion of the amounts so designated which such qualified short-term gain bears to the aggregate amount so

designated. Such term shall not include any dividend with

respect to any taxable year of the company beginning after

December 31, 2007.

‘‘(D) QUALIFIED SHORT-TERM GAIN.—For purposes of

subparagraph (C), the term ‘qualified short-term gain’

means the excess of the net short-term capital gain of

the regulated investment company for the taxable year

over the net long-term capital loss (if any) of such company

for such taxable year. For purposes of this subparagraph—

‘‘(i) the net short-term capital gain of the regulated

investment company shall be computed by treating

any short-term capital gain dividend includible in gross

income with respect to stock of another regulated

investment company as a short-term capital gain, and

‘‘(ii) the excess of the net short-term capital gain

for a taxable year over the net long-term capital loss

for a taxable year (to which an election under section

4982(e)(4) does not apply) shall be determined without

regard to any net capital loss or net short-term capital
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loss attributable to transactions after October 31 of

such year, and any such net capital loss or net shortterm capital loss shall be treated as arising on the

1st day of the next taxable year.

To the extent provided in regulations, clause (ii) shall apply

also for purposes of computing the taxable income of the

regulated investment company.’’.

(2) FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.—Section 881 (relating to tax

on income of foreign corporations not connected with United

States business) is amended by redesignating subsection (e)

as subsection (f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) TAX NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN DIVIDENDS OF REGULATED

INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—

‘‘(1) INTEREST-RELATED DIVIDENDS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), no tax shall be imposed under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) on any interest-related dividend (as defined

in section 871(k)(1)) received from a regulated investment

company.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply—

‘‘(i) to any dividend referred to in section

871(k)(1)(B), and

‘‘(ii) to any interest-related dividend received by

a controlled foreign corporation (within the meaning

of section 957(a)) to the extent such dividend is attributable to interest received by the regulated investment

company from a person who is a related person (within

the meaning of section 864(d)(4)) with respect to such

controlled foreign corporation.

‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF DIVIDENDS RECEIVED BY CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.—The rules of subsection

(c)(5)(A) shall apply to any (within the meaning of section

957(a)) to the extent such dividend is attributable to

interest received by the regulated investment company

which is described in clause (ii) of section 871(k)(1)(E)

(and not described in clause (i) or (iii) of such section).

‘‘(2) SHORT-TERM CAPITAL GAIN DIVIDENDS.—No tax shall

be imposed under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) on any shortterm capital gain dividend (as defined in section 871(k)(2))

received from a regulated investment company.’’.

(3) WITHHOLDING TAXES.—

(A) Section 1441(c) (relating to exceptions) is amended

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(12) CERTAIN DIVIDENDS RECEIVED FROM REGULATED

INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No tax shall be required to be

deducted and withheld under subsection (a) from any

amount exempt from the tax imposed by section

871(a)(1)(A) by reason of section 871(k).

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of subparagraph (A),

clause (i) of section 871(k)(1)(B) shall not apply to any

dividend unless the regulated investment company knows

that such dividend is a dividend referred to in such clause.

A similar rule shall apply with respect to the exception

contained in section 871(k)(2)(B).’’.
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(B) Section 1442(a) (relating to withholding of tax on

foreign corporations) is amended—

(i) by striking ‘‘and the reference in section

1441(c)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘the reference in section

1441(c)(10)’’, and

(ii) by inserting before the period at the end the

following: ‘‘, and the references in section 1441(c)(12)

to sections 871(a) and 871(k) shall be treated as referring to sections 881(a) and 881(e) (except that for purposes of applying subparagraph (A) of section

1441(c)(12), as so modified, clause (ii) of section

881(e)(1)(B) shall not apply to any dividend unless

the regulated investment company knows that such

dividend is a dividend referred to in such clause)’’.

(b) ESTATE TAX TREATMENT OF INTEREST IN CERTAIN REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES.—Section 2105 (relating to property

without the United States for estate tax purposes) is amended

by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d) STOCK IN A RIC.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subchapter, stock

in a regulated investment company (as defined in section 851)

owned by a nonresident not a citizen of the United States

shall not be deemed property within the United States in

the proportion that, at the end of the quarter of such investment

company’s taxable year immediately preceding a decedent’s date

of death (or at such other time as the Secretary may designate

in regulations), the assets of the investment company that

were qualifying assets with respect to the decedent bore to

the total assets of the investment company.

‘‘(2) QUALIFYING ASSETS.—For purposes of this subsection,

qualifying assets with respect to a decedent are assets that,

if owned directly by the decedent, would have been—

‘‘(A) amounts, deposits, or debt obligations described

in subsection (b) of this section,

‘‘(B) debt obligations described in the last sentence

of section 2104(c), or

‘‘(C) other property not within the United States.

‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not apply to

estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2007.’’. (c) TREATMENT OF REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES UNDER

SECTION 897.—

(1) Paragraph (1) of section 897(h) is amended by striking

‘‘REIT’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘qualified investment entity’’.

(2) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 897(h) are amended

to read as follows: ‘‘(2) SALE OF STOCK IN DOMESTICALLY CONTROLLED ENTITY

NOT TAXED.—The term ‘United States real property interest’

does not include any interest in a domestically controlled qualified investment entity.

‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTIONS BY DOMESTICALLY CONTROLLED QUALI- FIED INVESTMENT ENTITIES.—In the case of a domestically controlled qualified investment entity, rules similar to the rules

of subsection (d) shall apply to the foreign ownership percentage

of any gain.’’. (3) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 897(h)(4) are

amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(A) QUALIFIED INVESTMENT ENTITY.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified investment

entity’ means—

‘‘(I) any real estate investment trust, and

‘‘(II) any regulated investment company.

‘‘(ii) TERMINATION.—Clause (i)(II) shall not apply

after December 31, 2007.

‘‘(B) DOMESTICALLY CONTROLLED.—The term ‘domestically controlled qualified investment entity’ means any

qualified investment entity in which at all times during

the testing period less than 50 percent in value of the

stock was held directly or indirectly by foreign persons.’’.

(4) Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 897(h)(4) are

each amended by striking ‘‘REIT’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified

investment entity’’.

(5) The subsection heading for subsection (h) of section

897 is amended by striking ‘‘REITS’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN

INVESTMENT ENTITIES’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to

dividends with respect to taxable years of regulated investment

companies beginning after December 31, 2004.

(2) ESTATE TAX TREATMENT.—The amendment made by

subsection (b) shall apply to estates of decedents dying after

December 31, 2004.

(3) CERTAIN OTHER PROVISIONS.—The amendments made

by subsection (c) (other than paragraph (1) thereof) shall take

effect after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 412. LOOK-THRU TREATMENT FOR SALES OF PARTNERSHIP

INTERESTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 954(c) (defining foreign personal

holding company income) is amended by adding after paragraph

(3) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) LOOK-THRU RULE FOR CERTAIN PARTNERSHIP SALES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any sale by a controlled foreign corporation of an interest in a partnership

with respect to which such corporation is a 25-percent

owner, such corporation shall be treated for purposes of

this subsection as selling the proportionate share of the

assets of the partnership attributable to such interest. The

Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be appropriate to prevent abuse of the purposes of this paragraph,

including regulations providing for coordination of this

paragraph with the provisions of subchapter K.

‘‘(B) 25-PERCENT OWNER.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘25-percent owner’ means a controlled foreign corporation which owns directly 25 percent or more

of the capital or profits interest in a partnership. For

purposes of the preceding sentence, if a controlled foreign

corporation is a shareholder or partner of a corporation

or partnership, the controlled foreign corporation shall be

treated as owning directly its proportionate share of any

such capital or profits interest held directly or indirectly

by such corporation or partnership.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after

December 31, 2004, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.

SEC. 413. REPEAL OF FOREIGN PERSONAL HOLDING COMPANY RULES

AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANY RULES.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—The following provisions are hereby

repealed:

(1) Part III of subchapter G of chapter 1 (relating to foreign

personal holding companies).

(2) Section 1246 (relating to gain on foreign investment

company stock).

(3) Section 1247 (relating to election by foreign investment

companies to distribute income currently).

(b) EXEMPTION OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS FROM PERSONAL

HOLDING COMPANY RULES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 542 (relating

to exceptions) is amended—

(A) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:

‘‘(5) a foreign corporation,’’,

(B) by striking paragraphs (7) and (10) and by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8),

respectively,

(C) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (7)

(as so redesignated), and

(D) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph (8)

(as so redesignated) and inserting a period.

(2) TREATMENT OF INCOME FROM PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.—Paragraph (1) of section 954(c) is amended by adding

at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(I) PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.—

‘‘(i) Amounts received under a contract under

which the corporation is to furnish personal services

if—

‘‘(I) some person other than the corporation

has the right to designate (by name or by description) the individual who is to perform the services,

or

‘‘(II) the individual who is to perform the services is designated (by name or by description) in

the contract, and

‘‘(ii) amounts received from the sale or other disposition of such a contract.

This subparagraph shall apply with respect to amounts

received for services under a particular contract only if

at some time during the taxable year 25 percent or more

in value of the outstanding stock of the corporation is

owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the individual who

has performed, is to perform, or may be designated (by

name or by description) as the one to perform, such services.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 1(h) is amended—
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(A) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end

of subparagraph (F), by striking subparagraph (G), and

by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (G),

and

(B) by striking ‘‘a foreign personal holding company

(as defined in section 552), a foreign investment company

(as defined in section 1246(b)), or’’ in paragraph (11)(C)(iii).

(2) Paragraph (2) of section 171(c) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘, or by a foreign personal holding

company, as defined in section 552’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘, or foreign personal holding company’’.

(3) Paragraph (2) of section 245(a) is amended by striking

‘‘foreign personal holding company or’’.

(4) Section 312 is amended by striking subsection (j).

(5) Subsection (m) of section 312 is amended by striking

‘‘, a foreign investment company (within the meaning of section

1246(b)), or a foreign personal holding company (within the

meaning of section 552)’’.

(6) Subsection (e) of section 443 is amended by striking

paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5)

as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.

(7) Subparagraph (B) of section 465(c)(7) is amended by

adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking clause (ii),

and by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).

(8) Paragraph (1) of section 543(b) is amended by inserting

‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, and’’

at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period, and

by striking subparagraph (C).

(9) Paragraph (1) of section 562(b) is amended by striking

‘‘or a foreign personal holding company described in section

552’’.

(10) Section 563 is amended—

(A) by striking subsection (c),

(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c),

and

(C) by striking ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c)’’ in subsection

(c) (as so redesignated) and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or

(b)’’.

(11) Subsection (d) of section 751 is amended by adding

‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (3),

by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3), and by

striking ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or (3)’’ in paragraph (3) (as so

redesignated) and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) or (2)’’.

(12) Paragraph (2) of section 864(d) is amended by striking

subparagraph (A) and by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and

(C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.

(13)(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 898(b)(1) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(A) which is treated as a controlled foreign corporation

for any purpose under subpart F of part III of this subchapter, and’’.

(B) Subparagraph (B) of section 898(b)(2) is amended by

striking ‘‘and sections 551(f) and 554, whichever are

applicable,’’.

(C) Paragraph (3) of section 898(b) is amended to read

as follows:
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‘‘(3) UNITED STATES SHAREHOLDER.—The term ‘United

States shareholder’ has the meaning given to such term by

section 951(b), except that, in the case of a foreign corporation

having related person insurance income (as defined in section

953(c)(2)), the Secretary may treat any person as a United

States shareholder for purposes of this section if such person

is treated as a United States shareholder under section

953(c)(1).’’.

(D) Subsection (c) of section 898 is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF REQUIRED YEAR.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The required year is—

‘‘(A) the majority U.S. shareholder year, or

‘‘(B) if there is no majority U.S. shareholder year,

the taxable year prescribed under regulations.

‘‘(2) 1-MONTH DEFERRAL ALLOWED.—A specified foreign corporation may elect, in lieu of the taxable year under paragraph

(1)(A), a taxable year beginning 1 month earlier than the

majority U.S. shareholder year. ‘‘(3) MAJORITY U.S. SHAREHOLDER YEAR.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, the

term ‘majority U.S. shareholder year’ means the taxable

year (if any) which, on each testing day, constituted the

taxable year of—

‘‘(i) each United States shareholder described in

subsection (b)(2)(A), and

‘‘(ii) each United States shareholder not described

in clause (i) whose stock was treated as owned under

subsection (b)(2)(B) by any shareholder described in

such clause.

‘‘(B) TESTING DAY.—The testing days shall be—

‘‘(i) the first day of the corporation’s taxable year

(determined without regard to this section), or

‘‘(ii) the days during such representative period

as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.

(14) Clause (ii) of section 904(d)(2)(A) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(ii) CERTAIN AMOUNTS INCLUDED.—Except as provided in clause (iii), the term ‘passive income’ includes,

except as provided in subparagraph (E)(iii) or paragraph (3)(I), any amount includible in gross income

under section 1293 (relating to certain passive foreign

investment companies).’’. (15)(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 904(h)(1), as redesignated by this Act, is amended by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of

clause (i), by striking clause (ii), and by redesignating clause

(iii) as clause (ii).

(B) The paragraph heading of paragraph (2) of section

904(h), as so redesignated, is amended by striking ‘‘FOREIGN

PERSONAL HOLDING OR’’. (16) Section 951 is amended by striking subsections (c)

and (d) and by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

(17) Paragraph (3) of section 989(b) is amended by striking ‘‘, 551(a),’’. (18) Paragraph (5) of section 1014(b) is amended by

inserting ‘‘and before January 1, 2005,’’ after ‘‘August 26, 1937,’’.
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(19) Subsection (a) of section 1016 is amended by striking

paragraph (13).

(20)(A) Paragraph (3) of section 1212(a) is amended to

read as follows:

‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES ON CARRYBACKS.—A net capital loss

of a corporation shall not be carried back under paragraph

(1)(A) to a taxable year—

‘‘(A) for which it is a regulated investment company

(as defined in section 851), or

‘‘(B) for which it is a real estate investment trust

(as defined in section 856).’’.

(B) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply

to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

(21) Section 1223 is amended by striking paragraph (10)

and by redesignating the following paragraphs accordingly.

(22) Subsection (d) of section 1248 is amended by striking

paragraph (5) and by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7)

as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.

(23) Paragraph (2) of section 1260(c) is amended by striking

subparagraphs (H) and (I) and by redesignating subparagraph

(J) as subparagraph (H).

(24)(A) Subparagraph (F) of section 1291(b)(3) is amended

by striking ‘‘551(d), 959(a),’’ and inserting ‘‘959(a)’’.

(B) Subsection (e) of section 1291 is amended by inserting

‘‘(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment

of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004)’’ after ‘‘section

1246’’.

(25) Paragraph (2) of section 1294(a) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(2) ELECTION NOT PERMITTED WHERE AMOUNTS OTHERWISE

INCLUDIBLE UNDER SECTION 951.—The taxpayer may not make

an election under paragraph (1) with respect to the undistributed PFIC earnings tax liability attributable to a qualified

electing fund for the taxable year if any amount is includible

in the gross income of the taxpayer under section 951 with

respect to such fund for such taxable year.’’.

(26) Section 6035 is hereby repealed.

(27) Subparagraph (D) of section 6103(e)(1) is amended

by striking clause (iv) and redesignating clauses (v) and (vi)

as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively.

(28) Subparagraph (B) of section 6501(e)(1) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTIVE DIVIDENDS.—If the taxpayer omits

from gross income an amount properly includible therein

under section 951(a), the tax may be assessed, or a proceeding in court for the collection of such tax may be

done without assessing, at any time within 6 years after

the return was filed.’’.

(29) Subsection (a) of section 6679 is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘6035, 6046, and 6046A’’ in paragraph

(1) and inserting ‘‘6046 and 6046A’’, and

(B) by striking paragraph (3).

(30) Sections 170(f)(10)(A), 508(d), 4947, and 4948(c)(4) are

each amended by striking ‘‘556(b)(2),’’ each place it appears.

(31) The table of parts for subchapter G of chapter 1

is amended by striking the item relating to part III.
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(32) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter P

of chapter 1 is amended by striking the items relating to

sections 1246 and 1247.

(33) The table of sections for subpart A of part III of

subchapter A of chapter 61 is amended by striking the item

relating to section 6035.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years

of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2004, and

to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within

which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.

(2) SUBSECTION (c)(27).—The amendments made by subsection (c)(27) shall apply to disclosures of return or return

information with respect to taxable years beginning after

December 31, 2004.

SEC. 414. DETERMINATION OF FOREIGN PERSONAL HOLDING COMPANY INCOME WITH RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS IN

COMMODITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 954(c)(1)(C)

(relating to commodity transactions) are amended to read as follows:

‘‘(i) arise out of commodity hedging transactions

(as defined in paragraph (4)(A)),

‘‘(ii) are active business gains or losses from the

sale of commodities, but only if substantially all of

the controlled foreign corporation’s commodities are

property described in paragraph (1), (2), or (8) of section

1221(a), or’’.

(b) DEFINITION AND SPECIAL RULES.—Subsection (c) of section

954, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding after paragraph

(4) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) DEFINITION AND SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COMMODITY TRANSACTIONS.—

‘‘(A) COMMODITY HEDGING TRANSACTIONS.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(C)(i), the term ‘commodity hedging

transaction’ means any transaction with respect to a commodity if such transaction— ‘‘(i) is a hedging transaction as defined in section

1221(b)(2), determined— ‘‘(I) without regard to subparagraph (A)(ii)

thereof, ‘‘(II) by applying subparagraph (A)(i) thereof

by substituting ‘ordinary property or property

described in section 1231(b)’ for ‘ordinary property’,

and

‘‘(III) by substituting ‘controlled foreign corporation’ for ‘taxpayer’ each place it appears, and

‘‘(ii) is clearly identified as such in accordance with

section 1221(a)(7).

‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF DEALER ACTIVITIES UNDER PARA- GRAPH (1)(C).—Commodities with respect to which gains

and losses are not taken into account under paragraph

(2)(C) in computing a controlled foreign corporation’s foreign personal holding company income shall not be taken

into account in applying the substantially all test under

paragraph (1)(C)(ii) to such corporation.
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‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as are appropriate to carry out the purposes

of paragraph (1)(C) in the case of transactions involving

related parties.’’.

(c) MODIFICATION OF EXCEPTION FOR DEALERS.—Clause (i) of

section 954(c)(2)(C) is amended by inserting ‘‘and transactions

involving physical settlement’’ after ‘‘(including hedging transactions’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transactions entered into after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 415. MODIFICATIONS TO TREATMENT OF AIRCRAFT LEASING AND

SHIPPING INCOME.

(a) ELIMINATION OF FOREIGN BASE COMPANY SHIPPING

INCOME.—Section 954 (relating to foreign base company income)

is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (4) of subsection (a) (relating

to foreign base company shipping income), and

(2) by striking subsection (f) (relating to foreign base company shipping income).

(b) SAFE HARBOR FOR CERTAIN LEASING ACTIVITIES.—Subparagraph (A) of section 954(c)(2) is amended by adding at the end

the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of the preceding sentence,

rents derived from leasing an aircraft or vessel in foreign commerce

shall not fail to be treated as derived in the active conduct of

a trade or business if, as determined under regulations prescribed

by the Secretary, the active leasing expenses are not less than

10 percent of the profit on the lease.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 952(c)(1)(B)(iii) is amended by striking subclause

(I) and redesignating subclauses (II) through (VI) as subclauses

(I) through (V), respectively.

(2) Subsection (b) of section 954 is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘the foreign base company shipping

income,’’ in paragraph (5),

(B) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7), and

(C) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (6).

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after

December 31, 2004, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.

SEC. 416. MODIFICATION OF EXCEPTIONS UNDER SUBPART F FOR

ACTIVE FINANCING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 954(h)(3) is amended by adding at

the end the following: ‘‘(E) DIRECT CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of

subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), an activity shall be treated as

conducted directly by an eligible controlled foreign corporation or qualified business unit in its home country if the

activity is performed by employees of a related person

and—

‘‘(i) the related person is an eligible controlled foreign corporation the home country of which is the

same as the home country of the corporation or unit

to which subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) is being applied,
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‘‘(ii) the activity is performed in the home country

of the related person, and ‘‘(iii) the related person is compensated on an

arm’s-length basis for the performance of the activity

by its employees and such compensation is treated

as earned by such person in its home country for

purposes of the home country’s tax laws.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years of such foreign corporations beginning

after December 31, 2004, and to taxable years of United States

shareholders with or within which such taxable years of such foreign

corporations end.

SEC. 417. 10-YEAR FOREIGN TAX CREDIT CARRYOVER; 1-YEAR FOREIGN

TAX CREDIT CARRYBACK.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 904(c) (relating to carryback and

carryover of excess tax paid) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘in the second preceding taxable year,’’, and

(2) by striking ‘‘, and in the first, second, third, fourth,

or fifth’’ and inserting ‘‘and in any of the first 10’’. (b) EXCESS EXTRACTION TAXES.—Paragraph (1) of section 907(f)

is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘in the second preceding taxable year,’’, (2) by striking ‘‘, and in the first, second, third, fourth,

or fifth’’ and inserting ‘‘and in any of the first 10’’, and

(3) by striking the last sentence.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) CARRYBACK.—The amendments made by subsections

(a)(1) and (b)(1) shall apply to excess foreign taxes arising

in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

(2) CARRYOVER.—The amendments made by subsections

(a)(2) and (b)(2) shall apply to excess foreign taxes which (without regard to the amendments made by this section) may be

carried to any taxable year ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 418. MODIFICATION OF THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN REIT DISTRIBUTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO GAIN FROM SALES OR

EXCHANGES OF UNITED STATES REAL PROPERTY

INTERESTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 897(h) (relating to

look-through of distributions) is amended by adding at the end

the following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any distribution by a REIT with respect to any class of

stock which is regularly traded on an established securities market

located in the United States shall not be treated as gain recognized

from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest

if the shareholder did not own more than 5 percent of such class

of stock at any time during the taxable year.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of section 857(b)

(relating to capital gains) is amended by adding at the end the

following new subparagraph:

‘‘(F) CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS.—In the case of a shareholder of a real estate investment trust to whom section

897 does not apply by reason of the second sentence of

section 897(h)(1), the amount which would be included
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in computing long-term capital gains for such shareholder

under subparagraph (B) or (D) (without regard to this

subparagraph)— ‘‘(i) shall not be included in computing such shareholder’s long-term capital gains, and ‘‘(ii) shall be included in such shareholder’s gross

income as a dividend from the real estate investment

trust.’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 419. EXCLUSION OF INCOME DERIVED FROM CERTAIN WAGERS

ON HORSE RACES AND DOG RACES FROM GROSS INCOME

OF NONRESIDENT ALIEN INDIVIDUALS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 872 (relating to

exclusions) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and

(7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively, and inserting after

paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(5) INCOME DERIVED FROM WAGERING TRANSACTIONS IN

CERTAIN PARIMUTUEL POOLS.—Gross income derived by a nonresident alien individual from a legal wagering transaction

initiated outside the United States in a parimutuel pool with

respect to a live horse race or dog race in the United States.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 883(a)(4) is amended

by striking ‘‘(5), (6), and (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6), (7), and (8)’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to wagers made after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

SEC. 420. LIMITATION OF WITHHOLDING TAX FOR PUERTO RICO CORPORATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 881 is amended

by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by inserting

after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2) COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If dividends are received during

a taxable year by a corporation— ‘‘(i) created or organized in, or under the law of,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ‘‘(ii) with respect to which the requirements of

subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) are

met for the taxable year,

subsection (a) shall be applied for such taxable year by

substituting ‘10 percent’ for ‘30 percent’. ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—If, on or after the date of the

enactment of this paragraph, an increase in the rate of

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s withholding tax which

is generally applicable to dividends paid to United States

corporations not engaged in a trade or business in the

Commonwealth to a rate greater than 10 percent takes

effect, this paragraph shall not apply to dividends received

on or after the effective date of the increase.’’.

(b) WITHHOLDING.—Subsection (c) of section 1442 (relating to

withholding of tax on foreign corporations) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA

ISLANDS, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.—For purposes’’, and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(2) COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If dividends are received during

a taxable year by a corporation— ‘‘(i) created or organized in, or under the law of,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ‘‘(ii) with respect to which the requirements of

subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 881(b)(1)

are met for the taxable year,

subsection (a) shall be applied for such taxable year by

substituting ‘10 percent’ for ‘30 percent’. ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—If, on or after the date of the

enactment of this paragraph, an increase in the rate of

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s withholding tax which

is generally applicable to dividends paid to United States

corporations not engaged in a trade or business in the

Commonwealth to a rate greater than 10 percent takes

effect, this paragraph shall not apply to dividends received

on or after the effective date of the increase.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Subsection (b) of section 881 is amended by striking

‘‘GUAM AND VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATIONS’’ in the heading

and inserting ‘‘POSSESSIONS’’.

(2) Paragraph (1) of section 881(b) is amended by striking

‘‘IN GENERAL’’ in the heading and inserting ‘‘GUAM, AMERICAN

SAMOA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND THE VIRGIN

ISLANDS’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to dividends paid after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

SEC. 421. FOREIGN TAX CREDIT UNDER ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.

(a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) Subsection (a) of section 59 is amended by striking

paragraph (2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4)

as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.

(2) Section 53(d)(1)(B)(i)(II) is amended by striking ‘‘and

if section 59(a)(2) did not apply’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 422. INCENTIVES TO REINVEST FOREIGN EARNINGS IN UNITED

STATES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart F of part III of subchapter N of

chapter 1 (relating to controlled foreign corporations) is amended

by adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 965. TEMPORARY DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION.

‘‘(a) DEDUCTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a corporation which is

a United States shareholder and for which the election under

this section is in effect for the taxable year, there shall be

allowed as a deduction an amount equal to 85 percent of the

cash dividends which are received during such taxable year

by such shareholder from controlled foreign corporations.

‘‘(2) DIVIDENDS PAID INDIRECTLY FROM CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.—If, within the taxable year for which

the election under this section is in effect, a United States
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shareholder receives a cash distribution from a controlled foreign corporation which is excluded from gross income under

section 959(a), such distribution shall be treated for purposes

of this section as a cash dividend to the extent of any amount

included in income by such United States shareholder under

section 951(a)(1)(A) as a result of any cash dividend during

such taxable year to—

‘‘(A) such controlled foreign corporation from another

controlled foreign corporation that is in a chain of ownership described in section 958(a), or

‘‘(B) any other controlled foreign corporation in such

chain of ownership, but only to the extent of cash distributions described in section 959(b) which are made during

such taxable year to the controlled foreign corporation from

which such United States shareholder received such distribution.

‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of dividends taken into

account under subsection (a) shall not exceed the greater of— ‘‘(A) $500,000,000,

‘‘(B) the amount shown on the applicable financial

statement as earnings permanently reinvested outside the

United States, or

‘‘(C) in the case of an applicable financial statement

which fails to show a specific amount of earnings permanently reinvested outside the United States and which

shows a specific amount of tax liability attributable to

such earnings, the amount equal to the amount of such

liability divided by 0.35.

The amounts described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) shall

be treated as being zero if there is no such statement or

such statement fails to show a specific amount of such earnings

or liability, as the case may be.

‘‘(2) DIVIDENDS MUST BE EXTRAORDINARY.—The amount of

dividends taken into account under subsection (a) shall not

exceed the excess (if any) of—

‘‘(A) the dividends received during the taxable year

by such shareholder from controlled foreign corporations,

over

‘‘(B) the annual average for the base period years of—

‘‘(i) the dividends received during each base period

year by such shareholder from controlled foreign corporations,

‘‘(ii) the amounts includible in such shareholder’s

gross income for each base period year under section

951(a)(1)(B) with respect to controlled foreign corporations, and

‘‘(iii) the amounts that would have been included

for each base period year but for section 959(a) with

respect to controlled foreign corporations.

The amount taken into account under clause (iii) for any

base period year shall not include any amount which is

not includible in gross income by reason of an amount

described in clause (ii) with respect to a prior taxable

year. Amounts described in subparagraph (B) for any base

period year shall be such amounts as shown on the most

recent return filed for such year; except that amended
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returns filed after June 30, 2003, shall not be taken into

account.

‘‘(3) REDUCTION OF BENEFIT IF INCREASE IN RELATED PARTY

INDEBTEDNESS.—The amount of dividends which would (but

for this paragraph) be taken into account under subsection

(a) shall be reduced by the excess (if any) of—

‘‘(A) the amount of indebtedness of the controlled foreign corporation to any related person (as defined in section

954(d)(3)) as of the close of the taxable year for which

the election under this section is in effect, over

‘‘(B) the amount of indebtedness of the controlled foreign corporation to any related person (as so defined) as

of the close of October 3, 2004.

All controlled foreign corporations with respect to which the

taxpayer is a United States shareholder shall be treated as

1 controlled foreign corporation for purposes of this paragraph.

‘‘(4) REQUIREMENT TO INVEST IN UNITED STATES.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any dividend received by a United

States shareholder unless the amount of the dividend is

invested in the United States pursuant to a domestic reinvestment plan which— ‘‘(A) is approved by the taxpayer’s president, chief

executive officer, or comparable official before the payment

of such dividend and subsequently approved by the taxpayer’s board of directors, management committee, executive committee, or similar body, and

‘‘(B) provides for the reinvestment of such dividend

in the United States (other than as payment for executive

compensation), including as a source for the funding of

worker hiring and training, infrastructure, research and

development, capital investments, or the financial stabilization of the corporation for the purposes of job retention

or creation.

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this

section—

‘‘(1) APPLICABLE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.—The term ‘applicable financial statement’ means, with respect to a United

States shareholder, the most recently audited financial statement (including notes and other documents which accompany

such statement) which includes such shareholder— ‘‘(A) which is certified on or before June 30, 2003,

as being prepared in accordance with generally accepted

accounting principles, and ‘‘(B) which is used for the purposes of a statement

or report—

‘‘(i) to creditors,

‘‘(ii) to shareholders, or

‘‘(iii) for any other substantial nontax purpose.

In the case of a corporation required to file a financial statement

with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such term

means the most recent such statement filed on or before June

30, 2003.

‘‘(2) BASE PERIOD YEARS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The base period years are the 3

taxable years— ‘‘(i) which are among the 5 most recent taxable

years ending on or before June 30, 2003, and
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‘‘(ii) which are determined by disregarding—

‘‘(I) 1 taxable year for which the sum of the

amounts described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of

subsection (b)(2)(B) is the largest, and

‘‘(II) 1 taxable year for which such sum is

the smallest.

‘‘(B) SHORTER PERIOD.—If the taxpayer has fewer than

5 taxable years ending on or before June 30, 2003, then

in lieu of applying subparagraph (A), the base period years

shall include all the taxable years of the taxpayer ending

on or before June 30, 2003.

‘‘(C) MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, ETC.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Rules similar to the rules of

subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 41(f)(3) shall

apply for purposes of this paragraph.

‘‘(ii) SPIN-OFFS, ETC.—If there is a distribution to

which section 355 (or so much of section 356 as relates

to section 355) applies during the 5-year period referred

to in subparagraph (A)(i) and the controlled corporation

(within the meaning of section 355) is a United States

shareholder—

‘‘(I) the controlled corporation shall be treated

as being in existence during the period that the

distributing corporation (within the meaning of

section 355) is in existence, and

‘‘(II) for purposes of applying subsection (b)(2)

to the controlled corporation and the distributing

corporation, amounts described in subsection

(b)(2)(B) which are received or includible by the

distributing corporation or controlled corporation

(as the case may be) before the distribution

referred to in subclause (I) from a controlled foreign corporation shall be allocated between such

corporations in proportion to their respective

interests as United States shareholders of such

controlled foreign corporation immediately after

such distribution.

Subclause (II) shall not apply if neither the controlled

corporation nor the distributing corporation is a United

States shareholder of such controlled foreign corporation immediately after such distribution.

‘‘(3) DIVIDEND.—The term ‘dividend’ shall not include

amounts includible in gross income as a dividend under section

78, 367, or 1248. In the case of a liquidation under section

332 to which section 367(b) applies, the preceding sentence

shall not apply to the extent the United States shareholder

actually receives cash as part of the liquidation.

‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION.—No deduction shall be allowed under section 243 or

245 for any dividend for which a deduction is allowed under

this section.

‘‘(5) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All United States shareholders

which are members of an affiliated group filing a consolidated return under section 1501 shall be treated as one

United States shareholder.
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‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF $500,000,000 LIMIT.—All corporations which are treated as a single employer under section

52(a) shall be limited to one $500,000,000 amount in subsection (b)(1)(A), and such amount shall be divided among

such corporations under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

‘‘(C) PERMANENTLY REINVESTED EARNINGS.—If a financial statement is an applicable financial statement for more

than 1 United States shareholder, the amount applicable

under subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (b)(1) shall

be divided among such shareholders under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

‘‘(d) DENIAL OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT; DENIAL OF CERTAIN

EXPENSES.—

‘‘(1) FOREIGN TAX CREDIT.—No credit shall be allowed under

section 901 for any taxes paid or accrued (or treated as paid

or accrued) with respect to the deductible portion of—

‘‘(A) any dividend, or

‘‘(B) any amount described in subsection (a)(2) which

is included in income under section 951(a)(1)(A).

No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for any tax

for which credit is not allowable by reason of the preceding

sentence.

‘‘(2) EXPENSES.—No deduction shall be allowed for expenses

properly allocated and apportioned to the deductible portion

described in paragraph (1).

‘‘(3) DEDUCTIBLE PORTION.—For purposes of paragraph (1),

unless the taxpayer otherwise specifies, the deductible portion

of any dividend or other amount is the amount which bears

the same ratio to the amount of such dividend or other amount

as the amount allowed as a deduction under subsection (a)

for the taxable year bears to the amount described in subsection

(b)(2)(A) for such year.

‘‘(e) INCREASE IN TAX ON INCLUDED AMOUNTS NOT REDUCED

BY CREDITS, ETC.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any tax under this chapter by reason

of nondeductible CFC dividends shall not be treated as tax

imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining—

‘‘(A) the amount of any credit allowable under this

chapter, or

‘‘(B) the amount of the tax imposed by section 55.

Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the credit under section

53 or to the credit under section 27(a) with respect to taxes

attributable to such dividends.

‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON REDUCTION IN TAXABLE INCOME, ETC.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The taxable income of any United

States shareholder for any taxable year shall in no event

be less than the amount of nondeductible CFC dividends

received during such year.

‘‘(B) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 172.—The nondeductible CFC dividends for any taxable year shall not be taken

into account— ‘‘(i) in determining under section 172 the amount

of any net operating loss for such taxable year, and ‘‘(ii) in determining taxable income for such taxable

year for purposes of the 2nd sentence of section

172(b)(2).
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‘‘(3) NONDEDUCTIBLE CFC DIVIDENDS.—For purposes of this

subsection, the term ‘nondeductible CFC dividends’ means the

excess of the amount of dividends taken into account under

subsection (a) over the deduction allowed under subsection

(a) for such dividends.

‘‘(f) ELECTION.—The taxpayer may elect to apply this section

to—

‘‘(1) the taxpayer’s last taxable year which begins before

the date of the enactment of this section, or

‘‘(2) the taxpayer’s first taxable year which begins during

the 1-year period beginning on such date.

Such election may be made for a taxable year only if made before

the due date (including extensions) for filing the return of tax

for such taxable year.’’.

(b) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.—Subparagraph (C) of section

56(g)(4) is amended by inserting after clause (v) the following new

clause:

‘‘(vi) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS

FROM CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.—Clause (i)

shall not apply to any deduction allowable under section 965.’’. (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart

F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 is amended by adding

at the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 965. Temporary dividends received deduction.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years ending on or after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 423. DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF FINAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING EXCLUSION OF INCOME FROM INTERNATIONAL

OPERATION OF SHIPS OR AIRCRAFT.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Treasury regulation § 1.883–

5, the final regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury

relating to income derived by foreign corporations from the international operation of ships or aircraft (Treasury regulations § 1.883–

1 through § 1.883–5) shall apply to taxable years of a foreign corporation seeking qualified foreign corporation status beginning after

September 24, 2004.

SEC. 424. STUDY OF EARNINGS STRIPPING PROVISIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate shall conduct a study of the effectiveness of the

provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 applicable to

earnings stripping, including a study of— (1) the effectiveness of section 163(j) of such Code in preventing the shifting of income outside the United States,

(2) whether any deficiencies of such provisions place United

States-based businesses at a competitive disadvantage relative

to foreign-based businesses,

(3) the impact of earnings stripping activities on the United

States tax base,

(4) whether laws of foreign countries facilitate stripping

of earnings out of the United States, and

(5) whether changes to the earning stripping rules would

affect jobs in the United States.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2005, the Secretary shall

submit to the Congress a report of the study conducted under

this section, including specific recommendations as to how to

improve the provisions of such Code applicable to earnings stripping.

TITLE V—DEDUCTION OF STATE AND

LOCAL GENERAL SALES TAXES

SEC. 501. DEDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL GENERAL SALES TAXES

IN LIEU OF STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 164 (relating to

definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the end

the following:

‘‘(5) GENERAL SALES TAXES.—For purposes of subsection

(a)—

‘‘(A) ELECTION TO DEDUCT STATE AND LOCAL SALES

TAXES IN LIEU OF STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At the election of the taxpayer

for the taxable year, subsection (a) shall be applied—

‘‘(I) without regard to the reference to State

and local income taxes, and

‘‘(II) as if State and local general sales taxes

were referred to in a paragraph thereof.

‘‘(B) DEFINITION OF GENERAL SALES TAX.—The term

‘general sales tax’ means a tax imposed at one rate with

respect to the sale at retail of a broad range of classes

of items.

‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES FOR FOOD, ETC.—In the case of

items of food, clothing, medical supplies, and motor

vehicles—

‘‘(i) the fact that the tax does not apply with respect

to some or all of such items shall not be taken into

account in determining whether the tax applies with

respect to a broad range of classes of items, and

‘‘(ii) the fact that the rate of tax applicable with

respect to some or all of such items is lower than

the general rate of tax shall not be taken into account

in determining whether the tax is imposed at one

rate.

‘‘(D) ITEMS TAXED AT DIFFERENT RATES.—Except in the

case of a lower rate of tax applicable with respect to an

item described in subparagraph (C), no deduction shall

be allowed under this paragraph for any general sales

tax imposed with respect to an item at a rate other than

the general rate of tax. ‘‘(E) COMPENSATING USE TAXES.—A compensating use

tax with respect to an item shall be treated as a general

sales tax. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term

‘compensating use tax’ means, with respect to any item,

a tax which— ‘‘(i) is imposed on the use, storage, or consumption

of such item, and ‘‘(ii) is complementary to a general sales tax, but

only if a deduction is allowable under this paragraph
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with respect to items sold at retail in the taxing jurisdiction which are similar to such item.

‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.—In the case

of motor vehicles, if the rate of tax exceeds the general

rate, such excess shall be disregarded and the general

rate shall be treated as the rate of tax.

‘‘(G) SEPARATELY STATED GENERAL SALES TAXES.—If the

amount of any general sales tax is separately stated, then,

to the extent that the amount so stated is paid by the

consumer (other than in connection with the consumer’s

trade or business) to the seller, such amount shall be

treated as a tax imposed on, and paid by, such consumer.

‘‘(H) AMOUNT OF DEDUCTION MAY BE DETERMINED

UNDER TABLES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At the election of the taxpayer

for the taxable year, the amount of the deduction

allowed under this paragraph for such year shall be—

‘‘(I) the amount determined under this paragraph (without regard to this subparagraph) with

respect to motor vehicles, boats, and other items

specified by the Secretary, and

‘‘(II) the amount determined under tables prescribed by the Secretary with respect to items

to which subclause (I) does not apply.

‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS FOR TABLES.—The tables prescribed under clause (i)—

‘‘(I) shall reflect the provisions of this paragraph,

‘‘(II) shall be based on the average consumption by taxpayers on a State-by-State basis (as

determined by the Secretary) of items to which

clause (i)(I) does not apply, taking into account

filing status, number of dependents, adjusted gross

income, and rates of State and local general sales

taxation, and

‘‘(III) need only be determined with respect

to adjusted gross incomes up to the applicable

amount (as determined under section 68(b)).

‘‘(I) APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH.—This paragraph shall

apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003,

and before January 1, 2006.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.

TITLE VI—FAIR AND EQUITABLE

TOBACCO REFORM

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Equitable Tobacco

Reform Act of 2004’’.
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Subtitle A—Termination of Federal Tobacco Quota and Price Support Programs

SEC. 611. TERMINATION OF TOBACCO QUOTA PROGRAM AND RELATED

PROVISIONS.

(a) MARKETING QUOTAS.—Part I of subtitle B of title III of

the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.)

is repealed.

(b) TOBACCO INSPECTIONS.—Section 213 of the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 511r) is repealed.

(c) TOBACCO CONTROL.—The Act of April 25, 1936 (commonly

known as the Tobacco Control Act; 7 U.S.C. 515 et seq.), is repealed.

(d) PROCESSING TAX.—Section 9(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 609(b)), reenacted with amendments by the

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’; and

(2) in paragraph (6)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘, or, in the case

of tobacco, is less than the fair exchange value by not more

than 10 per centum,’’.

(e) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the Agricultural

Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1282) is amended by striking

‘‘tobacco,’’.

(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 301(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment

Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1301(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (3)—

(A) by striking subparagraph (C); and

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);

(2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’;

(3) in paragraph (10)—

(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B);

(4) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘and tobacco’’;

(5) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’;

(6) in paragraph (14)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and

(B) by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D);

(7) by striking paragraph (15);

(8) in paragraph (16)—

(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B);

(9) by striking paragraph (17); and

(10) by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (15).

(g) PARITY PAYMENTS.—Section 303 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1303) is amended in the first sentence

by striking ‘‘rice, or tobacco,’’ and inserting ‘‘or rice,’’.

(h) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 361 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking

‘‘tobacco,’’.

(i) ADJUSTMENT OF QUOTAS.—Section 371 of the Agricultural

Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1371) is amended—
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(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking ‘‘rice,

or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or rice’’; and

(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by striking ‘‘rice,

or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or rice’’.

(j) REPORTS AND RECORDS.—Section 373 of the Agricultural

Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1373) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘rice, or tobacco’’ each place it appears

in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘or rice’’; and

(2) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘all persons

engaged in the business of redrying, prizing, or stemming

tobacco for producers,’’; and

(B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘$500;’’ and all

that follows through the period at the end of the sentence

and inserting ‘‘$500.’’.

(k) REGULATIONS.—Section 375 of the Agricultural Adjustment

Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1375) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘peanuts, or tobacco’’ and

inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’; and

(2) by striking subsection (c).

(l) EMINENT DOMAIN.—Section 378 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1378) is amended—

(1) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by striking ‘‘cotton,

and tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘and cotton’’; and

(2) by striking subsections (d), (e), and (f).

(m) BURLEY TOBACCO FARM RECONSTITUTION.—Section 379 of

the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1379) is

amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and

(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘, but this clause

(6) shall not be applicable in the case of burley tobacco’’;

and

(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c).

(n) ACREAGE-POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—Section 4 of the Act of April

16, 1955 (Public Law 89–12; 7 U.S.C. 1314c note), is repealed.

(o) BURLEY TOBACCO ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS.—The Act of July

12, 1952 (7 U.S.C. 1315), is repealed.

(p) TRANSFER OF ALLOTMENTS.—Section 703 of the Food and

Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C. 1316) is repealed.

(q) ADVANCE RECOURSE LOANS.—Section 13(a)(2)(B) of the Food

Security Improvements Act of 1986 (7 U.S.C. 1433c–1(a)(2)(B)) is

amended by striking ‘‘tobacco and’’.

(r) TOBACCO FIELD MEASUREMENT.—Section 1112 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–203; 101

Stat. 1330-8) is amended by striking subsection (c).

(s) BURLEY TOBACCO IMPORT REVIEW.—Section 3 of Public Law

98–59 (7 U.S.C. 625) is repealed.

SEC. 612. TERMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM AND

RELATED PROVISIONS.

(a) TERMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT AND NO NET

COST PROVISIONS.—Sections 106, 106A, and 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445, 1445–1, 1445–2) are repealed.

(b) PARITY PRICE SUPPORT.—Section 101 of the Agricultural

Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) is amended—
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(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking

‘‘tobacco (except as otherwise provided herein), corn,’’ and

inserting ‘‘corn’’;

(2) by striking subsections (c), (g), (h), and (i);

(3) in subsection (d)(3)—

(A) by striking ‘‘, except tobacco,’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘and no price support shall be made

available for any crop of tobacco for which marketing quotas

have been disapproved by producers;’’; and

(4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections

(c) and (d), respectively.

(c) DEFINITION OF BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—Section

408(c) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)) is amended

by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.

(d) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—Section 5

of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c)

is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than tobacco)’’ after ‘‘agricultural

commodities’’ each place it appears.

SEC. 613. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

Section 320B(c)(1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

(7 U.S.C. 1314h(c)(1)) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘by’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(B) in the case of the 2004 marketing year, the price

support rate for the kind of tobacco involved in effect under

section 106 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445)

at the time of the violation; by’’.

SEC. 614. CONTINUATION OF LIABILITY FOR 2004 AND EARLIER CROP

YEARS.

The amendments made by this subtitle shall not affect the

liability of any person under any provision of law so amended

with respect to the 2004 or an earlier crop of each kind of tobacco.

Subtitle B—Transitional Payments to Tobacco Quota Holders and Producers of

Tobacco

SEC. 621. DEFINITIONS.

In this subtitle and subtitle C:

(1) AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949.—The term ‘‘Agricultural

Act of 1949’’ means the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

1421 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of the

enactment of this title.

(2) AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938.—The term ‘‘Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938’’ means the Agricultural

Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.), as in effect

on the day before the date of the enactment of this title.

(3) CONSIDERED PLANTED.—The term ‘‘considered planted’’ means tobacco that was planted, but failed to be produced

as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary.

(4) CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘contract’’ means a contract

entered into under section 622 or 623.
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(5) CONTRACT PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘contract payment’’

means a payment made under section 622 or 623 pursuant

to a contract.

(6) PRODUCER OF QUOTA TOBACCO.—The term ‘‘producer

of quota tobacco’’ means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant,

or sharecropper that shared in the risk of producing tobacco

on a farm where tobacco was produced or considered planted

pursuant to a tobacco farm poundage quota or farm acreage

allotment established under part I of subtitle B of title III

of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311

et seq.).

(7) QUOTA TOBACCO.—The term ‘quota tobacco’ means a

kind of tobacco that is subject to a farm marketing quota

or farm acreage allotment for the 2004 tobacco marketing year

under a marketing quota or allotment program established

under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.).

(8) TOBACCO.—The term ‘‘tobacco’’ means each of the following kinds of tobacco:

(A) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13,

and 14.

(B) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 22 and 23.

(C) Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising types 35 and

36.

(D) Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising type 37.

(E) Virginia fire-cured tobacco, comprising type 21.

(F) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.

(G) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising

types 42, 43, 44, 53, 54, and 55.

(9) TOBACCO QUOTA HOLDER.—The term ‘‘tobacco quota

holder’’ means a person that was an owner of a farm, as

of the date of enactment of this title, for which a basic tobacco

farm marketing quota or farm acreage allotment for quota

tobacco was established for the 2004 tobacco marketing year.

(10) TOBACCO TRUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Tobacco Trust

Fund’’ means the Tobacco Trust Fund established under section

626.

(11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 622. CONTRACT PAYMENTS TO TOBACCO QUOTA HOLDERS.

(a) CONTRACT OFFERED.—The Secretary shall offer to enter

into a contract with each tobacco quota holder under which the

tobacco quota holder shall be entitled to receive payments under

this section in exchange for the termination of tobacco marketing

quotas and related price support under the amendments made

by sections 611 and 612. The contract payments shall constitute

full and fair consideration for the termination of such tobacco marketing quotas and related price support.

(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to enter into a contract to

receive a contract payment under this section, a person shall submit

to the Secretary an application containing such information as

the Secretary may require to demonstrate to the satisfaction of

the Secretary that the person is a tobacco quota holder. The application shall be submitted within such time, in such form, and in

such manner as the Secretary may require.

(c) BASE QUOTA LEVEL.—
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a base

quota level applicable to each tobacco quota holder identified

under subsection (b).

(2) POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—Subject to adjustment under subsection (d), for each kind of tobacco for which the marketing

quota is expressed in pounds, the base quota level for each

tobacco quota holder shall be equal to the basic quota for

quota tobacco established for the 2002 tobacco marketing year

under a marketing quota program established under part I

of subtitle B of title III of the Agriculture Adjustment Act

of 1938 on the farm owned by the tobacco quota holder.

(3) MARKETING QUOTAS OTHER THAN POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—

Subject to adjustment under subsection (d), for each kind of

tobacco for which there is marketing quota or allotment on

an acreage basis, the base quota level for each tobacco quota

holder shall be the quantity equal to the product obtained

by multiplying—

(A) the basic tobacco farm marketing quota or allotment for the 2002 marketing year established by the Secretary for quota tobacco owned by the tobacco quota holder;

by

(B) the average production yield, per acre, for the

period covering the 2001, 2002, and 2003 crop years for

that kind of tobacco in the county in which the quota

tobacco is located.

(d) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.—

(1) EFFECT OF PURCHASE CONTRACT.—If there was an agreement for the purchase of all or part of a farm described in

subsection (c) as of the date of the enactment of this title,

and the parties to the sale are unable to agree to the disposition

of eligibility for contract payments, the Secretary, taking into

account any transfer of quota that has been agreed to, shall

provide for the equitable division of the contract payments

among the parties by adjusting the determination of who is

the tobacco quota holder with respect to particular pounds

or allotment of the quota.

(2) EFFECT OF AGREEMENT FOR PERMANENT QUOTA

TRANSFER.—If the Secretary determines that there was in existence, as of the day before the date of the enactment of this

title, an agreement for the permanent transfer of quota, but

that the transfer was not completed by that date, the Secretary

shall consider the tobacco quota holder to be the party to

the agreement that, as of that date, was the owner of the

farm to which the quota was to be transferred.

(e) CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—

(1) CALCULATION OF TOTAL PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The total

amount of contract payments to which an eligible tobacco quota

holder is entitled under this section, with respect to a kind

of tobacco, shall be equal to the product obtained by

multiplying—

(A) $7.00 per pound; by

(B) the base quota level of the tobacco quota holder

determined under subsection (c) with respect to that kind

of tobacco.

(2) ANNUAL PAYMENT.—During each of fiscal years 2005

through 2014, the Secretary shall make a contract payment

under this section to each eligible tobacco quota holder, with
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respect to a kind of tobacco, in an amount equal to 1⁄10 of

the amount determined under paragraph (1) for the tobacco

quota holder for that kind of tobacco.

(f) DEATH OF TOBACCO QUOTA HOLDER.—If a tobacco quota

holder who is entitled to contract payments under this section

dies and is survived by a spouse or one or more dependents, the

right to receive the payments shall transfer to the surviving spouse

or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the estate of the tobacco

quota holder.

SEC. 623. CONTRACT PAYMENTS FOR PRODUCERS OF QUOTA

TOBACCO.

(a) CONTRACT OFFERED.—The Secretary shall offer to enter

into a contract with each producer of quota tobacco under which

the producer of quota tobacco shall be entitled to receive payments

under this section in exchange for the termination of tobacco marketing quotas and related price support under the amendments

made by sections 611 and 612. The contract payments shall constitute full and fair consideration for the termination of such tobacco

marketing quotas and related price support.

(b) ELIGIBILITY.—

(1) APPLICATION AND DETERMINATION.—To be eligible to

enter into a contract to receive a contract payment under this

section, a person shall submit to the Secretary an application

containing such information as the Secretary may require to

demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the person

is a producer of quota tobacco. The application shall be submitted within such time, in such form, and in such manner

as the Secretary may require.

(2) EFFECT OF MULTIPLE PRODUCERS FOR SAME QUOTA

TOBACCO.—If, on the basis of the applications submitted under

paragraph (1) or other information, the Secretary determines

that two or more persons are a producer of the same quota

tobacco, the Secretary shall provide for an equitable distribution

among the persons of the contract payments made under this

section with respect to that quota tobacco, based on relative

share of such persons in the risk of producing the quota tobacco

and such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(c) BASE QUOTA LEVEL.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a base

quota level applicable to each producer of quota tobacco, as

determined under this subsection.

(2) FLUE-CURED AND BURLEY TOBACCO.—In the case of Fluecured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and Burley tobacco

(type 31), the base quota level for each producer of quota

tobacco shall be equal to the effective tobacco marketing quota

(irrespective of disaster lease and transfers) under part I of

subtitle B of title III of the Agriculture Adjustment Act of

1938 for the 2002 marketing year for quota tobacco produced

on the farm.

(3) OTHER KINDS OF TOBACCO.—In the case of each kind

of tobacco (other than tobacco covered by paragraph (2)), for

the purpose of calculating a contract payment to a producer

of quota tobacco, the base quota level for the producer of quota

tobacco shall be the quantity obtained by multiplying—
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(A) the basic tobacco farm acreage allotment for the

2002 marketing year established by the Secretary for quota

tobacco produced on the farm; by

(B) the average annual yield, per acre, of quota tobacco

produced on the farm for the period covering the 2001,

2002, and 2003 crop years.

(d) CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—

(1) CALCULATION OF TOTAL PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Subject to

subsection (b)(2), the total amount of contract payments to

which an eligible producer of quota tobacco is entitled under

this section, with respect to a kind of tobacco, shall be equal

to the product obtained by multiplying—

(A) subject to paragraph (2), $3.00 per pound; by

(B) the base quota level of the producer of quota tobacco

determined under subsection (c) with respect to that kind

of tobacco.

(2) ANNUAL PAYMENT.—During each of fiscal years 2005

through 2014, the Secretary shall make a contract payment

under this section to each eligible producer of tobacco, with

respect to a kind of tobacco, in an amount equal to 1⁄10 of

the amount determined under paragraph (1) for the producer

for that kind of tobacco.

(3) VARIABLE PAYMENT RATES.—The rate for payments to

a producer of quota tobacco under paragraph (1)(A) shall be

equal to—

(A) in the case of a producer of quota tobacco that

produced quota tobacco marketed, or considered planted,

under a marketing quota in all three of the 2002, 2003,

or 2004 tobacco marketing years, the rate prescribed under

paragraph (1)(A);

(B) in the case of a producer of quota tobacco that

produced quota tobacco marketed, or considered planted,

under a marketing quota in only two of those tobacco

marketing years, 2⁄3 of the rate prescribed under paragraph

(1)(A);

(C) in the case of a producer of quota tobacco that

produced quota tobacco marketed, or considered planted,

under a marketing quota in only one of those tobacco

marketing years, 1⁄3 of the rate prescribed under paragraph

(1)(A).

(e) DEATH OF TOBACCO PRODUCER.—If a producer of quota

tobacco who is entitled to contract payments under this section

dies and is survived by a spouse or one or more dependents, the

right to receive the contract payments shall transfer to the surviving

spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the estate of the

producer.

SEC. 624. ADMINISTRATION.

(a) TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—Contract payments required to be made for a fiscal year shall be made by

the Secretary as soon as practicable.

(b) USE OF COUNTY COMMITTEES TO RESOLVE DISPUTES.—Any

dispute regarding the eligibility of a person to enter into a contract

or to receive contract payments, and any dispute regarding the

amount of a contract payment, may be appealed to the county

committee established under section 8 of the Soil Conservation
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and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h) for the county or

other area in which the farming operation of the person is located.

(c) ROLE OF NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION.—Any adverse determination of a county committee under subsection (b) may be

appealed to the National Appeals Division established under subtitle H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of

1994 (7 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.).

(d) USE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary may use

a financial institution to manage assets, make contract payments,

and otherwise carry out this title.

(e) PAYMENT TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary shall

permit a tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco entitled

to contract payments to assign to a financial institution the right

to receive the contract payments. Upon receiving notification of

the assignment, the Secretary shall make subsequent contract payments for the tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco

directly to the financial institution designated by the tobacco quota

holder or producer of quota tobacco. The Secretary shall make

information available to tobacco quota holders and producers of

quota tobacco regarding their ability to elect to have the Secretary

make payments directly to a financial institution under this subsection so that they may obtain a lump sum or other payment.

SEC. 625. USE OF ASSESSMENTS AS SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

(1) BASE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘base period’ means the oneyear period ending the June 30 before the beginning of a

fiscal year.

(2) GROSS DOMESTIC VOLUME.—The term ‘‘gross domestic

volume’’ means the volume of tobacco products—

(A) removed (as defined by section 5702 of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986); and

(B) not exempt from tax under chapter 52 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 at the time of their removal

under that chapter or the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202).

(3) MARKET SHARE.—The term ‘‘market share’’ means the

share of each manufacturer or importer of a class of tobacco

product (expressed as a decimal to the fourth place) of the

total volume of domestic sales of the class of tobacco product

during the base period for a fiscal year for an assessment

under this section.

(b) QUARTERLY ASSESSMENTS.—

(1) IMPOSITION OF ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary, acting

through the Commodity Credit Corporation, shall impose quarterly assessments during each of fiscal years 2005 through

2014, calculated in accordance with this section, on each tobacco

product manufacturer and tobacco product importer that sells

tobacco products in domestic commerce in the United States

during that fiscal year.

(2) AMOUNTS.—Beginning with the calendar quarter ending

on December 31 of each of fiscal years 2005 through 2014,

the assessment payments over each four-calendar quarter

period shall be sufficient to cover—

(A) the contract payments made under sections 622

and 623 during that period; and
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(B) other expenditures from the Tobacco Trust Fund

made during the base quarter periods corresponding to

the four calendar quarters of that period.

(3) DEPOSIT.—Assessments collected under this section

shall be deposited in the Tobacco Trust Fund.

(c) ASSESSMENTS FOR CLASSES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—

(1) INITIAL ALLOCATION.—The percentage of the total

amount required by subsection (b) to be assessed against, and

paid by, the manufacturers and importers of each class of

tobacco product in fiscal year 2005 shall be as follows:

(A) For cigarette manufacturers and importers, 96.331

percent.

(B) For cigar manufacturers and importers, 2.783 percent.

(C) For snuff manufacturers and importers, 0.539 percent.

(D) For roll-your-own tobacco manufacturers and

importers, 0.171 percent.

(E) For chewing tobacco manufacturers and importers,

0.111 percent.

(F) For pipe tobacco manufacturers and importers,

0.066 percent.

(2) SUBSEQUENT ALLOCATIONS.—For subsequent fiscal

years, the Secretary shall periodically adjust the percentage

of the total amount required under subsection (b) to be assessed

against, and paid by, the manufacturers and importers of each

class of tobacco product specified in paragraph (1) to reflect

changes in the share of gross domestic volume held by that

class of tobacco product.

(3) EFFECT OF INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS.—If the Secretary

determines that the assessment imposed under subsection (b)

will result in insufficient amounts to carry out this subtitle

during a fiscal year, the Secretary shall assess such additional

amounts as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry

out this subtitle during that fiscal year. The additional amount

shall be allocated to manufacturers and importers of each class

of tobacco product specified in paragraph (1) in the same

manner and based on the same percentages applicable under

paragraph (1) or (2) for that fiscal year.

(d) NOTIFICATION AND TIMING OF ASSESSMENTS.—

(1) NOTIFICATION OF ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary shall

provide each manufacturer or importer subject to an assessment

under subsection (b) with written notice setting forth the

amount to be assessed against the manufacturer or importer

for each quarterly payment period. The notice for a quarterly

period shall be provided not later than 30 days before the

date payment is due under paragraph (3).

(2) CONTENT.—The notice shall include the following

information with respect to the quarterly period used by the

Secretary in calculating the amount:

(A) The total combined assessment for all manufacturers and importers of tobacco products.

(B) The total assessment with respect to the class

of tobacco products manufactured or imported by the manufacturer or importer.
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(C) Any adjustments to the percentage allocations

among the classes of tobacco products made pursuant to

paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c).

(D) The volume of gross sales of the applicable class

of tobacco product treated as made by the manufacturer

or importer for purposes of calculating the manufacturer’s

or importer’s market share under subsection (f).

(E) The total volume of gross sales of the applicable

class of tobacco product that the Secretary treated as made

by all manufacturers and importers for purposes of calculating the manufacturer’s or importer’s market share under

subsection (f).

(F) The manufacturer’s or importer’s market share of

the applicable class of tobacco product, as determined by

the Secretary under subsection (f).

(G) The market share, as determined by the Secretary

under subsection (f), of each other manufacturer and

importer, for each applicable class of tobacco product.

(3) TIMING OF ASSESSMENT PAYMENTS.— (A) COLLECTION DATE.—Assessments shall be collected

at the end of each calendar year quarter, except that the

Secretary shall ensure that the final assessment due under

this section is collected not later than September 30, 2014.

(B) BASE PERIOD QUARTER.—The assessment for a calendar year quarter shall correspond to the base period

quarter that ended at the end of the preceding calendar

year quarter.

(e) ALLOCATION OF ASSESSMENT WITHIN EACH CLASS OF

TOBACCO PRODUCT.—

(1) PRO RATA BASIS.—The assessment for each class of

tobacco product specified in subsection (c)(1) shall be allocated

on a pro rata basis among manufacturers and importers based

on each manufacturer’s or importer’s share of gross domestic

volume.

(2) LIMITATION.—No manufacturer or importer shall be

required to pay an assessment that is based on a share that

is in excess of the manufacturer’s or importer’s share of

domestic volume.

(f) ALLOCATION OF TOTAL ASSESSMENTS BY MARKET SHARE.—

The amount of the assessment for each class of tobacco product

specified in subsection (c)(1) to be paid by each manufacturer or

importer of that class of tobacco product shall be determined for

each quarterly payment period by multiplying—

(1) the market share of the manufacturer or importer,

as calculated with respect to that payment period, of the class

of tobacco product; by

(2) the total amount of the assessment for that quarterly

payment period under subsection (c), for the class of tobacco

product.

(g) DETERMINATION OF VOLUME OF DOMESTIC SALES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The calculation of the volume of domestic

sales of a class of tobacco product by a manufacturer or

importer, and by all manufacturers and importers as a group,

shall be made by the Secretary based on information provided

by the manufacturers and importers pursuant to subsection

(h), as well as any other relevant information provided to

or obtained by the Secretary.
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(2) GROSS DOMESTIC VOLUME.—The volume of domestic

sales shall be calculated based on gross domestic volume.

(3) MEASUREMENT.—For purposes of the calculations under

this subsection and the certifications under subsection (h) by

the Secretary, the volumes of domestic sales shall be measured

by—

(A) in the case of cigarettes and cigars, the number

of cigarettes and cigars; and

(B) in the case of the other classes of tobacco products

specified in subsection (c)(1), in terms of number of pounds,

or fraction thereof, of those products.

(h) MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME OF DOMESTIC SALES.—

(1) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—Each manufacturer and

importer of tobacco products shall submit to the Secretary

a certified copy of each of the returns or forms described by

paragraph (2) that are required to be filed with a Federal

agency on the same date that those returns or forms are filed,

or required to be filed, with the agency.

(2) RETURNS AND FORMS.—The returns and forms described

by this paragraph are those returns and forms that relate

to— (A) the removal of tobacco products into domestic commerce (as defined by section 5702 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986); and

(B) the payment of the taxes imposed under charter

52 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including AFT

Form 5000.24 and United States Customs Form 7501 under

currently applicable regulations.

(3) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED INFORMATION.—Any person that knowingly fails to provide information

required under this subsection or that provides false information under this subsection shall be subject to the penalties

described in section 1003 of title 18, United States Code. The

Secretary may also assess against the person a civil penalty

in an amount not to exceed two percent of the value of the

kind of tobacco products manufactured or imported by the

person during the fiscal year in which the violation occurred,

as determined by the Secretary.

(i) CHALLENGE TO ASSESSMENT.—

(1) APPEAL TO SECRETARY.—A manufacturer or importer

subject to this section may contest an assessment imposed

on the manufacturer or importer under this section by notifying

the Secretary, not later than 30 business days after receiving

the assessment notification required by subsection (d), that

the manufacturer or importer intends to contest the assessment.

(2) INFORMATION.—Not later than 180 days after the date

of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall establish

by regulation a procedure under which a manufacturer or

importer contesting an assessment under this subsection may

present information to the Secretary to demonstrate that the

assessment applicable to the manufacturer or importer is incorrect. In challenging the assessment, the manufacturer or

importer may use any information that is available, including

third party data on industry or individual company sales volumes.

(3) REVISION.—If a manufacturer or importer establishes

that the initial determination of the amount of an assessment
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is incorrect, the Secretary shall revise the amount of the assessment so that the manufacturer or importer is required to pay

only the amount correctly determined.

(4) TIME FOR REVIEW.—Not later than 30 days after

receiving notice from a manufacturer or importer under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—

(A) decide whether the information provided to the

Secretary under paragraph (2), and any other information

that the Secretary determines is appropriate, is sufficient

to establish that the original assessment was incorrect;

and

(B) make any revisions necessary to ensure that each

manufacturer and importer pays only its correct pro rata

share of total gross domestic volume from all sources.

(5) IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF UNDISPUTED AMOUNTS.—The

regulations promulgated by the Secretary under paragraph (2)

shall provide for the immediate payment by a manufacturer

or importer challenging an assessment of that portion of the

assessment that is not in dispute. The manufacturer and

importer may place into escrow, in accordance with such regulations, only the portion of the assessment being challenged in

good faith pending final determination of the claim.

(j) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Any manufacturer or importer aggrieved

by a determination of the Secretary with respect to the amount

of any assessment may seek review of the determination in

the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

or for the district in which the manufacturer or importer resides

or has its principal place of business at any time following

exhaustion of the administrative remedies available under subsection (i).

(2) TIME LIMITS.—Administrative remedies shall be deemed

exhausted if no decision by the Secretary is made within the

time limits established under subsection (i)(4).

(3) EXCESSIVE ASSESSMENTS.—The court shall restrain

collection of the excessive portion of any assessment or order

a refund of excessive assessments already paid, along with

interest calculated at the rate prescribed in section 3717 of

title 31, United States Code, if it finds that the Secretary’s

determination is not supported by a preponderance of the

information available to the Secretary.

(k) TERMINATION DATE.—The authority provided by this section

to impose assessments terminates on September 30, 2014.

SEC. 626. TOBACCO TRUST FUND.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Commodity

Credit Corporation a revolving trust fund, to be known as the

‘‘Tobacco Trust Fund’’, which shall be used in carrying out this

subtitle. The Tobacco Trust Fund shall consist of the following:

(1) Assessments collected under section 625.

(2) Such amounts as are necessary from the Commodity

Credit Corporation.

(3) Any interest earned on investment of amounts in the

Tobacco Trust Fund under subsection (c).

(b) EXPENDITURES.— (1) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—Subject to paragraph (2),

and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
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shall use amounts in the Tobacco Trust Fund, in such amounts

as the Secretary determines are necessary— (A) to make payments under sections 622 and 623;

(B) to provide reimbursement under section 641(c);

(C) to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation

for costs incurred by the Commodity Credit Corporation

under paragraph (2); and

(D) to make payments to financial institutions to satisfy contractual obligations under section 622 or 623.

(2) EXPENDITURES BY COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall

use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity

Credit Corporation to make payments described in paragraph

(1). Not later than January 1, 2015, the Secretary shall use

amounts in the Tobacco Trust Fund to fully reimburse, with

interest, the Commodity Credit Corporation for all funds of

the Commodity Credit Corporation expended under the

authority of this paragraph. Administrative costs incurred by

the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry

out this title may not be paid using amounts in the Tobacco

Trust Fund.

(c) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commodity Credit Corporation shall

invest such portion of the amounts in the Tobacco Trust Fund

as are not, in the judgment of the Commodity Credit Corporation, required to meet current expenditures.

(2) INTEREST-BEARING OBLIGATIONS.—Investments may be

made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States.

(3) ACQUISITION OF OBLIGATIONS.—For the purpose of

investments under paragraph (1), obligations may be acquired—

(A) on original issue at the issue price; or

(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at the

market price.

(4) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation acquired by the

Tobacco Trust Fund may be sold by the Commodity Credit

Corporation at the market price.

(5) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on, and the proceeds

from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the

Tobacco Trust Fund shall be credited to and form a part of

the Fund.

SEC. 627. LIMITATION ON TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

The total amount expended by the Secretary from the Tobacco

Trust Fund to make payments under sections 622 and 623 and

for the other authorized purposes of the Fund shall not exceed

$10,140,000,000.

Subtitle C—Implementation and

Transition

SEC. 641. TREATMENT OF TOBACCO LOAN POOL STOCKS AND OUTSTANDING LOAN COSTS.

(a) DISPOSAL OF STOCKS.—To provide for the orderly disposition

of quota tobacco held by an association that has entered into a

loan agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 106A or 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–
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1, 1445–2) (referred to in this section as an ‘‘association’’), loan

pool stocks for each kind of tobacco held by the association shall

be disposed of in accordance with this section.

(b) DISPOSAL BY ASSOCIATIONS.—For each kind of tobacco held

by an association, the association shall be responsible for the disposal of a specific quantity of the loan pool stocks for that kind

of tobacco held by the association. The quantity transferred to

the association for disposal shall be equal to the quantity determined by dividing—

(1) the amount of funds held by the association in the

No Net Cost Tobacco Fund and the No Net Cost Tobacco

Account established under sections 106A and 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–1, 1445–2) for the kind

of tobacco; by

(2) the average list price per pound for the kind of tobacco,

as determined by the Secretary.

(c) DISPOSAL OF REMAINDER BY COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—

(1) DISPOSAL.—Any loan pool stocks of a kind of tobacco

of an association that are not transferred to the association

under subsection (b) for disposal shall be disposed of by Commodity Credit Corporation in a manner determined by the

Secretary.

(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—As required by section 626(b)(1)(B),

the Secretary shall transfer from the Tobacco Trust Fund to

the No Net Cost Tobacco Fund or the No Net Cost Tobacco

Account of an association established under section 106A or

106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–1, 1445–

2) such amounts as the Secretary determines will be adequate

to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for any net

losses that the Corporation may sustain under its loan agreements with the association.

(d) TRANSFER OF REMAINING NO NET COST FUNDS.—Any funds

in the No Net Cost Tobacco Fund or the No Net Cost Tobacco

Account of an association established under sections 106A and

106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–1, 1445–

2) that remain after the application of subsections (b) and (c)

shall be transferred to the association for distribution to producers

of quota tobacco in accordance with a plan approved by the Secretary.

SEC. 642. REGULATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this title and the amendments

made by this title.

(b) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the regulations and

administration of this title and the amendments made by this

title shall be made without regard to—

(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of

title 5, United States Code;

(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture

effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices

of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking;

and

(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly

known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’).
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(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided

under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 643. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This title and the amendments made by this title shall apply

to the 2005 and subsequent crops of each kind of tobacco.

TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS

PROVISIONS

SEC. 701. BROWNFIELDS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED

GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PROJECTS.

(a) TREATMENT AS EXEMPT FACILITY BOND.—Subsection (a) of

section 142 (relating to the definition of exempt facility bond) is

amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (12), by striking

the period at the end of paragraph (13) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and

by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(14) qualified green building and sustainable design

projects.’’.

(b) QUALIFIED GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

PROJECTS.—Section 142 (relating to exempt facility bonds) is

amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

‘‘(l) QUALIFIED GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a)(14), the

term ‘qualified green building and sustainable design project’

means any project which is designated by the Secretary, after

consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency, as a qualified green building and sustainable

design project and which meets the requirements of clauses

(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of paragraph (4)(A).

‘‘(2) DESIGNATIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after the end of

the application period described in paragraph (3)(A), the

Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the

Environmental Protection Agency, shall designate qualified

green building and sustainable design projects. At least

one of the projects designated shall be located in, or within

a 10-mile radius of, an empowerment zone as designated

pursuant to section 1391, and at least one of the projects

designated shall be located in a rural State. No more than

one project shall be designated in a State. A project shall

not be designated if such project includes a stadium or

arena for professional sports exhibitions or games.

‘‘(B) MINIMUM CONSERVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary, after consultation

with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency, shall ensure that, in the aggregate, the projects

designated shall— ‘‘(i) reduce electric consumption by more than 150

megawatts annually as compared to conventional

generation, ‘‘(ii) reduce daily sulfur dioxide emissions by at

least 10 tons compared to coal generation power,
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‘‘(iii) expand by 75 percent the domestic solar

photovoltaic market in the United States (measured

in megawatts) as compared to the expansion of that

market from 2001 to 2002, and

‘‘(iv) use at least 25 megawatts of fuel cell energy

generation.

‘‘(3) LIMITED DESIGNATIONS.—A project may not be designated under this subsection unless—

‘‘(A) the project is nominated by a State or local government within 180 days of the enactment of this subsection,

and

‘‘(B) such State or local government provides written

assurances that the project will satisfy the eligibility criteria described in paragraph (4).

‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A project may not be designated

under this subsection unless the application for such designation includes a project proposal which describes the

energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable design

features of the project and demonstrates that the project

satisfies the following eligibility criteria: ‘‘(i) GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.—

At least 75 percent of the square footage of commercial

buildings which are part of the project is registered

for United States Green Building Council’s LEED certification and is reasonably expected (at the time of

the designation) to receive such certification. For purposes of determining LEED certification as required

under this clause, points shall be credited by using

the following:

‘‘(I) For wood products, certification under the

Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program and the

American Tree Farm System.

‘‘(II) For renewable wood products, as credited

for recycled content otherwise provided under

LEED certification.

‘‘(III) For composite wood products, certification under standards established by the American National Standards Institute, or such other

voluntary standards as published in the Federal

Register by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

‘‘(ii) BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT.—The project

includes a brownfield site as defined by section 101(39)

of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601),

including a site described in subparagraph

(D)(ii)(II)(aa) thereof. ‘‘(iii) STATE AND LOCAL SUPPORT.—The project

receives specific State or local government resources

which will support the project in an amount equal

to at least $5,000,000. For purposes of the preceding

sentence, the term ‘resources’ includes tax abatement

benefits and contributions in kind. ‘‘(iv) SIZE.—The project includes at least one of

the following: ‘‘(I) At least 1,000,000 square feet of building.
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‘‘(II) At least 20 acres.

‘‘(v) USE OF TAX BENEFIT.—The project proposal

includes a description of the net benefit of the taxexempt financing provided under this subsection which

will be allocated for financing of one or more of the

following:

‘‘(I) The purchase, construction, integration,

or other use of energy efficiency, renewable energy,

and sustainable design features of the project.

‘‘(II) Compliance with certification standards

cited under clause (i).

‘‘(III) The purchase, remediation, and foundation construction and preparation of the

brownfields site.

‘‘(vi) PROHIBITED FACILITIES.—An issue shall not

be treated as an issue described in subsection (a)(14)

if any proceeds of such issue are used to provide any

facility the principal business of which is the sale

of food or alcoholic beverages for consumption on the

premises.

‘‘(vii) EMPLOYMENT.—The project is projected to

provide permanent employment of at least 1,500 full

time equivalents (150 full time equivalents in rural

States) when completed and construction employment

of at least 1,000 full time equivalents (100 full time

equivalents in rural States).

The application shall include an independent analysis

which describes the project’s economic impact, including

the amount of projected employment.

‘‘(B) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—Each application

described in subparagraph (A) shall contain for each project

a description of—

‘‘(i) the amount of electric consumption reduced

as compared to conventional construction,

‘‘(ii) the amount of sulfur dioxide daily emissions

reduced compared to coal generation,

‘‘(iii) the amount of the gross installed capacity

of the project’s solar photovoltaic capacity measured

in megawatts, and

‘‘(iv) the amount, in megawatts, of the project’s

fuel cell energy generation.

‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION OF USE OF TAX BENEFIT.—No later than

30 days after the completion of the project, each project must

certify to the Secretary that the net benefit of the tax-exempt

financing was used for the purposes described in paragraph

(4).

‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection—

‘‘(A) RURAL STATE.—The term ‘rural State’ means any

State which has—

‘‘(i) a population of less than 4,500,000 according

to the 2000 census,

‘‘(ii) a population density of less than 150 people

per square mile according to the 2000 census, and

‘‘(iii) increased in population by less than half the

rate of the national increase between the 1990 and

2000 censuses.
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‘‘(B) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘local government’

has the meaning given such term by section 1393(a)(5).

‘‘(C) NET BENEFIT OF TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING.—The

term ‘net benefit of tax-exempt financing’ means the

present value of the interest savings (determined by a

calculation established by the Secretary) which result from

the tax-exempt status of the bonds.

‘‘(7) AGGREGATE FACE AMOUNT OF TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An issue shall not be treated as

an issue described in subsection (a)(14) if the aggregate

face amount of bonds issued by the State or local government pursuant thereto for a project (when added to the

aggregate face amount of bonds previously so issued for

such project) exceeds an amount designated by the Secretary as part of the designation.

‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF BONDS.—The Secretary

may not allocate authority to issue qualified green building

and sustainable design project bonds in an aggregate face

amount exceeding $2,000,000,000.

‘‘(8) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a)(14) shall not apply with

respect to any bond issued after September 30, 2009. ‘‘(9) TREATMENT OF CURRENT REFUNDING BONDS.—Paragraphs (7)(B) and (8) shall not apply to any bond (or series

of bonds) issued to refund a bond issued under subsection

(a)(14) before October 1, 2009, if—

‘‘(A) the average maturity date of the issue of which

the refunding bond is a part is not later than the average

maturity date of the bonds to be refunded by such issue,

‘‘(B) the amount of the refunding bond does not exceed

the outstanding amount of the refunded bond, and

‘‘(C) the net proceeds of the refunding bond are used

to redeem the refunded bond not later than 90 days after

the date of the issuance of the refunding bond.

For purposes of subparagraph (A), average maturity shall be

determined in accordance with section 147(b)(2)(A).’’.

(c) EXEMPTION FROM GENERAL STATE VOLUME CAPS.—Paragraph (3) of section 146(g) (relating to exception for certain bonds)

is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘or (13)’’ and inserting ‘‘(13), or (14)’’, and

(2) by striking ‘‘and qualified public educational facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified public educational facilities, and qualified green building and sustainable design projects’’. (d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Each issuer shall maintain, on behalf

of each project, an interest bearing reserve account equal to 1

percent of the net proceeds of any bond issued under this section

for such project. Not later than 5 years after the date of issuance,

the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall determine

whether the project financed with such bonds has substantially

complied with the terms and conditions described in section 142(l)(4)

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section).

If the Secretary, after such consultation, certifies that the project

has substantially complied with such terms and conditions and

meets the commitments set forth in the application for such project

described in section 142(l)(4) of such Code, amounts in the reserve

account, including all interest, shall be released to the project.

If the Secretary determines that the project has not substantially
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complied with such terms and conditions, amounts in the reserve

account, including all interest, shall be paid to the United States

Treasury.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to bonds issued after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 702. EXCLUSION OF GAIN OR LOSS ON SALE OR EXCHANGE OF

CERTAIN BROWNFIELD SITES FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 512 (relating to

unrelated business taxable income) is amended by adding at the

end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(18) TREATMENT OF GAIN OR LOSS ON SALE OR EXCHANGE

OF CERTAIN BROWNFIELD SITES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph (5)(B),

there shall be excluded any gain or loss from the qualified

sale, exchange, or other disposition of any qualifying

brownfield property by an eligible taxpayer.

‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER.—For purposes of this

paragraph—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible taxpayer’ means, with respect to a property, any organization

exempt from tax under section 501(a) which—

‘‘(I) acquires from an unrelated person a qualifying brownfield property, and

‘‘(II) pays or incurs eligible remediation

expenditures with respect to such property in an

amount which exceeds the greater of $550,000 or

12 percent of the fair market value of the property

at the time such property was acquired by the

eligible taxpayer, determined as if there was not

a presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,

or contaminant on the property which is complicating the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of

the property.

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Such term shall not include any

organization which is— ‘‘(I) potentially liable under section 107 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 with respect

to the qualifying brownfield property, ‘‘(II) affiliated with any other person which

is so potentially liable through any direct or

indirect familial relationship or any contractual,

corporate, or financial relationship (other than a

contractual, corporate, or financial relationship

which is created by the instruments by which title

to any qualifying brownfield property is conveyed

or financed or by a contract of sale of goods or

services), or

‘‘(III) the result of a reorganization of a business entity which was so potentially liable.

‘‘(C) QUALIFYING BROWNFIELD PROPERTY.—For purposes

of this paragraph— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying brownfield

property’ means any real property which is certified,

before the taxpayer incurs any eligible remediation
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expenditures (other than to obtain a Phase I environmental site assessment), by an appropriate State

agency (within the meaning of section 198(c)(4)) in

the State in which such property is located as a

brownfield site within the meaning of section 101(39)

of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (as in effect on

the date of the enactment of this paragraph).

‘‘(ii) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION.—Any request by

an eligible taxpayer for a certification described in

clause (i) shall include a sworn statement by the

eligible taxpayer and supporting documentation of the

presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or

contaminant on the property which is complicating

the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of the property

given the property’s reasonably anticipated future land

uses or capacity for uses of the property (including

a Phase I environmental site assessment and, if

applicable, evidence of the property’s presence on a

local, State, or Federal list of brownfields or contaminated property) and other environmental assessments

prepared or obtained by the taxpayer.

‘‘(D) QUALIFIED SALE, EXCHANGE, OR OTHER DISPOSITION.—For purposes of this paragraph—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A sale, exchange, or other disposition of property shall be considered as qualified

if—

‘‘(I) such property is transferred by the eligible

taxpayer to an unrelated person, and

‘‘(II) within 1 year of such transfer the eligible

taxpayer has received a certification from the

Environmental Protection Agency or an appropriate State agency (within the meaning of section

198(c)(4)) in the State in which such property is

located that, as a result of the eligible taxpayer’s

remediation actions, such property would not be

treated as a qualifying brownfield property in the

hands of the transferee.

For purposes of subclause (II), before issuing such certification, the Environmental Protection Agency or

appropriate State agency shall respond to comments

received pursuant to clause (ii)(V) in the same form

and manner as required under section 117(b) of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (as in effect on the

date of the enactment of this paragraph).

‘‘(ii) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION.—Any request by

an eligible taxpayer for a certification described in

clause (i) shall be made not later than the date of

the transfer and shall include a sworn statement by

the eligible taxpayer certifying the following: ‘‘(I) Remedial actions which comply with all

applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (consistent with section 121(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) have been substantially completed, such that there are no hazardous
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substances, pollutants, or contaminants which

complicate the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse

of the property given the property’s reasonably

anticipated future land uses or capacity for uses

of the property.

‘‘(II) The reasonably anticipated future land

uses or capacity for uses of the property are more

economically productive or environmentally beneficial than the uses of the property in existence

on the date of the certification described in

subparagraph (C)(i). For purposes of the preceding

sentence, use of property as a landfill or other

hazardous waste facility shall not be considered

more economically productive or environmentally

beneficial.

‘‘(III) A remediation plan has been implemented to bring the property into compliance with

all applicable local, State, and Federal environmental laws, regulations, and standards and to

ensure that the remediation protects human health

and the environment. ‘‘(IV) The remediation plan described in subclause (III), including any physical improvements

required to remediate the property, is either complete or substantially complete, and, if substantially complete, sufficient monitoring, funding,

institutional controls, and financial assurances

have been put in place to ensure the complete

remediation of the property in accordance with

the remediation plan as soon as is reasonably practicable after the sale, exchange, or other disposition of such property.

‘‘(V) Public notice and the opportunity for comment on the request for certification was completed

before the date of such request. Such notice and

opportunity for comment shall be in the same form

and manner as required for public participation

required under section 117(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act of 1980 (as in effect on the date

of the enactment of this paragraph). For purposes

of this subclause, public notice shall include, at

a minimum, publication in a major local newspaper

of general circulation.

‘‘(iii) ATTACHMENT TO TAX RETURNS.—A copy of

each of the requests for certification described in clause

(ii) of subparagraph (C) and this subparagraph shall

be included in the tax return of the eligible taxpayer

(and, where applicable, of the qualifying partnership)

for the taxable year during which the transfer occurs.

‘‘(iv) SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.—For purposes of

this subparagraph, a remedial action is substantially

complete when any necessary physical construction is

complete, all immediate threats have been eliminated,

and all long-term threats are under control.

‘‘(E) ELIGIBLE REMEDIATION EXPENDITURES.—For purposes of this paragraph—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible remediation

expenditures’ means, with respect to any qualifying

brownfield property, any amount paid or incurred by

the eligible taxpayer to an unrelated third person to

obtain a Phase I environmental site assessment of

the property, and any amount so paid or incurred

after the date of the certification described in subparagraph (C)(i) for goods and services necessary to obtain

a certification described in subparagraph (D)(i) with

respect to such property, including expenditures—

‘‘(I) to manage, remove, control, contain, abate,

or otherwise remediate a hazardous substance,

pollutant, or contaminant on the property,

‘‘(II) to obtain a Phase II environmental site

assessment of the property, including any expenditure to monitor, sample, study, assess, or otherwise

evaluate the release, threat of release, or presence

of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant on the property,

‘‘(III) to obtain environmental regulatory certifications and approvals required to manage the

remediation and monitoring of the hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant on the property,

and

‘‘(IV) regardless of whether it is necessary to

obtain a certification described in subparagraph

(D)(i)(II), to obtain remediation cost-cap or stoploss coverage, re-opener or regulatory action coverage, or similar coverage under environmental

insurance policies, or financial guarantees required

to manage such remediation and monitoring.

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not include—

‘‘(I) any portion of the purchase price paid

or incurred by the eligible taxpayer to acquire

the qualifying brownfield property,

‘‘(II) environmental insurance costs paid or

incurred to obtain legal defense coverage, owner/

operator liability coverage, lender liability coverage, professional liability coverage, or similar

types of coverage,

‘‘(III) any amount paid or incurred to the

extent such amount is reimbursed, funded, or

otherwise subsidized by grants provided by the

United States, a State, or a political subdivision

of a State for use in connection with the property,

proceeds of an issue of State or local government

obligations used to provide financing for the property the interest of which is exempt from tax under

section 103, or subsidized financing provided

(directly or indirectly) under a Federal, State, or

local program provided in connection with the

property, or

‘‘(IV) any expenditure paid or incurred before

the date of the enactment of this paragraph.
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For purposes of subclause (III), the Secretary may issue

guidance regarding the treatment of government-provided funds for purposes of determining eligible

remediation expenditures.

‘‘(F) DETERMINATION OF GAIN OR LOSS.—For purposes

of this paragraph, the determination of gain or loss shall

not include an amount treated as gain which is ordinary

income with respect to section 1245 or section 1250 property, including amounts deducted as section 198 expenses

which are subject to the recapture rules of section 198(e),

if the taxpayer had deducted such amounts in the computation of its unrelated business taxable income.

‘‘(G) SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERSHIPS.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible taxpayer which is a partner of a qualifying partnership

which acquires, remediates, and sells, exchanges, or

otherwise disposes of a qualifying brownfield property,

this paragraph shall apply to the eligible taxpayer’s

distributive share of the qualifying partnership’s gain

or loss from the sale, exchange, or other disposition

of such property.

‘‘(ii) QUALIFYING PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘qualifying partnership’ means a partnership which—

‘‘(I) has a partnership agreement which satisfies the requirements of section 514(c)(9)(B)(vi) at

all times beginning on the date of the first certification received by the partnership under subparagraph (C)(i),

‘‘(II) satisfies the requirements of subparagraphs (B)(i), (C), (D), and (E), if ‘qualified partnership’ is substituted for ‘eligible taxpayer’ each place

it appears therein (except subparagraph (D)(iii)),

and

‘‘(III) is not an organization which would be

prevented from constituting an eligible taxpayer

by reason of subparagraph (B)(ii).

‘‘(iii) REQUIREMENT THAT TAX-EXEMPT PARTNER BE

A PARTNER SINCE FIRST CERTIFICATION.—This paragraph shall apply with respect to any eligible taxpayer

which is a partner of a partnership which acquires,

remediates, and sells, exchanges, or otherwise disposes

of a qualifying brownfield property only if such eligible

taxpayer was a partner of the qualifying partnership

at all times beginning on the date of the first certification received by the partnership under subparagraph

(C)(i) and ending on the date of the sale, exchange,

or other disposition of the property by the partnership.

‘‘(iv) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe

such regulations as are necessary to prevent abuse

of the requirements of this subparagraph, including

abuse through—

‘‘(I) the use of special allocations of gains or

losses, or

‘‘(II) changes in ownership of partnership

interests held by eligible taxpayers.

‘‘(H) SPECIAL RULES FOR MULTIPLE PROPERTIES.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible taxpayer or a qualifying partnership of which the eligible taxpayer is a

partner may make a 1-time election to apply this paragraph to more than 1 qualifying brownfield property

by averaging the eligible remediation expenditures for

all such properties acquired during the election period.

If the eligible taxpayer or qualifying partnership makes

such an election, the election shall apply to all qualified

sales, exchanges, or other dispositions of qualifying

brownfield properties the acquisition and transfer of

which occur during the period for which the election

remains in effect.

‘‘(ii) ELECTION.—An election under clause (i) shall

be made with the eligible taxpayer’s or qualifying partnership’s timely filed tax return (including extensions)

for the first taxable year for which the taxpayer or

qualifying partnership intends to have the election

apply. An election under clause (i) is effective for the

period—

‘‘(I) beginning on the date which is the first

day of the taxable year of the return in which

the election is included or a later day in such

taxable year selected by the eligible taxpayer or

qualifying partnership, and

‘‘(II) ending on the date which is the earliest

of a date of revocation selected by the eligible

taxpayer or qualifying partnership, the date which

is 8 years after the date described in subclause

(I), or, in the case of an election by a qualifying

partnership of which the eligible taxpayer is a

partner, the date of the termination of the qualifying partnership.

‘‘(iii) REVOCATION.—An eligible taxpayer or qualifying partnership may revoke an election under clause

(i)(II) by filing a statement of revocation with a timely

filed tax return (including extensions). A revocation

is effective as of the first day of the taxable year

of the return in which the revocation is included or

a later day in such taxable year selected by the eligible

taxpayer or qualifying partnership. Once an eligible

taxpayer or qualifying partnership revokes the election,

the eligible taxpayer or qualifying partnership is ineligible to make another election under clause (i) with

respect to any qualifying brownfield property subject

to the revoked election.

‘‘(I) RECAPTURE.—If an eligible taxpayer excludes gain

or loss from a sale, exchange, or other disposition of property to which an election under subparagraph (H) applies,

and such property fails to satisfy the requirements of this

paragraph, the unrelated business taxable income of the

eligible taxpayer for the taxable year in which such failure

occurs shall be determined by including any previously

excluded gain or loss from such sale, exchange, or other

disposition allocable to such taxpayer, and interest shall

be determined at the overpayment rate established under

section 6621 on any resulting tax for the period beginning

with the due date of the return for the taxable year during
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which such sale, exchange, or other disposition occurred,

and ending on the date of payment of the tax.

‘‘(J) RELATED PERSONS.—For purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be treated as related to another

person if—

‘‘(i) such person bears a relationship to such other

person described in section 267(b) (determined without

regard to paragraph (9) thereof), or section 707(b)(1),

determined by substituting ‘25 percent’ for ‘50 percent’

each place it appears therein, and

‘‘(ii) in the case such other person is a nonprofit

organization, if such person controls directly or

indirectly more than 25 percent of the governing body

of such organization.

‘‘(K) TERMINATION.—Except for purposes of determining the average eligible remediation expenditures for

properties acquired during the election period under

subparagraph (H), this paragraph shall not apply to any

property acquired by the eligible taxpayer or qualifying

partnership after December 31, 2009.’’.

(b) EXCLUSION FROM DEFINITION OF DEBT-FINANCED PROP- ERTY.—Section 514(b)(1) (defining debt-financed property) is

amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), by striking

the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’,

and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(E) any property the gain or loss from the sale,

exchange, or other disposition of which would be excluded

by reason of the provisions of section 512(b)(18) in computing the gross income of any unrelated trade or business.’’.

(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in the amendments made by

this section shall affect any duty, liability, or other requirement

imposed under any other Federal or State law. Notwithstanding

section 128(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, a certification provided by

the Environmental Protection Agency or an appropriate State

agency (within the meaning of section 198(c)(4) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986) shall not affect the liability of any person

under section 107(a) of such Act.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to any gain or loss on the sale, exchange, or other

disposition of any property acquired by the taxpayer after December

31, 2004.

SEC. 703. CIVIL RIGHTS TAX RELIEF.

(a) DEDUCTION ALLOWED WHETHER OR NOT TAXPAYER ITEMIZES

OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 62 (defining adjusted

gross income) is amended by inserting after paragraph (18) the

following new item:

‘‘(19) COSTS INVOLVING DISCRIMINATION SUITS, ETC.—Any

deduction allowable under this chapter for attorney fees and

court costs paid by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer in connection

with any action involving a claim of unlawful discrimination

(as defined in subsection (e)) or a claim of a violation of subchapter III of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code or

a claim made under section 1862(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security
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Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(3)(A)). The preceding sentence shall

not apply to any deduction in excess of the amount includible

in the taxpayer’s gross income for the taxable year on account

of a judgment or settlement (whether by suit or agreement

and whether as lump sum or periodic payments) resulting

from such claim.’’.

(b) UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION DEFINED.—Section 62 is

amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION DEFINED.—For purposes of subsection (a)(19), the term ‘unlawful discrimination’ means an act

that is unlawful under any of the following:

‘‘(1) Section 302 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (2 U.S.C.

1202).

‘‘(2) Section 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, or 207 of the

Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1311, 1312,

1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, or 1317).

‘‘(3) The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et

seq.).

‘‘(4) The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.

201 et seq.).

‘‘(5) Section 4 or 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 623 or 633a). ‘‘(6) Section 501 or 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

(29 U.S.C. 791 or 794). ‘‘(7) Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1140). ‘‘(8) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20

U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). ‘‘(9) The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (29

U.S.C. 2001 et seq.). ‘‘(10) The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification

Act (29 U.S.C. 2102 et seq.). ‘‘(11) Section 105 of the Family and Medical Leave Act

of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2615). ‘‘(12) Chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code (relating

to employment and reemployment rights of members of the

uniformed services). ‘‘(13) Section 1977, 1979, or 1980 of the Revised Statutes

(42 U.S.C. 1981, 1983, or 1985). ‘‘(14) Section 703, 704, or 717 of the Civil Rights Act

of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2, 2000e–3, or 2000e–16). ‘‘(15) Section 804, 805, 806, 808, or 818 of the Fair Housing

Act (42 U.S.C. 3604, 3605, 3606, 3608, or 3617). ‘‘(16) Section 102, 202, 302, or 503 of the Americans with

Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12112, 12132, 12182, or

12203). ‘‘(17) Any provision of Federal law (popularly known as

whistleblower protection provisions) prohibiting the discharge

of an employee, the discrimination against an employee, or

any other form of retaliation or reprisal against an employee

for asserting rights or taking other actions permitted under

Federal law. ‘‘(18) Any provision of Federal, State, or local law, or

common law claims permitted under Federal, State, or local

law—

‘‘(i) providing for the enforcement of civil rights,

or
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‘‘(ii) regulating any aspect of the employment relationship, including claims for wages, compensation, or

benefits, or prohibiting the discharge of an employee,

the discrimination against an employee, or any other

form of retaliation or reprisal against an employee

for asserting rights or taking other actions permitted

by law.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to fees and costs paid after the date of the enactment

of this Act with respect to any judgment or settlement occurring

after such date.

SEC. 704. MODIFICATION OF CLASS LIFE FOR CERTAIN TRACK FACILITIES.

(a) 7-YEAR PROPERTY.—Subparagraph (C) of section 168(e)(3)

(relating to classification of certain property) is amended by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii) and by inserting after clause (i)

the following new clause:

‘‘(ii) any motorsports entertainment complex, and’’.

(b) DEFINITION.—Section 168(i) (relating to definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the end the following new

paragraph:

‘‘(15) MOTORSPORTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘motorsports entertainment complex’ means a racing track facility which—

‘‘(i) is permanently situated on land, and

‘‘(ii) during the 36-month period following the first

day of the month in which the asset is placed in

service, hosts 1 or more racing events for automobiles

(of any type), trucks, or motorcycles which are open

to the public for the price of admission.

‘‘(B) ANCILLARY AND SUPPORT FACILITIES.—Such term

shall include, if owned by the taxpayer who owns the

complex and provided for the benefit of patrons of the

complex—

‘‘(i) ancillary facilities and land improvements in

support of the complex’s activities (including parking

lots, sidewalks, waterways, bridges, fences, and landscaping),

‘‘(ii) support facilities (including food and beverage

retailing, souvenir vending, and other nonlodging

accommodations), and

‘‘(iii) appurtenances associated with such facilities

and related attractions and amusements (including

ticket booths, race track surfaces, suites and hospitality

facilities, grandstands and viewing structures, props,

walls, facilities that support the delivery of entertainment services, other special purpose structures,

facades, shop interiors, and buildings).

‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—Such term shall not include any

transportation equipment, administrative services assets,

warehouses, administrative buildings, hotels, or motels.

‘‘(D) TERMINATION.—This paragraph shall not apply

to any property placed in service after December 31, 2007.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to any property placed in service after the date

of the enactment of this Act.

(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR ASSET CLASS 80.0.—In the case of

race track facilities placed in service after the date of the

enactment of this Act, such facilities shall not be treated as

theme and amusement facilities classified under asset class

80.0.

(3) NO INFERENCE.—Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to affect the

treatment of property placed in service on or before the date

of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 705. SUSPENSION OF POLICYHOLDERS SURPLUS ACCOUNT

PROVISIONS.

(a) DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM PRE-1984 POLICYHOLDERS SURPLUS ACCOUNT.—Section 815 (relating to distributions

to shareholders from pre-1984 policyholders surplus account) is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULES APPLICABLE DURING 2005 AND 2006.—In

the case of any taxable year of a stock life insurance company

beginning after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2007—

‘‘(1) the amount under subsection (a)(2) for such taxable

year shall be treated as zero, and

‘‘(2) notwithstanding subsection (b), in determining any

subtractions from an account under subsections (c)(3) and (d)(3),

any distribution to shareholders during such taxable year shall

be treated as made first out of the policyholders surplus

account, then out of the shareholders surplus account, and

finally out of other accounts.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 706. CERTAIN ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROPERTY

TREATED AS 7-YEAR PROPERTY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(e)(3)(C) (defining 7-year property), as amended by this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at

the end of clause (ii), by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv),

and by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:

‘‘(iii) any Alaska natural gas pipeline, and’’.

(b) ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.—Section 168(i) (relating

to definitions and special rules), as amended by this Act, is amended

by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(16) ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.—The term ‘Alaska

natural gas pipeline’ means the natural gas pipeline system

located in the State of Alaska which—

‘‘(A) has a capacity of more than 500,000,000,000 Btu

of natural gas per day, and

‘‘(B) is—

‘‘(i) placed in service after December 31, 2013,

or

‘‘(ii) treated as placed in service on January 1,

2014, if the taxpayer who places such system in service

before January 1, 2014, elects such treatment.

Such term includes the pipe, trunk lines, related equipment,

and appurtenances used to carry natural gas, but does not

include any gas processing plant.’’.
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(c) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in section

168(g)(3)(B) (relating to special rule for certain property assigned

to classes) is amended by inserting after the item relating to

subparagraph (C)(ii) the following new item:

‘‘(C)(iii) .................................................................................................................... 22’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 707. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY CREDIT TO CERTAIN ALASKA FACILITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43(c)(1) (defining qualified enhanced

oil recovery costs) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subparagraph: ‘‘(D) Any amount which is paid or incurred during

the taxable year to construct a gas treatment plant which— ‘‘(i) is located in the area of the United States

(within the meaning of section 638(1)) lying north of

64 degrees North latitude, ‘‘(ii) prepares Alaska natural gas for transportation

through a pipeline with a capacity of at least

2,000,000,000,000 Btu of natural gas per day, and ‘‘(iii) produces carbon dioxide which is injected into

hydrocarbon-bearing geological formations.’’. (b) ALASKA NATURAL GAS.—Section 43(c) is amended by adding

at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) ALASKA NATURAL GAS.—For purposes of paragraph

(1)(D)—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Alaska natural gas’ means

natural gas entering the Alaska natural gas pipeline (as defined

in section 168(i)(16) (determined without regard to subparagraph (B) thereof)) which is produced from a well—

‘‘(A) located in the area of the State of Alaska lying

north of 64 degrees North latitude, determined by excluding

the area of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (including

the continental shelf thereof within the meaning of section

638(1)), and

‘‘(B) pursuant to the applicable State and Federal pollution prevention, control, and permit requirements from

such area (including the continental shelf thereof within

the meaning of section 638(1)).

‘‘(2) NATURAL GAS.—The term ‘natural gas’ has the meaning

given such term by section 613A(e)(2).’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to costs paid or incurred in taxable years beginning

after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 708. METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR NAVAL SHIPBUILDERS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualified naval ship contract,

the taxable income of such contract during the 5-taxable year period

beginning with the taxable year in which the contract commencement date occurs shall be determined under a method identical

to the method used in the case of a qualified ship contract (as

defined in section 10203(b)(2)(B) of the Revenue Act of 1987).

(b) RECAPTURE OF TAX BENEFIT.—In the case of a qualified

naval ship contract to which subsection (a) applies, the taxpayer’s

tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

for the first taxable year following the 5-taxable year period
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described in subsection (a) shall be increased by the excess (if

any) of—

(1) the amount of tax which would have been imposed

during such period if this section had not been enacted, over

(2) the amount of tax so imposed during such period.

(c) QUALIFIED NAVAL SHIP CONTRACT.—For purposes of this

section:

(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified naval ship contract’’

means any contract or portion thereof that is for the construction in the United States of 1 ship or submarine for the Federal

Government if the taxpayer reasonably expects the acceptance

date will occur no later than 9 years after the construction

commencement date.

(2) ACCEPTANCE DATE.—The term ‘‘acceptance date’’ means

the date 1 year after the date on which the Federal Government

issues a letter of acceptance or other similar document for

the ship or submarine.

(3) CONSTRUCTION COMMENCEMENT DATE.—The term ‘‘construction commencement date’’ means the date on which

the physical fabrication of any section or component of the

ship or submarine begins in the taxpayer’s shipyard.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to contracts for

ships or submarines with respect to which the construction

commencement date occurs after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

SEC. 709. MODIFICATION OF MINIMUM COST REQUIREMENT FOR

TRANSFER OF EXCESS PENSION ASSETS.

(a) AMENDMENTS OF ERISA.—

(1) Section 101(e)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1021(e)(3)) is amended by

striking ‘‘Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004’’ and inserting

‘‘American Jobs Creation Act of 2004’’.

(2) Section 403(c)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1103(c)(1)) is

amended by striking ‘‘Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004’’

and inserting ‘‘American Jobs Creation Act of 2004’’.

(3) Paragraph (13) of section 408(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C.

1108(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘Pension Funding Equity

Act of 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘American Jobs Creation Act of

2004’’.

(b) MINIMUM COST REQUIREMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 420(c)(3)(E) is amended by adding

at the end the following new clause:

‘‘(ii) INSIGNIFICANT COST REDUCTIONS PERMITTED.—

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—An eligible employer shall

not be treated as failing to meet the requirements

of this paragraph for any taxable year if, in lieu

of any reduction of retiree health coverage permitted under the regulations prescribed under

clause (i), the employer reduces applicable

employer cost by an amount not in excess of the

reduction in costs which would have occurred if

the employer had made the maximum permissible

reduction in retiree health coverage under such

regulations. In applying such regulations to any

subsequent taxable year, any reduction in

applicable employer cost under this clause shall
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be treated as if it were an equivalent reduction

in retiree health coverage.

‘‘(II) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.—For purposes of

subclause (I), an employer shall be treated as an

eligible employer for any taxable year if, for the

preceding taxable year, the qualified current

retiree health liabilities of the employer were at

least 5 percent of the gross receipts of the

employer. For purposes of this subclause, the rules

of paragraphs (2), (3)(B), and (3)(C) of section

448(c) shall apply in determining the amount of

an employer’s gross receipts.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 420(c)(3)(E) is

amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting:

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’.

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of

the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 710. EXPANSION OF CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM

CERTAIN RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

(a) EXPANSION OF QUALIFIED ENERGY RESOURCES.—Subsection

(c) of section 45 (relating to electricity produced from certain renewable resources) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) QUALIFIED ENERGY RESOURCES AND REFINED COAL.—For

purposes of this section:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified energy resources’

means—

‘‘(A) wind,

‘‘(B) closed-loop biomass,

‘‘(C) open-loop biomass,

‘‘(D) geothermal energy,

‘‘(E) solar energy,

‘‘(F) small irrigation power, and

‘‘(G) municipal solid waste.

‘‘(2) CLOSED-LOOP BIOMASS.—The term ‘closed-loop biomass’ means any organic material from a plant which is planted

exclusively for purposes of being used at a qualified facility

to produce electricity. ‘‘(3) OPEN-LOOP BIOMASS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘open-loop biomass’

means—

‘‘(i) any agricultural livestock waste nutrients, or

‘‘(ii) any solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic waste

material which is segregated from other waste materials and which is derived from— ‘‘(I) any of the following forest-related

resources: mill and harvesting residues,

precommercial thinnings, slash, and brush, ‘‘(II) solid wood waste materials, including

waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and

construction wood wastes (other than pressuretreated, chemically-treated, or painted wood

wastes), and landscape or right-of-way tree trimmings, but not including municipal solid waste,

gas derived from the biodegradation of solid waste,

or paper which is commonly recycled, or
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‘‘(III) agriculture sources, including orchard

tree crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and

other crop by-products or residues.

Such term shall not include closed-loop biomass or biomass

burned in conjunction with fossil fuel (cofiring) beyond

such fossil fuel required for startup and flame stabilization.

‘‘(B) AGRICULTURAL LIVESTOCK WASTE NUTRIENTS.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘agricultural livestock

waste nutrients’ means agricultural livestock manure

and litter, including wood shavings, straw, rice hulls,

and other bedding material for the disposition of

manure.

‘‘(ii) AGRICULTURAL LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘agricultural livestock’ includes bovine, swine, poultry, and

sheep.

‘‘(4) GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.—The term ‘geothermal energy’

means energy derived from a geothermal deposit (within the

meaning of section 613(e)(2)).

‘‘(5) SMALL IRRIGATION POWER.—The term ‘small irrigation

power’ means power—

‘‘(A) generated without any dam or impoundment of

water through an irrigation system canal or ditch, and

‘‘(B) the nameplate capacity rating of which is not

less than 150 kilowatts but is less than 5 megawatts.

‘‘(6) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.—The term ‘municipal solid

waste’ has the meaning given the term ‘solid waste’ under

section 2(27) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903).

‘‘(7) REFINED COAL.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘refined coal’ means a

fuel which—

‘‘(i) is a liquid, gaseous, or solid synthetic fuel

produced from coal (including lignite) or high carbon

fly ash, including such fuel used as a feedstock,

‘‘(ii) is sold by the taxpayer with the reasonable

expectation that it will be used for purpose of producing

steam,

‘‘(iii) is certified by the taxpayer as resulting (when

used in the production of steam) in a qualified emission

reduction, and

‘‘(iv) is produced in such a manner as to result

in an increase of at least 50 percent in the market

value of the refined coal (excluding any increase caused

by materials combined or added during the production

process), as compared to the value of the feedstock

coal.

‘‘(B) QUALIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION.—The term ‘qualified emission reduction’ means a reduction of at least 20

percent of the emissions of nitrogen oxide and either sulfur

dioxide or mercury released when burning the refined coal

(excluding any dilution caused by materials combined or

added during the production process), as compared to the

emissions released when burning the feedstock coal or comparable coal predominantly available in the marketplace

as of January 1, 2003.’’.

(b) EXPANSION OF QUALIFIED FACILITIES.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 45 is amended by redesignating

subsection (d) as subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection

(c) the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) QUALIFIED FACILITIES.—For purposes of this section:

‘‘(1) WIND FACILITY.—In the case of a facility using wind

to produce electricity, the term ‘qualified facility’ means any

facility owned by the taxpayer which is originally placed in

service after December 31, 1993, and before January 1, 2006.

‘‘(2) CLOSED-LOOP BIOMASS FACILITY.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a facility using closedloop biomass to produce electricity, the term ‘qualified

facility’ means any facility—

‘‘(i) owned by the taxpayer which is originally

placed in service after December 31, 1992, and before

January 1, 2006, or

‘‘(ii) owned by the taxpayer which before January

1, 2006, is originally placed in service and modified

to use closed-loop biomass to co-fire with coal, with

other biomass, or with both, but only if the modification

is approved under the Biomass Power for Rural

Development Programs or is part of a pilot project

of the Commodity Credit Corporation as described in

65 Fed. Reg. 63052.

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.—In the case of a qualified facility

described in subparagraph (A)(ii)—

‘‘(i) the 10-year period referred to in subsection

(a) shall be treated as beginning no earlier than the

date of the enactment of this clause,

‘‘(ii) the amount of the credit determined under

subsection (a) with respect to the facility shall be an

amount equal to the amount determined without

regard to this clause multiplied by the ratio of the

thermal content of the closed-loop biomass used in

such facility to the thermal content of all fuels used

in such facility, and

‘‘(iii) if the owner of such facility is not the producer

of the electricity, the person eligible for the credit

allowable under subsection (a) shall be the lessee or

the operator of such facility.

‘‘(3) OPEN-LOOP BIOMASS FACILITIES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a facility using openloop biomass to produce electricity, the term ‘qualified

facility’ means any facility owned by the taxpayer which—

‘‘(i) in the case of a facility using agricultural livestock waste nutrients— ‘‘(I) is originally placed in service after the

date of the enactment of this subclause and before

January 1, 2006, and ‘‘(II) the nameplate capacity rating of which

is not less than 150 kilowatts, and

‘‘(ii) in the case of any other facility, is originally

placed in service before January 1, 2006.

‘‘(B) CREDIT ELIGIBILITY.—In the case of any facility

described in subparagraph (A), if the owner of such facility

is not the producer of the electricity, the person eligible

for the credit allowable under subsection (a) shall be the

lessee or the operator of such facility.
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‘‘(4) GEOTHERMAL OR SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY.—In the case

of a facility using geothermal or solar energy to produce electricity, the term ‘qualified facility’ means any facility owned

by the taxpayer which is originally placed in service after

the date of the enactment of this paragraph and before January

1, 2006. Such term shall not include any property described

in section 48(a)(3) the basis of which is taken into account

by the taxpayer for purposes of determining the energy credit

under section 48.

‘‘(5) SMALL IRRIGATION POWER FACILITY.—In the case of

a facility using small irrigation power to produce electricity,

the term ‘qualified facility’ means any facility owned by the

taxpayer which is originally placed in service after the date

of the enactment of this paragraph and before January 1,

2006.

‘‘(6) LANDFILL GAS FACILITIES.—In the case of a facility

producing electricity from gas derived from the biodegradation

of municipal solid waste, the term ‘qualified facility’ means

any facility owned by the taxpayer which is originally placed

in service after the date of the enactment of this paragraph

and before January 1, 2006. ‘‘(7) TRASH COMBUSTION FACILITIES.—In the case of a

facility which burns municipal solid waste to produce electricity,

the term ‘qualified facility’ means any facility owned by the

taxpayer which is originally placed in service after the date

of the enactment of this paragraph and before January 1,

2006.

‘‘(8) REFINED COAL PRODUCTION FACILITY.—The term

‘refined coal production facility’ means a facility which is placed

in service after the date of the enactment of this paragraph

and before January 1, 2009.’’.

(2) RULES FOR REFINED COAL PRODUCTION FACILITIES.—

Subsection (e) of section 45, as so redesignated, is amended

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(8) REFINED COAL PRODUCTION FACILITIES.— ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION OF CREDIT AMOUNT.—In the case

of a producer of refined coal, the credit determined under

this section (without regard to this paragraph) for any

taxable year shall be increased by an amount equal to

$4.375 per ton of qualified refined coal— ‘‘(i) produced by the taxpayer at a refined coal

production facility during the 10-year period beginning

on the date the facility was originally placed in service,

and ‘‘(ii) sold by the taxpayer—

‘‘(I) to an unrelated person, and

‘‘(II) during such 10-year period and such taxable year.

‘‘(B) PHASEOUT OF CREDIT.—The amount of the increase

determined under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced by

an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount

of the increase (determined without regard to this subparagraph) as—

‘‘(i) the amount by which the reference price of

fuel used as a feedstock (within the meaning of subsection (c)(7)(A)) for the calendar year in which the

sale occurs exceeds an amount equal to 1.7 multiplied
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by the reference price for such fuel in 2002, bears

to

‘‘(ii) $8.75.

‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF RULES.—Rules similar to the rules

of the subsection (b)(3) and paragraphs (1) through (5)

and (9) of this subsection shall apply for purposes of determining the amount of any increase under this paragraph.’’.

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) Section 45(e), as so redesignated, is amended by

striking ‘‘subsection (c)(3)(A)’’ in paragraph (7)(A)(i) and

inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’.

(B) The heading of section 45 and the item relating

to such section in the table of sections for subpart D of

part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 are each amended

by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘, etc’’.

(C) Paragraph (2) of section 45(b) is amended by

striking ‘‘The 1.5 cent amount’’ and all that follows through

‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘The 1.5 cent amount in

subsection (a), the 8 cent amount in paragraph (1), the

$4.375 amount in subsection (e)(8)(A), and in subsection

(e)(8)(B)(i) the reference price of fuel used as a feedstock

(within the meaning of subsection (c)(7)(A)) in 2002’’.

(c) SPECIAL CREDIT RATE AND PERIOD FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED AND SOLD AFTER ENACTMENT DATE.—Section 45(b) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) CREDIT RATE AND PERIOD FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED

AND SOLD FROM CERTAIN FACILITIES.—

‘‘(A) CREDIT RATE.—In the case of electricity produced

and sold in any calendar year after 2003 at any qualified

facility described in paragraph (3), (5), (6), or (7) of subsection (d), the amount in effect under subsection (a)(1)

for such calendar year (determined before the application

of the last sentence of paragraph (2) of this subsection)

shall be reduced by one-half.

‘‘(B) CREDIT PERIOD.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause

(ii), in the case of any facility described in paragraph

(3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of subsection (d), the 5-year

period beginning on the date the facility was originally

placed in service shall be substituted for the 10-year

period in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii).

‘‘(ii) CERTAIN OPEN-LOOP BIOMASS FACILITIES.—In

the case of any facility described in subsection

(d)(3)(A)(ii) placed in service before the date of the

enactment of this paragraph, the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act shall

be substituted for the 10-year period in subsection

(a)(2)(A)(ii).’’.

(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER CREDITS.—Section 45(e), as

redesignated and amended by this section, is amended by inserting

after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(9) COORDINATION WITH CREDIT FOR PRODUCING FUEL FROM

A NONCONVENTIONAL SOURCE.—The term ‘qualified facility’ shall

not include any facility the production from which is allowed

as a credit under section 29 for the taxable year or any prior

taxable year.’’.
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(e) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 48.—Section 48(a)(3) (defining

energy property) is amended by adding at the end the following

new sentence: ‘‘Such term shall not include any property which

is part of a facility the production from which is allowed as a

credit under section 45 for the taxable year or any prior taxable

year.’’.

(f) ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN CREDIT REDUCTIONS.—Section

45(b)(3) (relating to credit reduced for grants, tax-exempt bonds,

subsidized energy financing, and other credits) is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘the lesser of 1⁄2 or’’ before ‘‘a fraction’’

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), and

(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This

paragraph shall not apply with respect to any facility described

in subsection (d)(2)(A)(ii).’’.

(g) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to

electricity produced and sold after the date of the enactment

of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

(2) CERTAIN BIOMASS FACILITIES.—With respect to any

facility described in section 45(d)(3)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by subsection (b)(1), which is

placed in service before the date of the enactment of this

Act, the amendments made by this section shall apply to electricity produced and sold after December 31, 2004, in taxable

years ending after such date.

(3) CREDIT RATE AND PERIOD FOR NEW FACILITIES.—The

amendments made by subsection (c) shall apply to electricity

produced and sold after December 31, 2004, in taxable years

ending after such date.

(4) NONAPPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS TO PREEFFECTIVE

DATE POULTRY WASTE FACILITIES.—The amendments made by

this section shall not apply with respect to any poultry waste

facility (within the meaning of section 45(c)(3)(C), as in effect

on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) placed

in service before January 1, 2004.

(5) REFINED COAL PRODUCTION FACILITIES.—Section 45(e)(8)

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section,

shall apply to refined coal produced and sold after the date

of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 711. CERTAIN BUSINESS RELATED CREDITS ALLOWED AGAINST

REGULAR AND MINIMUM TAX.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 38 (relating to limitation based on amount of tax) is amended by redesignating paragraph

(4) as paragraph (5) and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULES FOR SPECIFIED CREDITS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of specified credits—

‘‘(i) this section and section 39 shall be applied

separately with respect to such credits, and

‘‘(ii) in applying paragraph (1) to such credits—

‘‘(I) the tentative minimum tax shall be treated

as being zero, and

‘‘(II) the limitation under paragraph (1) (as

modified by subclause (I)) shall be reduced by the
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credit allowed under subsection (a) for the taxable

year (other than the specified credits).

‘‘(B) SPECIFIED CREDITS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘specified credits’ includes—

‘‘(i) for taxable years beginning after December

31, 2004, the credit determined under section 40,

‘‘(ii) the credit determined under section 45 to the

extent that such credit is attributable to electricity

or refined coal produced—

‘‘(I) at a facility which is originally placed in

service after the date of the enactment of this

paragraph, and

‘‘(II) during the 4-year period beginning on

the date that such facility was originally placed

in service’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(II) and

(3)(A)(ii)(II) of section 38(c) are each amended by inserting ‘‘or

the specified credits’’ after ‘‘employee credit’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending

after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 712. INCLUSION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MEDICAL STRATEGIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SICKLE CELL

DISEASE AS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

(a) OPTIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social Security Act

(42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (26);

(ii) by redesignating paragraph (27) as paragraph

(28); and

(iii) by inserting after paragraph (26), the following:

‘‘(27) subject to subsection (x), primary and secondary medical strategies and treatment and services for individuals who

have Sickle Cell Disease; and’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(x) For purposes of subsection (a)(27), the strategies, treatment,

and services described in that subsection include the following:

‘‘(1) Chronic blood transfusion (with deferoxamine chelation) to prevent stroke in individuals with Sickle Cell Disease

who have been identified as being at high risk for stroke.

‘‘(2) Genetic counseling and testing for individuals with

Sickle Cell Disease or the sickle cell trait to allow health

care professionals to treat such individuals and to prevent

symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease.

‘‘(3) Other treatment and services to prevent individuals

who have Sickle Cell Disease and who have had a stroke

from having another stroke.’’.

(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsections (a)(27)

or (x) of section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

1396d), as added by paragraph (1), shall be construed as

implying that a State medicaid program under title XIX of

such Act could not have treated, prior to the date of enactment

of this Act, any of the primary and secondary medical strategies
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and treatment and services described in such subsections as

medical assistance under such program, including as early and

periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services under

section 1905(r) of such Act.

(b) FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SICKLE

CELL DISEASE.—Section 1903(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42

U.S.C. 1396b(a)(3)) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end

and inserting ‘‘and’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(E) 50 percent of the sums expended with respect

to costs incurred during such quarter as are attributable

to providing—

‘‘(i) services to identify and educate individuals

who are likely to be eligible for medical assistance

under this title and who have Sickle Cell Disease or

who are carriers of the sickle cell gene, including education regarding how to identify such individuals; or

‘‘(ii) education regarding the risks of stroke and

other complications, as well as the prevention of stroke

and other complications, in individuals who are likely

to be eligible for medical assistance under this title

and who have Sickle Cell Disease; plus’’. (c) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND

ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEMIC MECHANISMS FOR THE PREVENTION

AND TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE.—

(1) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, through the

Bureau of Primary Health Care and the Maternal and

Child Health Bureau, shall conduct a demonstration program by making grants to up to 40 eligible entities for

each fiscal year in which the program is conducted under

this section for the purpose of developing and establishing

systemic mechanisms to improve the prevention and treatment of Sickle Cell Disease, including through—

(i) the coordination of service delivery for individuals with Sickle Cell Disease;

(ii) genetic counseling and testing;

(iii) bundling of technical services related to the

prevention and treatment of Sickle Cell Disease;

(iv) training of health professionals; and

(v) identifying and establishing other efforts

related to the expansion and coordination of education,

treatment, and continuity of care programs for individuals with Sickle Cell Disease.

(B) GRANT AWARD REQUIREMENTS.—

(i) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Administrator

shall, to the extent practicable, award grants under

this section to eligible entities located in different

regions of the United States.

(ii) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to

awarding grants to eligible entities that are— (I) Federally-qualified health centers that have

a partnership or other arrangement with a comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease treatment center
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that does not receive funds from the National

Institutes of Health; or

(II) Federally-qualified health centers that

intend to develop a partnership or other arrangement with a comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease

treatment center that does not receive funds from

the National Institutes of Health.

(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible entity awarded

a grant under this subsection shall use funds made available

under the grant to carry out, in addition to the activities

described in paragraph (1)(A), the following activities:

(A) To facilitate and coordinate the delivery of education, treatment, and continuity of care for individuals

with Sickle Cell Disease under—

(i) the entity’s collaborative agreement with a

community-based Sickle Cell Disease organization or

a nonprofit entity that works with individuals who

have Sickle Cell Disease;

(ii) the Sickle Cell Disease newborn screening program for the State in which the entity is located;

and

(iii) the maternal and child health program under

title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et

seq.) for the State in which the entity is located.

(B) To train nursing and other health staff who provide

care for individuals with Sickle Cell Disease.

(C) To enter into a partnership with adult or pediatric

hematologists in the region and other regional experts in

Sickle Cell Disease at tertiary and academic health centers

and State and county health offices.

(D) To identify and secure resources for ensuring

reimbursement under the medicaid program, State children’s health insurance program, and other health programs for the prevention and treatment of Sickle Cell

Disease.

(3) NATIONAL COORDINATING CENTER.— (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall enter

into a contract with an entity to serve as the National

Coordinating Center for the demonstration program conducted under this subsection.

(B) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The National Coordinating

Center shall—

(i) collect, coordinate, monitor, and distribute data,

best practices, and findings regarding the activities

funded under grants made to eligible entities under

the demonstration program;

(ii) develop a model protocol for eligible entities

with respect to the prevention and treatment of Sickle

Cell Disease;

(iii) develop educational materials regarding the

prevention and treatment of Sickle Cell Disease; and

(iv) prepare and submit to Congress a final report

that includes recommendations regarding the effectiveness of the demonstration program conducted under

this subsection and such direct outcome measures as— (I) the number and type of health care

resources utilized (such as emergency room visits,
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hospital visits, length of stay, and physician visits

for individuals with Sickle Cell Disease); and

(II) the number of individuals that were tested

and subsequently received genetic counseling for

the sickle cell trait.

(4) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a grant under

this subsection shall submit an application to the Administrator

at such time, in such manner, and containing such information

as the Administrator may require.

(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means

the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services

Administration.

(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means

a Federally-qualified health center, a nonprofit hospital

or clinic, or a university health center that provides primary health care, that—

(i) has a collaborative agreement with a community-based Sickle Cell Disease organization or a nonprofit entity with experience in working with individuals who have Sickle Cell Disease; and

(ii) demonstrates to the Administrator that either

the Federally-qualified health center, the nonprofit hospital or clinic, the university health center, the

organization or entity described in clause (i), or the

experts described in paragraph (2)(C), has at least

5 years of experience in working with individuals who

have Sickle Cell Disease.

(C) FEDERALLY-QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.—The term

‘‘Federally-qualified health center’’ has the meaning given

that term in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security

Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)).

(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, $10,000,000

for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections

(a) and (b) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and

apply to medical assistance and services provided under title XIX

of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) on or after

that date.

SEC. 713. CEILING FANS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by

inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:

‘‘ 9902.84.14 Ceiling fans for permanent installation (provided for in subheading

8414.51.00) ....................................... Free No change No change On or before

12/31/2006 ’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the 15th day after the date of enactment

of this Act.
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SEC. 714. CERTAIN STEAM GENERATORS, AND CERTAIN REACTOR

VESSEL HEADS AND PRESSURIZERS, USED IN NUCLEAR

FACILITIES.

(a) CERTAIN STEAM GENERATORS.—Heading 9902.84.02 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by

striking ‘‘12/31/2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’.

(b) CERTAIN REACTOR VESSEL HEADS AND PRESSURIZERS.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence

the following new heading:

‘‘ 9902.84.03 Reactor vessel heads and pressurizers for nuclear reactors (provided

for in subheading 8401.40.00) ........ Free No change No change On or before

12/31/2008 ’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendment made by subsection

(a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendment made subsection (b)

shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the 15th day after the date of

the enactment of this Act.

TITLE VIII—REVENUE PROVISIONS

Subtitle A—Provisions to Reduce Tax

Avoidance Through Individual and Corporate Expatriation

SEC. 801. TAX TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATED ENTITIES AND THEIR

FOREIGN PARENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter C of chapter 80 (relating to provisions affecting more than one subtitle) is amended by adding at

the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 7874. RULES RELATING TO EXPATRIATED ENTITIES AND THEIR

FOREIGN PARENTS.

‘‘(a) TAX ON INVERSION GAIN OF EXPATRIATED ENTITIES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The taxable income of an expatriated

entity for any taxable year which includes any portion of the

applicable period shall in no event be less than the inversion

gain of the entity for the taxable year. ‘‘(2) EXPATRIATED ENTITY.—For purposes of this

subsection—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘expatriated entity’

means—

‘‘(i) the domestic corporation or partnership

referred to in subparagraph (B)(i) with respect to which

a foreign corporation is a surrogate foreign corporation,

and

‘‘(ii) any United States person who is related

(within the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b)(1))

to a domestic corporation or partnership described in

clause (i).
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‘‘(B) SURROGATE FOREIGN CORPORATION.—A foreign corporation shall be treated as a surrogate foreign corporation

if, pursuant to a plan (or a series of related transactions)—

‘‘(i) the entity completes after March 4, 2003, the

direct or indirect acquisition of substantially all of

the properties held directly or indirectly by a domestic

corporation or substantially all of the properties constituting a trade or business of a domestic partnership,

‘‘(ii) after the acquisition at least 60 percent of

the stock (by vote or value) of the entity is held—

‘‘(I) in the case of an acquisition with respect

to a domestic corporation, by former shareholders

of the domestic corporation by reason of holding

stock in the domestic corporation, or

‘‘(II) in the case of an acquisition with respect

to a domestic partnership, by former partners of

the domestic partnership by reason of holding a

capital or profits interest in the domestic partnership, and

‘‘(iii) after the acquisition the expanded affiliated

group which includes the entity does not have substantial business activities in the foreign country in which,

or under the law of which, the entity is created or

organized, when compared to the total business activities of such expanded affiliated group.

An entity otherwise described in clause (i) with respect

to any domestic corporation or partnership trade or business shall be treated as not so described if, on or before

March 4, 2003, such entity acquired directly or indirectly

more than half of the properties held directly or indirectly

by such corporation or more than half of the properties

constituting such partnership trade or business, as the

case may be.

‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (b).—Paragraph (1)

shall not apply to any entity which is treated as a domestic

corporation under subsection (b).

‘‘(b) INVERTED CORPORATIONS TREATED AS DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.—Notwithstanding section 7701(a)(4), a foreign corporation

shall be treated for purposes of this title as a domestic corporation

if such corporation would be a surrogate foreign corporation if

subsection (a)(2) were applied by substituting ‘80 percent’ for ‘60

percent’.

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(1) EXPANDED AFFILIATED GROUP.—The term ‘expanded

affiliated group’ means an affiliated group as defined in section

1504(a) but without regard to section 1504(b)(3), except that

section 1504(a) shall be applied by substituting ‘more than

50 percent’ for ‘at least 80 percent’ each place it appears.

‘‘(2) CERTAIN STOCK DISREGARDED.—There shall not be

taken into account in determining ownership under subsection

(a)(2)(B)(ii)—

‘‘(A) stock held by members of the expanded affiliated

group which includes the foreign corporation, or

‘‘(B) stock of such foreign corporation which is sold

in a public offering related to the acquisition described

in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i).
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‘‘(3) PLAN DEEMED IN CERTAIN CASES.—If a foreign corporation acquires directly or indirectly substantially all of the properties of a domestic corporation or partnership during the 4-

year period beginning on the date which is 2 years before

the ownership requirements of subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii) are met,

such actions shall be treated as pursuant to a plan.

‘‘(4) CERTAIN TRANSFERS DISREGARDED.—The transfer of

properties or liabilities (including by contribution or distribution) shall be disregarded if such transfers are part of a plan

a principal purpose of which is to avoid the purposes of this

section.

‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR RELATED PARTNERSHIPS.—For purposes of applying subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii) to the acquisition of

a trade or business of a domestic partnership, except as provided in regulations, all partnerships which are under common

control (within the meaning of section 482) shall be treated

as 1 partnership.

‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as may be appropriate to determine whether a

corporation is a surrogate foreign corporation, including

regulations—

‘‘(A) to treat warrants, options, contracts to acquire

stock, convertible debt interests, and other similar interests

as stock, and

‘‘(B) to treat stock as not stock.

‘‘(d) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘applicable period’

means the period—

‘‘(A) beginning on the first date properties are acquired

as part of the acquisition described in subsection

(a)(2)(B)(i), and

‘‘(B) ending on the date which is 10 years after the

last date properties are acquired as part of such acquisition.

‘‘(2) INVERSION GAIN.—The term ‘inversion gain’ means the

income or gain recognized by reason of the transfer during

the applicable period of stock or other properties by an expatriated entity, and any income received or accrued during the

applicable period by reason of a license of any property by

an expatriated entity—

‘‘(A) as part of the acquisition described in subsection

(a)(2)(B)(i), or

‘‘(B) after such acquisition if the transfer or license

is to a foreign related person.

Subparagraph (B) shall not apply to property described in section 1221(a)(1) in the hands of the expatriated entity.

‘‘(3) FOREIGN RELATED PERSON.—The term ‘foreign related

person’ means, with respect to any expatriated entity, a foreign

person which—

‘‘(A) is related (within the meaning of section 267(b)

or 707(b)(1)) to such entity, or

‘‘(B) is under the same common control (within the

meaning of section 482) as such entity.

‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(1) CREDITS NOT ALLOWED AGAINST TAX ON INVERSION

GAIN.—Credits (other than the credit allowed by section 901)

shall be allowed against the tax imposed by this chapter on
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an expatriated entity for any taxable year described in subsection (a) only to the extent such tax exceeds the product

of—

‘‘(A) the amount of the inversion gain for the taxable

year, and

‘‘(B) the highest rate of tax specified in section 11(b)(1).

For purposes of determining the credit allowed by section 901,

inversion gain shall be treated as from sources within the

United States.

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERSHIPS.—In the case of an

expatriated entity which is a partnership—

‘‘(A) subsection (a)(1) shall apply at the partner rather

than the partnership level,

‘‘(B) the inversion gain of any partner for any taxable

year shall be equal to the sum of—

‘‘(i) the partner’s distributive share of inversion

gain of the partnership for such taxable year, plus

‘‘(ii) gain recognized for the taxable year by the

partner by reason of the transfer during the applicable

period of any partnership interest of the partner in

such partnership to the surrogate foreign corporation,

and

‘‘(C) the highest rate of tax specified in the rate

schedule applicable to the partner under this chapter shall

be substituted for the rate of tax referred to in paragraph

(1).

‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 172 AND MINIMUM TAX.—

Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section

860E(a) shall apply for purposes of subsection (a).

‘‘(4) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The statutory period for the assessment of any deficiency attributable to the inversion gain

of any taxpayer for any pre-inversion year shall not expire

before the expiration of 3 years from the date the Secretary

is notified by the taxpayer (in such manner as the Secretary

may prescribe) of the acquisition described in subsection

(a)(2)(B)(i) to which such gain relates and such deficiency

may be assessed before the expiration of such 3-year period

notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or rule

of law which would otherwise prevent such assessment.

‘‘(B) PRE-INVERSION YEAR.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘pre-inversion year’ means any taxable

year if—

‘‘(i) any portion of the applicable period is included

in such taxable year, and

‘‘(ii) such year ends before the taxable year in

which the acquisition described in subsection

(a)(2)(B)(i) is completed.

‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR TREATIES.—Nothing in section 894 or

7852(d) or in any other provision of law shall be construed as

permitting an exemption, by reason of any treaty obligation of

the United States heretofore or hereafter entered into, from the

provisions of this section.

‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall provide such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section, including regulations

providing for such adjustments to the application of this section
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as are necessary to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of this

section, including the avoidance of such purposes through—

‘‘(1) the use of related persons, pass-through or other noncorporate entities, or other intermediaries, or

‘‘(2) transactions designed to have persons cease to be (or

not become) members of expanded affiliated groups or related

persons.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subchapter C of chapter 80 is amended by adding at the end the

following new item:

‘‘Sec. 7874. Rules relating to expatriated entities and their foreign parents.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years ending after March 4, 2003.

SEC. 802. EXCISE TAX ON STOCK COMPENSATION OF INSIDERS IN

EXPATRIATED CORPORATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D is amended by inserting after

chapter 44 end the following new chapter:

‘‘CHAPTER 45—PROVISIONS RELATING TO

EXPATRIATED ENTITIES

‘‘Sec. 4985. Stock compensation of insiders in expatriated corporations.

‘‘SEC. 4985. STOCK COMPENSATION OF INSIDERS IN EXPATRIATED

CORPORATIONS.

‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—In the case of an individual who

is a disqualified individual with respect to any expatriated corporation, there is hereby imposed on such person a tax equal to—

‘‘(1) the rate of tax specified in section 1(h)(1)(C), multiplied

by

‘‘(2) the value (determined under subsection (b)) of the

specified stock compensation held (directly or indirectly) by

or for the benefit of such individual or a member of such

individual’s family (as defined in section 267) at any time

during the 12-month period beginning on the date which is

6 months before the expatriation date.

‘‘(b) VALUE.—For purposes of subsection (a)—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The value of specified stock compensation shall be—

‘‘(A) in the case of a stock option (or other similar

right) or a stock appreciation right, the fair value of such

option or right, and

‘‘(B) in any other case, the fair market value of such

compensation.

‘‘(2) DATE FOR DETERMINING VALUE.—The determination

of value shall be made— ‘‘(A) in the case of specified stock compensation held

on the expatriation date, on such date, ‘‘(B) in the case of such compensation which is canceled

during the 6 months before the expatriation date, on the

day before such cancellation, and ‘‘(C) in the case of such compensation which is granted

after the expatriation date, on the date such compensation

is granted.
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‘‘(c) TAX TO APPLY ONLY IF SHAREHOLDER GAIN RECOGNIZED.—

Subsection (a) shall apply to any disqualified individual with respect

to an expatriated corporation only if gain (if any) on any stock

in such corporation is recognized in whole or part by any shareholder by reason of the acquisition referred to in section

7874(a)(2)(B)(i) with respect to such corporation.

‘‘(d) EXCEPTION WHERE GAIN RECOGNIZED ON COMPENSATION.—

Subsection (a) shall not apply to—

‘‘(1) any stock option which is exercised on the expatriation

date or during the 6-month period before such date and to

the stock acquired in such exercise, if income is recognized

under section 83 on or before the expatriation date with respect

to the stock acquired pursuant to such exercise, and

‘‘(2) any other specified stock compensation which is exercised, sold, exchanged, distributed, cashed-out, or otherwise

paid during such period in a transaction in which income,

gain, or loss is recognized in full.

‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘disqualified individual’ means, with respect to a corporation, any individual

who, at any time during the 12-month period beginning on

the date which is 6 months before the expatriation date—

‘‘(A) is subject to the requirements of section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to

such corporation or any member of the expanded affiliated

group which includes such corporation, or

‘‘(B) would be subject to such requirements if such

corporation or member were an issuer of equity securities

referred to in such section.

‘‘(2) EXPATRIATED CORPORATION; EXPATRIATION DATE.—

‘‘(A) EXPATRIATED CORPORATION.—The term ‘expatriated corporation’ means any corporation which is an

expatriated entity (as defined in section 7874(a)(2)). Such

term includes any predecessor or successor of such a corporation.

‘‘(B) EXPATRIATION DATE.—The term ‘expatriation date’

means, with respect to a corporation, the date on which

the corporation first becomes an expatriated corporation.

‘‘(3) SPECIFIED STOCK COMPENSATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘specified stock compensation’ means payment (or right to payment) granted by

the expatriated corporation (or by any member of the

expanded affiliated group which includes such corporation)

to any person in connection with the performance of services by a disqualified individual for such corporation or

member if the value of such payment or right is based

on (or determined by reference to) the value (or change

in value) of stock in such corporation (or any such member).

‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not include—

‘‘(i) any option to which part II of subchapter D

of chapter 1 applies, or

‘‘(ii) any payment or right to payment from a plan

referred to in section 280G(b)(6).

‘‘(4) EXPANDED AFFILIATED GROUP.—The term ‘expanded

affiliated group’ means an affiliated group (as defined in section

1504(a) without regard to section 1504(b)(3)); except that section
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1504(a) shall be applied by substituting ‘more than 50 percent’

for ‘at least 80 percent’ each place it appears.

‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) CANCELLATION OF RESTRICTION.—The cancellation of

a restriction which by its terms will never lapse shall be treated

as a grant.

‘‘(2) PAYMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT OF TAX BY CORPORATION

TREATED AS SPECIFIED STOCK COMPENSATION.—Any payment

of the tax imposed by this section directly or indirectly by

the expatriated corporation or by any member of the expanded

affiliated group which includes such corporation—

‘‘(A) shall be treated as specified stock compensation,

and

‘‘(B) shall not be allowed as a deduction under any

provision of chapter 1.

‘‘(3) CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IGNORED.—Whether there is

specified stock compensation, and the value thereof, shall be

determined without regard to any restriction other than a

restriction which by its terms will never lapse. ‘‘(4) PROPERTY TRANSFERS.—Any transfer of property shall

be treated as a payment and any right to a transfer of property

shall be treated as a right to a payment.

‘‘(5) OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—For purposes of

subtitle F, any tax imposed by this section shall be treated

as a tax imposed by subtitle A.

‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes

of this section.’’.

(b) DENIAL OF DEDUCTION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 275(a) is

amended by inserting ‘‘45,’’ before ‘‘46,’’.

(2) $1,000,000 limit on deductible compensation reduced

by payment of excise tax on specified stock compensation.—

Paragraph (4) of section 162(m) is amended by adding at the

end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(G) COORDINATION WITH EXCISE TAX ON SPECIFIED

STOCK COMPENSATION.—The dollar limitation contained in

paragraph (1) with respect to any covered employee shall

be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any

payment (with respect to such employee) of the tax imposed

by section 4985 directly or indirectly by the expatriated

corporation (as defined in such section) or by any member

of the expanded affiliated group (as defined in such section)

which includes such corporation.’’. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) The last sentence of section 3121(v)(2)(A) is amended

by inserting before the period ‘‘or to any specified stock compensation (as defined in section 4985) on which tax is imposed

by section 4985’’.

(2) The table of chapters for subtitle D is amended by

inserting after the item relating to chapter 44 the following

new item:

‘‘Chapter 45. Provisions relating to expatriated entities.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on March 4, 2003; except that periods before

such date shall not be taken into account in applying the periods
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in subsections (a) and (e)(1) of section 4985 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986, as added by this section.

SEC. 803. REINSURANCE OF UNITED STATES RISKS IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 845(a) (relating to allocation in case

of reinsurance agreement involving tax avoidance or evasion) is

amended by striking ‘‘source and character’’ and inserting ‘‘amount,

source, or character’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to any risk reinsured after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 804. REVISION OF TAX RULES ON EXPATRIATION OF INDIVIDUALS.

(a) EXPATRIATION TO AVOID TAX.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 877 (relating

to treatment of expatriates) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Every nonresident alien individual to

whom this section applies and who, within the 10-year period

immediately preceding the close of the taxable year, lost United

States citizenship shall be taxable for such taxable year in

the manner provided in subsection (b) if the tax imposed pursuant to such subsection (after any reduction in such tax under

the last sentence of such subsection) exceeds the tax which,

without regard to this section, is imposed pursuant to section

871.‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION.—This section

shall apply to any individual if— ‘‘(A) the average annual net income tax (as defined

in section 38(c)(1)) of such individual for the period of

5 taxable years ending before the date of the loss of United

States citizenship is greater than $124,000, ‘‘(B) the net worth of the individual as of such date

is $2,000,000 or more, or ‘‘(C) such individual fails to certify under penalty of

perjury that he has met the requirements of this title

for the 5 preceding taxable years or fails to submit such

evidence of such compliance as the Secretary may require.

In the case of the loss of United States citizenship in any

calendar year after 2004, such $124,000 amount shall be

increased by an amount equal to such dollar amount multiplied

by the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3)

for such calendar year by substituting ‘2003’ for ‘1992’ in

subparagraph (B) thereof. Any increase under the preceding

sentence shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000.’’. (2) REVISION OF EXCEPTIONS FROM ALTERNATIVE TAX.—Subsection (c) of section 877 (relating to tax avoidance not presumed in certain cases) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection

(a)(2) shall not apply to an individual described in paragraph

(2) or (3).

‘‘(2) DUAL CITIZENS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual is described in this

paragraph if—

‘‘(i) the individual became at birth a citizen of

the United States and a citizen of another country
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and continues to be a citizen of such other country,

and

‘‘(ii) the individual has had no substantial contacts

with the United States.

‘‘(B) SUBSTANTIAL CONTACTS.—An individual shall be

treated as having no substantial contacts with the United

States only if the individual—

‘‘(i) was never a resident of the United States

(as defined in section 7701(b)),

‘‘(ii) has never held a United States passport, and

‘‘(iii) was not present in the United States for

more than 30 days during any calendar year which

is 1 of the 10 calendar years preceding the individual’s

loss of United States citizenship.

‘‘(3) CERTAIN MINORS.—An individual is described in this

paragraph if—

‘‘(A) the individual became at birth a citizen of the

United States,

‘‘(B) neither parent of such individual was a citizen

of the United States at the time of such birth,

‘‘(C) the individual’s loss of United States citizenship

occurs before such individual attains age 181⁄2, and

‘‘(D) the individual was not present in the United

States for more than 30 days during any calendar year

which is 1 of the 10 calendar years preceding the individual’s loss of United States citizenship.’’.

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2107(a) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(a) TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATES.—A tax computed in accordance with the table contained in section 2001 is hereby imposed

on the transfer of the taxable estate, determined as provided in

section 2106, of every decedent nonresident not a citizen of the

United States if the date of death occurs during a taxable year

with respect to which the decedent is subject to tax under section

877(b).’’.

(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL

IS NO LONGER A UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR LONG-TERM RESIDENT.—Section 7701 (relating to definitions) is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:

‘‘(n) SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL

IS NO LONGER A UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR LONG-TERM RESIDENT.—An individual who would (but for this subsection) cease

to be treated as a citizen or resident of the United States shall

continue to be treated as a citizen or resident of the United States,

as the case may be, until such individual—

‘‘(1) gives notice of an expatriating act or termination of

residency (with the requisite intent to relinquish citizenship

or terminate residency) to the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, and

‘‘(2) provides a statement in accordance with section

6039G.’’.

(c) PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THAN

30 DAYS.—Section 877 (relating to expatriation to avoid tax) is

amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(g) PHYSICAL PRESENCE.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply to any individual to whom this section would otherwise apply for any

taxable year during the 10-year period referred to in subsection

(a) in which such individual is physically present in the United

States at any time on more than 30 days in the calendar

year ending in such taxable year, and such individual shall

be treated for purposes of this title as a citizen or resident

of the United States, as the case may be, for such taxable

year.

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual

described in any of the following subparagraphs of this

paragraph, a day of physical presence in the United States

shall be disregarded if the individual is performing services

in the United States on such day for an employer. The

preceding sentence shall not apply if—

‘‘(i) such employer is related (within the meaning

of section 267 and 707) to such individual, or

‘‘(ii) such employer fails to meet such requirements

as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of this paragraph.

Not more than 30 days during any calendar year may

be disregarded under this subparagraph.

‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS WITH TIES TO OTHER COUNTRIES.—

An individual is described in this subparagraph if—

‘‘(i) the individual becomes (not later than the close

of a reasonable period after loss of United States citizenship or termination of residency) a citizen or resident of the country in which—

‘‘(I) such individual was born,

‘‘(II) if such individual is married, such individual’s spouse was born, or

‘‘(III) either of such individual’s parents were

born, and

‘‘(ii) the individual becomes fully liable for income

tax in such country.

‘‘(C) MINIMAL PRIOR PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED

STATES.—An individual is described in this subparagraph

if, for each year in the 10-year period ending on the date

of loss of United States citizenship or termination of residency, the individual was physically present in the United

States for 30 days or less. The rule of section

7701(b)(3)(D)(ii) shall apply for purposes of this subparagraph.’’.

(d) TRANSFERS SUBJECT TO GIFT TAX.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 2501 (relating

to taxable transfers) is amended by striking paragraph (4),

by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4), and by

striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:

‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.— ‘‘(A) CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—Paragraph (2) shall not

apply in the case of a donor to whom section 877(b) applies

for the taxable year which includes the date of the transfer. ‘‘(B) CREDIT FOR FOREIGN GIFT TAXES.—The tax

imposed by this section solely by reason of this paragraph

shall be credited with the amount of any gift tax actually
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paid to any foreign country in respect of any gift which

is taxable under this section solely by reason of this paragraph.’’.

(2) TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN STOCK.—Subsection (a) of section

2501 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN STOCK.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a transfer of stock

in a foreign corporation described in subparagraph (B) by

a donor to whom section 877(b) applies for the taxable

year which includes the date of the transfer—

‘‘(i) section 2511(a) shall be applied without regard

to whether such stock is situated within the United

States, and

‘‘(ii) the value of such stock for purposes of this

chapter shall be its U.S.-asset value determined under

subparagraph (C).

‘‘(B) FOREIGN CORPORATION DESCRIBED.—A foreign corporation is described in this subparagraph with respect

to a donor if—

‘‘(i) the donor owned (within the meaning of section

958(a)) at the time of such transfer 10 percent or

more of the total combined voting power of all classes

of stock entitled to vote of the foreign corporation,

and

‘‘(ii) such donor owned (within the meaning of section 958(a)), or is considered to have owned (by

applying the ownership rules of section 958(b)), at the

time of such transfer, more than 50 percent of—

‘‘(I) the total combined voting power of all

classes of stock entitled to vote of such corporation,

or

‘‘(II) the total value of the stock of such corporation.

‘‘(C) U.S.-ASSET VALUE.—For purposes of subparagraph

(A), the U.S.-asset value of stock shall be the amount

which bears the same ratio to the fair market value of

such stock at the time of transfer as—

‘‘(i) the fair market value (at such time) of the

assets owned by such foreign corporation and situated

in the United States, bears to

‘‘(ii) the total fair market value (at such time)

of all assets owned by such foreign corporation.’’.

(e) ENHANCED INFORMATION REPORTING FROM INDIVIDUALS

LOSING UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 6039G is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

any individual to whom section 877(b) applies for any taxable

year shall provide a statement for such taxable year which includes

the information described in subsection (b).’’.

(2) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—Subsection (b) of section

6039G is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(b) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—Information required

under subsection (a) shall include—

‘‘(1) the taxpayer’s TIN,
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‘‘(2) the mailing address of such individual’s principal foreign residence, ‘‘(3) the foreign country in which such individual is residing,

‘‘(4) the foreign country of which such individual is a citizen,

‘‘(5) information detailing the income, assets, and liabilities

of such individual, ‘‘(6) the number of days during any portion of which that

the individual was physically present in the United States

during the taxable year, and ‘‘(7) such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.’’. (3) INCREASE IN PENALTY.—Subsection (d) of section 6039G

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(d) PENALTY.—If— ‘‘(1) an individual is required to file a statement under

subsection (a) for any taxable year, and ‘‘(2) fails to file such a statement with the Secretary on

or before the date such statement is required to be filed or

fails to include all the information required to be shown on

the statement or includes incorrect information,

such individual shall pay a penalty of $10,000 unless it is shown

that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful

neglect.’’.

(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 6039G is amended

by striking subsections (c), (f), and (g) and by redesignating

subsections (d) and (e) as subsection (c) and (d), respectively.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to individuals who expatriate after June 3, 2004.

SEC. 805. REPORTING OF TAXABLE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart B of part III of subchapter A of

chapter 61 is amended by inserting after section 6043 the following

new section:

‘‘SEC. 6043A. RETURNS RELATING TO TAXABLE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—According to the forms or regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the acquiring corporation in any taxable

acquisition shall make a return setting forth— ‘‘(1) a description of the acquisition,

‘‘(2) the name and address of each shareholder of the

acquired corporation who is required to recognize gain (if any)

as a result of the acquisition, ‘‘(3) the amount of money and the fair market value of

other property transferred to each such shareholder as part

of such acquisition, and ‘‘(4) such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.

To the extent provided by the Secretary, the requirements of this

section applicable to the acquiring corporation shall be applicable

to the acquired corporation and not to the acquiring corporation. ‘‘(b) NOMINEES.—According to the forms or regulations prescribed by the Secretary:

‘‘(1) REPORTING.—Any person who holds stock as a nominee

for another person shall furnish in the manner prescribed by

the Secretary to such other person the information provided

by the corporation under subsection (d).

‘‘(2) REPORTING TO NOMINEES.—In the case of stock held

by any person as a nominee, references in this section (other
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than in subsection (c)) to a shareholder shall be treated as

a reference to the nominee.

‘‘(c) TAXABLE ACQUISITION.—For purposes of this section, the

term ‘taxable acquisition’ means any acquisition by a corporation

of stock in or property of another corporation if any shareholder

of the acquired corporation is required to recognize gain (if any)

as a result of such acquisition. ‘‘(d) STATEMENTS TO BE FURNISHED TO SHAREHOLDERS.— According to the forms or regulations prescribed by the Secretary,

every person required to make a return under subsection (a) shall

furnish to each shareholder whose name is required to be set

forth in such return a written statement showing— ‘‘(1) the name, address, and phone number of the information contact of the person required to make such return, ‘‘(2) the information required to be shown on such return

with respect to such shareholder, and ‘‘(3) such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.

The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall

be furnished to the shareholder on or before January 31 of the

year following the calendar year during which the taxable acquisition occurred.’’. (b) ASSESSABLE PENALTIES.— (1) Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(1) (relating to

definitions) is amended by redesignating clauses (ii) through

(xviii) as clauses (iii) through (xix), respectively, and by

inserting after clause (i) the following new clause: ‘‘(ii) section 6043A(a) (relating to returns relating

to taxable mergers and acquisitions),’’. (2) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (BB) as subparagraphs (G)

through (CC), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph

(E) the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(F) subsections (b) and (d) of section 6043A (relating

to returns relating to taxable mergers and acquisitions).’’. (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart

B of part III of subchapter A of chapter 61 is amended by inserting

after the item relating to section 6043 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6043A. Returns relating to taxable mergers and acquisitions.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to acquisitions after the date of the enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 806. STUDIES.

(a) TRANSFER PRICING RULES.—The Secretary of the Treasury

or the Secretary’s delegate shall conduct a study regarding the

effectiveness of current transfer pricing rules and compliance efforts

in ensuring that cross-border transfers and other related-party

transactions, particularly transactions involving intangible assets,

service contracts, or leases cannot be used improperly to shift

income out of the United States. The study shall include a review

of the contemporaneous documentation and penalty rules under

section 6662 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a review of

the regulatory and administrative guidance implementing the principles of section 482 of such Code to transactions involving intangible property and services and to cost-sharing arrangements, and

an examination of whether increased disclosure of cross-border

transactions should be required. The study shall set forth specific
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recommendations to address all abuses identified in the study.

Not later than June 30, 2005, such Secretary or delegate shall

submit to the Congress a report of such study.

(b) INCOME TAX TREATIES.—The Secretary of the Treasury or

the Secretary’s delegate shall conduct a study of United States

income tax treaties to identify any inappropriate reductions in

United States withholding tax that provide opportunities for shifting

income out of the United States, and to evaluate whether existing

anti-abuse mechanisms are operating properly. The study shall

include specific recommendations to address all inappropriate uses

of tax treaties. Not later than June 30, 2005, such Secretary or

delegate shall submit to the Congress a report of such study.

(c) EFFECTIVENESS OF CORPORATE EXPATRIATION PROVISIONS.—

The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate shall

conduct a study of the effectiveness of the provisions of this title

on corporate expatriation. The study shall include such recommendations as such Secretary or delegate may have to improve

the effectiveness of such provisions in carrying out the purposes

of this title. Not later than December 31, 2006, such Secretary

or delegate shall submit to the Congress a report of such study.

Subtitle B—Provisions Relating to Tax

Shelters

Part I—Taxpayer-Related Provisions

SEC. 811. PENALTY FOR FAILING TO DISCLOSE REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 (relating

to assessable penalties) is amended by inserting after section 6707

the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6707A. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO INCLUDE REPORTABLE

TRANSACTION INFORMATION WITH RETURN.

‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF PENALTY.—Any person who fails to include

on any return or statement any information with respect to a

reportable transaction which is required under section 6011 to

be included with such return or statement shall pay a penalty

in the amount determined under subsection (b). ‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

the amount of the penalty under subsection (a) shall be—

‘‘(A) $10,000 in the case of a natural person, and

‘‘(B) $50,000 in any other case. ‘‘(2) LISTED TRANSACTION.—The amount of the penalty

under subsection (a) with respect to a listed transaction shall

be—

‘‘(A) $100,000 in the case of a natural person, and

‘‘(B) $200,000 in any other case.

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: ‘‘(1) REPORTABLE TRANSACTION.—The term ‘reportable

transaction’ means any transaction with respect to which

information is required to be included with a return or statement because, as determined under regulations prescribed

under section 6011, such transaction is of a type which the
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Secretary determines as having a potential for tax avoidance

or evasion.

‘‘(2) LISTED TRANSACTION.—The term ‘listed transaction’

means a reportable transaction which is the same as, or

substantially similar to, a transaction specifically identified

by the Secretary as a tax avoidance transaction for purposes

of section 6011.

‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO RESCIND PENALTY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Internal Revenue

may rescind all or any portion of any penalty imposed by

this section with respect to any violation if—

‘‘(A) the violation is with respect to a reportable transaction other than a listed transaction, and

‘‘(B) rescinding the penalty would promote compliance

with the requirements of this title and effective tax

administration.

‘‘(2) NO JUDICIAL APPEAL.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, any determination under this subsection may

not be reviewed in any judicial proceeding.

‘‘(3) RECORDS.—If a penalty is rescinded under paragraph

(1), the Commissioner shall place in the file in the Office

of the Commissioner the opinion of the Commissioner with

respect to the determination, including—

‘‘(A) a statement of the facts and circumstances relating

to the violation,

‘‘(B) the reasons for the rescission, and

‘‘(C) the amount of the penalty rescinded.

‘‘(e) PENALTY REPORTED TO SEC.—In the case of a person—

‘‘(1) which is required to file periodic reports under section

13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or is required

to be consolidated with another person for purposes of such

reports, and

‘‘(2) which—

‘‘(A) is required to pay a penalty under this section

with respect to a listed transaction,

‘‘(B) is required to pay a penalty under section 6662A

with respect to any reportable transaction at a rate prescribed under section 6662A(c), or

‘‘(C) is required to pay a penalty under section 6662(h)

with respect to any reportable transaction and would (but

for section 6662A(e)(2)(C)) have been subject to penalty

under section 6662A at a rate prescribed under section

6662A(c),

the requirement to pay such penalty shall be disclosed in such

reports filed by such person for such periods as the Secretary

shall specify. Failure to make a disclosure in accordance with the

preceding sentence shall be treated as a failure to which the penalty

under subsection (b)(2) applies.

‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PENALTIES.—The penalty

imposed by this section shall be in addition to any other penalty

imposed by this title.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for part

I of subchapter B of chapter 68 is amended by inserting after

the item relating to section 6707 the following:

‘‘Sec. 6707A. Penalty for failure to include reportable transaction information with return.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to returns and statements the due date for which

is after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(d) REPORT.—The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall

annually report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the

House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the

Senate—

(1) a summary of the total number and aggregate amount

of penalties imposed, and rescinded, under section 6707A of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and

(2) a description of each penalty rescinded under section

6707(c) of such Code and the reasons therefor.

SEC. 812. ACCURACY-RELATED PENALTY FOR LISTED TRANSACTIONS,

OTHER REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT TAX AVOIDANCE PURPOSE, ETC.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 68 is amended by

inserting after section 6662 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6662A. IMPOSITION OF ACCURACY-RELATED PENALTY ON

UNDERSTATEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO REPORTABLE

TRANSACTIONS.

‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF PENALTY.—If a taxpayer has a reportable

transaction understatement for any taxable year, there shall be

added to the tax an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount

of such understatement.

‘‘(b) REPORTABLE TRANSACTION UNDERSTATEMENT.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘reportable transaction understatement’ means the sum of—

‘‘(A) the product of—

‘‘(i) the amount of the increase (if any) in taxable

income which results from a difference between the

proper tax treatment of an item to which this section

applies and the taxpayer’s treatment of such item (as

shown on the taxpayer’s return of tax), and

‘‘(ii) the highest rate of tax imposed by section

1 (section 11 in the case of a taxpayer which is a

corporation), and

‘‘(B) the amount of the decrease (if any) in the aggregate amount of credits determined under subtitle A which

results from a difference between the taxpayer’s treatment

of an item to which this section applies (as shown on

the taxpayer’s return of tax) and the proper tax treatment

of such item.

For purposes of subparagraph (A), any reduction of the excess

of deductions allowed for the taxable year over gross income

for such year, and any reduction in the amount of capital

losses which would (without regard to section 1211) be allowed

for such year, shall be treated as an increase in taxable income. ‘‘(2) ITEMS TO WHICH SECTION APPLIES.—This section shall

apply to any item which is attributable to—
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‘‘(A) any listed transaction, and

‘‘(B) any reportable transaction (other than a listed

transaction) if a significant purpose of such transaction

is the avoidance or evasion of Federal income tax.

‘‘(c) HIGHER PENALTY FOR NONDISCLOSED LISTED AND OTHER

AVOIDANCE TRANSACTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting ‘30 percent’ for ‘20 percent’ with respect to the portion

of any reportable transaction understatement with respect to which

the requirement of section 6664(d)(2)(A) is not met.

‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS OF REPORTABLE AND LISTED TRANSACTIONS.—

For purposes of this section, the terms ‘reportable transaction’ and

‘listed transaction’ have the respective meanings given to such

terms by section 6707A(c).

‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(1) COORDINATION WITH PENALTIES, ETC., ON OTHER UNDERSTATEMENTS.—In the case of an understatement (as defined

in section 6662(d)(2))—

‘‘(A) the amount of such understatement (determined

without regard to this paragraph) shall be increased by

the aggregate amount of reportable transaction understatements for purposes of determining whether such understatement is a substantial understatement under section

6662(d)(1), and

‘‘(B) the addition to tax under section 6662(a) shall

apply only to the excess of the amount of the substantial

understatement (if any) after the application of subparagraph (A) over the aggregate amount of reportable transaction understatements.

‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PENALTIES.—

‘‘(A) APPLICATION OF FRAUD PENALTY.—References to

an underpayment in section 6663 shall be treated as

including references to a reportable transaction understatement.

‘‘(B) NO DOUBLE PENALTY.—This section shall not apply

to any portion of an understatement on which a penalty

is imposed under section 6663.

‘‘(C) COORDINATION WITH VALUATION PENALTIES.—

‘‘(i) SECTION 6662(e).—Section 6662(e) shall not

apply to any portion of an understatement on which

a penalty is imposed under this section.

‘‘(ii) SECTION 6662(h).—This section shall not apply

to any portion of an understatement on which a penalty

is imposed under section 6662(h).

‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR AMENDED RETURNS.—Except as provided in regulations, in no event shall any tax treatment

included with an amendment or supplement to a return of

tax be taken into account in determining the amount of any

reportable transaction understatement if the amendment or

supplement is filed after the earlier of the date the taxpayer

is first contacted by the Secretary regarding the examination

of the return or such other date as is specified by the Secretary.’’.

(b) DETERMINATION OF OTHER UNDERSTATEMENTS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 6662(d)(2) is amended by adding at the end

the following flush sentence:
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‘‘The excess under the preceding sentence shall be determined without regard to items to which section 6662A

applies.’’.

(c) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6664 is amended by adding at

the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION FOR REPORTABLE TRANSACTION UNDERSTATEMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No penalty shall be imposed under section 6662A with respect to any portion of a reportable transaction understatement if it is shown that there was a reasonable cause for such portion and that the taxpayer acted in

good faith with respect to such portion.

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any

reportable transaction understatement unless—

‘‘(A) the relevant facts affecting the tax treatment of

the item are adequately disclosed in accordance with the

regulations prescribed under section 6011,

‘‘(B) there is or was substantial authority for such

treatment, and

‘‘(C) the taxpayer reasonably believed that such treatment was more likely than not the proper treatment.

A taxpayer failing to adequately disclose in accordance with

section 6011 shall be treated as meeting the requirements

of subparagraph (A) if the penalty for such failure was rescinded

under section 6707A(d).

‘‘(3) RULES RELATING TO REASONABLE BELIEF.—For purposes

of paragraph (2)(C)—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A taxpayer shall be treated as

having a reasonable belief with respect to the tax treatment

of an item only if such belief—

‘‘(i) is based on the facts and law that exist at

the time the return of tax which includes such tax

treatment is filed, and

‘‘(ii) relates solely to the taxpayer’s chances of success on the merits of such treatment and does not

take into account the possibility that a return will

not be audited, such treatment will not be raised on

audit, or such treatment will be resolved through

settlement if it is raised.

‘‘(B) CERTAIN OPINIONS MAY NOT BE RELIED UPON.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An opinion of a tax advisor may

not be relied upon to establish the reasonable belief

of a taxpayer if—

‘‘(I) the tax advisor is described in clause (ii),

or ‘‘(II) the opinion is described in clause (iii). ‘‘(ii) DISQUALIFIED TAX ADVISORS.—A tax advisor

is described in this clause if the tax advisor—

‘‘(I) is a material advisor (within the meaning

of section 6111(b)(1)) and participates in the

organization, management, promotion, or sale of

the transaction or is related (within the meaning

of section 267(b) or 707(b)(1)) to any person who

so participates,

‘‘(II) is compensated directly or indirectly by

a material advisor with respect to the transaction,
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‘‘(III) has a fee arrangement with respect to

the transaction which is contingent on all or part

of the intended tax benefits from the transaction

being sustained, or

‘‘(IV) as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, has a disqualifying financial interest with respect to the transaction.

‘‘(iii) DISQUALIFIED OPINIONS.—For purposes of

clause (i), an opinion is disqualified if the opinion—

‘‘(I) is based on unreasonable factual or legal

assumptions (including assumptions as to future

events),

‘‘(II) unreasonably relies on representations,

statements, findings, or agreements of the taxpayer or any other person,

‘‘(III) does not identify and consider all relevant facts, or

‘‘(IV) fails to meet any other requirement as

the Secretary may prescribe.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) Paragraph (1) of section 6664(c) is amended by

striking ‘‘this part’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6662 or 6663’’.

(B) The heading for subsection (c) of section 6664 is

amended by inserting ‘‘FOR UNDERPAYMENTS’’ after ‘‘EXCEPTION’’.

(d) REDUCTION IN PENALTY FOR SUBSTANTIAL UNDERSTATEMENT

OF INCOME TAX NOT TO APPLY TO TAX SHELTERS.—Subparagraph

(C) of section 6662(d)(2) (relating to substantial understatement

of income tax) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(C) REDUCTION NOT TO APPLY TO TAX SHELTERS.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) shall not

apply to any item attributable to a tax shelter.

‘‘(ii) TAX SHELTER.—For purposes of clause (i), the

term ‘tax shelter’ means—

‘‘(I) a partnership or other entity,

‘‘(II) any investment plan or arrangement, or

‘‘(III) any other plan or arrangement,

if a significant purpose of such partnership, entity,

plan, or arrangement is the avoidance or evasion of

Federal income tax.’’.

(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) The heading for section 6662 is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘SEC. 6662. IMPOSITION OF ACCURACY-RELATED PENALTY ON UNDERPAYMENTS.’’.

(2) The table of sections for part II of subchapter A of

chapter 68 is amended by striking the item relating to section

6662 and inserting the following new items:

‘‘Sec. 6662. Imposition of accuracy-related penalty on underpayments.

‘‘Sec. 6662A. Imposition of accuracy-related penalty on understatements

with respect to reportable transactions.’’.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment

of this Act.
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SEC. 813. TAX SHELTER EXCEPTION TO CONFIDENTIALITY PRIVILEGES

RELATING TO TAXPAYER COMMUNICATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7525(b) (relating to section not to

apply to communications regarding corporate tax shelters) is

amended to read as follows: ‘‘(b) SECTION NOT TO APPLY TO COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING

TAX SHELTERS.—The privilege under subsection (a) shall not apply

to any written communication which is— ‘‘(1) between a federally authorized tax practitioner and— ‘‘(A) any person,

‘‘(B) any director, officer, employee, agent, or representative of the person, or ‘‘(C) any other person holding a capital or profits

interest in the person, and

‘‘(2) in connection with the promotion of the direct or

indirect participation of the person in any tax shelter (as

defined in section 6662(d)(2)(C)(ii)).’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to communications made on or after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 814. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR TAXABLE YEARS FOR WHICH

REQUIRED LISTED TRANSACTIONS NOT REPORTED.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6501(c) (relating to exceptions) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(10) LISTED TRANSACTIONS.—If a taxpayer fails to include

on any return or statement for any taxable year any information

with respect to a listed transaction (as defined in section

6707A(c)(2)) which is required under section 6011 to be included

with such return or statement, the time for assessment of

any tax imposed by this title with respect to such transaction

shall not expire before the date which is 1 year after the

earlier of—

‘‘(A) the date on which the Secretary is furnished the

information so required, or ‘‘(B) the date that a material advisor (as defined in

section 6111) meets the requirements of section 6112 with

respect to a request by the Secretary under section 6112(b)

relating to such transaction with respect to such taxpayer.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years with respect to which the period for

assessing a deficiency did not expire before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 815. DISCLOSURE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6111 (relating to registration of tax

shelters) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 6111. DISCLOSURE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each material advisor with respect to any

reportable transaction shall make a return (in such form as the

Secretary may prescribe) setting forth—

‘‘(1) information identifying and describing the transaction,

‘‘(2) information describing any potential tax benefits

expected to result from the transaction, and

‘‘(3) such other information as the Secretary may prescribe.

Such return shall be filed not later than the date specified by

the Secretary.
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‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

‘‘(1) MATERIAL ADVISOR.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘material advisor’ means

any person—

‘‘(i) who provides any material aid, assistance, or

advice with respect to organizing, managing, promoting, selling, implementing, insuring, or carrying

out any reportable transaction, and

‘‘(ii) who directly or indirectly derives gross income

in excess of the threshold amount (or such other

amount as may be prescribed by the Secretary) for

such advice or assistance.

‘‘(B) THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the threshold amount is—

‘‘(i) $50,000 in the case of a reportable transaction

substantially all of the tax benefits from which are

provided to natural persons, and

‘‘(ii) $250,000 in any other case.

‘‘(2) REPORTABLE TRANSACTION.—The term ‘reportable

transaction’ has the meaning given to such term by section

6707A(c).

‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe regulations

which provide—

‘‘(1) that only 1 person shall be required to meet the

requirements of subsection (a) in cases in which 2 or more

persons would otherwise be required to meet such requirements,

‘‘(2) exemptions from the requirements of this section, and

‘‘(3) such rules as may be necessary or appropriate to

carry out the purposes of this section.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The item relating to section

6111 in the table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 61 is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘Sec. 6111. Disclosure of reportable transactions.’’.

(2) So much of section 6112 as precedes subsection (c) thereof

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 6112. MATERIAL ADVISORS OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS

MUST KEEP LISTS OF ADVISEES, ETC.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each material advisor (as defined in section

6111) with respect to any reportable transaction (as defined in

section 6707A(c)) shall (whether or not required to file a return

under section 6111 with respect to such transaction) maintain (in

such manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe) a

list— ‘‘(1) identifying each person with respect to whom such

advisor acted as a material advisor with respect to such transaction, and ‘‘(2) containing such other information as the Secretary

may by regulations require.’’. (3) Section 6112 is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b),

(B) by inserting ‘‘written’’ before ‘‘request’’ in subsection

(b)(1) (as so redesignated), and

(C) by striking ‘‘shall prescribe’’ in subsection (b)(2) (as

so redesignated) and inserting ‘‘may prescribe’’.
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(4) The item relating to section 6112 in the table of sections

for subchapter B of chapter 61 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘Sec. 6112. Material advisors of reportable transactions must keep lists of

advisees, etc.’’.

(5)(A) The heading for section 6708 is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘SEC. 6708. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LISTS OF ADVISEES WITH RESPECT

TO REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.’’

(B) The item relating to section 6708 in the table of sections

for part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘Sec. 6708. Failure to maintain lists of advisees with respect to reportable

transactions.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transactions with respect to which material aid,

assistance, or advice referred to in section 6111(b)(1)(A)(i) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) is provided

after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 816. FAILURE TO FURNISH INFORMATION REGARDING REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6707 (relating to failure to furnish

information regarding tax shelters) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 6707. FAILURE TO FURNISH INFORMATION REGARDING REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a person who is required to file a return

under section 6111(a) with respect to any reportable transaction— ‘‘(1) fails to file such return on or before the date prescribed

therefor, or

‘‘(2) files false or incomplete information with the Secretary

with respect to such transaction,

such person shall pay a penalty with respect to such return in

the amount determined under subsection (b).

‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

the penalty imposed under subsection (a) with respect to any

failure shall be $50,000. ‘‘(2) LISTED TRANSACTIONS.—The penalty imposed under

subsection (a) with respect to any listed transaction shall be

an amount equal to the greater of—

‘‘(A) $200,000, or

‘‘(B) 50 percent of the gross income derived by such

person with respect to aid, assistance, or advice which

is provided with respect to the listed transaction before

the date the return is filed under section 6111.

Subparagraph (B) shall be applied by substituting ‘75 percent’ for ‘50 percent’ in the case of an intentional failure or act

described in subsection (a).

‘‘(c) RESCISSION AUTHORITY.—The provisions of section 6707A(d)

(relating to authority of Commissioner to rescind penalty) shall

apply to any penalty imposed under this section. ‘‘(d) REPORTABLE AND LISTED TRANSACTIONS.—For purposes of

this section, the terms ‘reportable transaction’ and ‘listed transaction’ have the respective meanings given to such terms by section

6707A(c).’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 6707

in the table of sections for part I of subchapter B of chapter

68 is amended by striking ‘‘tax shelters’’ and inserting ‘‘reportable

transactions’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to returns the due date for which is after the date

of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 817. MODIFICATION OF PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN

LISTS OF INVESTORS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 6708 is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF PENALTY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any person who is required to maintain a list under section 6112(a) fails to make such list available

upon written request to the Secretary in accordance with section

6112(b) within 20 business days after the date of such request,

such person shall pay a penalty of $10,000 for each day of

such failure after such 20th day.

‘‘(2) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—No penalty shall be

imposed by paragraph (1) with respect to the failure on any

day if such failure is due to reasonable cause.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to requests made after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

SEC. 818. PENALTY ON PROMOTERS OF TAX SHELTERS.

(a) PENALTY ON PROMOTING ABUSIVE TAX SHELTERS.—Section

6700(a) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:

‘‘Notwithstanding the first sentence, if an activity with respect

to which a penalty imposed under this subsection involves a statement described in paragraph (2)(A), the amount of the penalty

shall be equal to 50 percent of the gross income derived (or to

be derived) from such activity by the person on which the penalty

is imposed.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to activities after the date of the enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 819. MODIFICATIONS OF SUBSTANTIAL UNDERSTATEMENT PENALTY FOR NONREPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

(a) SUBSTANTIAL UNDERSTATEMENT OF CORPORATIONS.—Section

6662(d)(1)(B) (relating to special rule for corporations) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR CORPORATIONS.—In the case

of a corporation other than an S corporation or a personal

holding company (as defined in section 542), there is a

substantial understatement of income tax for any taxable

year if the amount of the understatement for the taxable

year exceeds the lesser of— ‘‘(i) 10 percent of the tax required to be shown

on the return for the taxable year (or, if greater,

$10,000), or ‘‘(ii) $10,000,000.’’. (b) SECRETARIAL LIST.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6662(d) is amended by adding

at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL LIST.—The Secretary may prescribe a

list of positions which the Secretary believes do not meet the

1 or more of the standards specified in paragraph (2)(B)(i),

section 6664(d)(2), and section 6694(a)(1). Such list (and any

revisions thereof) shall be published in the Federal Register

or the Internal Revenue Bulletin.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of section

6662(d) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 820. MODIFICATION OF ACTIONS TO ENJOIN CERTAIN CONDUCT

RELATED TO TAX SHELTERS AND REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7408 (relating to action to enjoin

promoters of abusive tax shelters, etc.) is amended by redesignating

subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by striking subsections (a)

and (b) and inserting the following new subsections:

‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO SEEK INJUNCTION.—A civil action in the

name of the United States to enjoin any person from further

engaging in specified conduct may be commenced at the request

of the Secretary. Any action under this section shall be brought

in the district court of the United States for the district in which

such person resides, has his principal place of business, or has

engaged in specified conduct. The court may exercise its jurisdiction

over such action (as provided in section 7402(a)) separate and

apart from any other action brought by the United States against

such person.

‘‘(b) ADJUDICATION AND DECREE.—In any action under subsection (a), if the court finds—

‘‘(1) that the person has engaged in any specified conduct,

and

‘‘(2) that injunctive relief is appropriate to prevent recurrence of such conduct,

the court may enjoin such person from engaging in such conduct

or in any other activity subject to penalty under this title.

‘‘(c) SPECIFIED CONDUCT.—For purposes of this section, the

term ‘specified conduct’ means any action, or failure to take action,

which is—

‘‘(1) subject to penalty under section 6700, 6701, 6707,

or 6708, or

‘‘(2) in violation of any requirement under regulations

issued under section 330 of title 31, United States Code.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading for section

7408 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 7408. ACTIONS TO ENJOIN SPECIFIED CONDUCT RELATED TO

TAX SHELTERS AND REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.’’.

(2) The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 76 is

amended by striking the item relating to section 7408 and inserting

the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 7408. Actions to enjoin specified conduct related to tax shelters and reportable transactions.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on the day after the date of the enactment of

this Act.
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SEC. 821. PENALTY ON FAILURE TO REPORT INTERESTS IN FOREIGN

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5321(a)(5) of title 31, United States

Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(5) FOREIGN FINANCIAL AGENCY TRANSACTION VIOLATION.— ‘‘(A) PENALTY AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the

Treasury may impose a civil money penalty on any person

who violates, or causes any violation of, any provision

of section 5314. ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the amount of any civil penalty imposed

under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed $10,000.

‘‘(ii) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—No penalty

shall be imposed under subparagraph (A) with respect

to any violation if—

‘‘(I) such violation was due to reasonable cause,

and

‘‘(II) the amount of the transaction or the

balance in the account at the time of the transaction was properly reported. ‘‘(C) WILLFUL VIOLATIONS.—In the case of any person

willfully violating, or willfully causing any violation of,

any provision of section 5314— ‘‘(i) the maximum penalty under subparagraph

(B)(i) shall be increased to the greater of— ‘‘(I) $100,000, or

‘‘(II) 50 percent of the amount determined

under subparagraph (D), and

‘‘(ii) subparagraph (B)(ii) shall not apply. ‘‘(D) AMOUNT.—The amount determined under this

subparagraph is— ‘‘(i) in the case of a violation involving a transaction, the amount of the transaction, or ‘‘(ii) in the case of a violation involving a failure

to report the existence of an account or any identifying

information required to be provided with respect to

an account, the balance in the account at the time

of the violation.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to violations occurring after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 822. REGULATION OF INDIVIDUALS PRACTICING BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

(a) CENSURE; IMPOSITION OF PENALTY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 330(b) of title 31, United States

Code, is amended— (A) by inserting ‘‘, or censure,’’ after ‘‘Department’’, and

(B) by adding at the end the following new flush sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may impose a monetary penalty on any representative described in the preceding sentence. If the representative was

acting on behalf of an employer or any firm or other entity in

connection with the conduct giving rise to such penalty, the Secretary may impose a monetary penalty on such employer, firm,
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or entity if it knew, or reasonably should have known, of such

conduct. Such penalty shall not exceed the gross income derived

(or to be derived) from the conduct giving rise to the penalty

and may be in addition to, or in lieu of, any suspension, disbarment,

or censure of the representative.’’.

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to actions taken after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b) TAX SHELTER OPINIONS, ETC.—Section 330 of such title

31 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) Nothing in this section or in any other provision of law

shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of the

Treasury to impose standards applicable to the rendering of written

advice with respect to any entity, transaction plan or arrangement,

or other plan or arrangement, which is of a type which the Secretary

determines as having a potential for tax avoidance or evasion.’’.

Part II—Other Provisions

SEC. 831. TREATMENT OF STRIPPED INTERESTS IN BOND AND PREFERRED STOCK FUNDS, ETC.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1286 (relating to tax treatment of

stripped bonds) is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new

subsection: ‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF STRIPPED INTERESTS IN BOND AND PRE- FERRED STOCK FUNDS, ETC.—In the case of an account or entity

substantially all of the assets of which consist of bonds, preferred

stock, or a combination thereof, the Secretary may by regulations

provide that rules similar to the rules of this section and 305(e),

as appropriate, shall apply to interests in such account or entity

to which (but for this subsection) this section or section 305(e),

as the case may be, would not apply.’’. (b) CROSS REFERENCE.—Subsection (e) of section 305 is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(7) CROSS REFERENCE.—

‘‘For treatment of stripped interests in certain accounts or entities holding preferred stock, see section 1286(f).’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to purchases and dispositions after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 832. MINIMUM HOLDING PERIOD FOR FOREIGN TAX CREDIT ON

WITHHOLDING TAXES ON INCOME OTHER THAN DIVIDENDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 is amended by redesignating

subsection (l) as subsection (m) and by inserting after subsection

(k) the following new subsection:

‘‘(l) MINIMUM HOLDING PERIOD FOR WITHHOLDING TAXES ON

GAIN AND INCOME OTHER THAN DIVIDENDS ETC.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In no event shall a credit be allowed

under subsection (a) for any withholding tax (as defined in

subsection (k)) on any item of income or gain with respect

to any property if— ‘‘(A) such property is held by the recipient of the item

for 15 days or less during the 31-day period beginning
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on the date which is 15 days before the date on which

the right to receive payment of such item arises, or

‘‘(B) to the extent that the recipient of the item is

under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale

or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to

positions in substantially similar or related property.

This paragraph shall not apply to any dividend to which subsection (k) applies.

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR TAXES PAID BY DEALERS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to

any qualified tax with respect to any property held in

the active conduct in a foreign country of a business as

a dealer in such property.

‘‘(B) QUALIFIED TAX.—For purposes of subparagraph

(A), the term ‘qualified tax’ means a tax paid to a foreign

country (other than the foreign country referred to in

subparagraph (A)) if—

‘‘(i) the item to which such tax is attributable

is subject to taxation on a net basis by the country

referred to in subparagraph (A), and

‘‘(ii) such country allows a credit against its net

basis tax for the full amount of the tax paid to such

other foreign country.

‘‘(C) DEALER.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the

term ‘dealer’ means—

‘‘(i) with respect to a security, any person to whom

paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (k) would not

apply by reason of paragraph (4) thereof if such security were stock, and

‘‘(ii) with respect to any other property, any person

with respect to whom such property is described in

section 1221(a)(1).

‘‘(D) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe such

regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this paragraph, including regulations to prevent the abuse of the

exception provided by this paragraph and to treat other

taxes as qualified taxes.

‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may by regulation provide

that paragraph (1) shall not apply to property where the Secretary determines that the application of paragraph (1) to such

property is not necessary to carry out the purposes of this

subsection.

‘‘(4) CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY.—Rules similar to the rules

of paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) of subsection (k) shall apply

for purposes of this subsection.

‘‘(5) DETERMINATION OF HOLDING PERIOD.—Holding periods

shall be determined for purposes of this subsection without

regard to section 1235 or any similar rule.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of subsection (k)

of section 901 is amended by inserting ‘‘ON DIVIDENDS’’ after

‘‘TAXES’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to amounts paid or accrued more than 30 days after

the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 833. DISALLOWANCE OF CERTAIN PARTNERSHIP LOSS TRANSFERS.

(a) TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTED PROPERTY WITH BUILT-IN

LOSS.—Paragraph (1) of section 704(c) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’

at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the

end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘(C) if any property so contributed has a built-in loss—

‘‘(i) such built-in loss shall be taken into account

only in determining the amount of items allocated to

the contributing partner, and

‘‘(ii) except as provided in regulations, in determining the amount of items allocated to other partners,

the basis of the contributed property in the hands

of the partnership shall be treated as being equal

to its fair market value at the time of contribution.

For purposes of subparagraph (C), the term ‘built-in loss’ means

the excess of the adjusted basis of the property (determined

without regard to subparagraph (C)(ii)) over its fair market

value at the time of contribution.’’.

(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR TRANSFERS OF PARTNERSHIP INTEREST

IF THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL BUILT-IN LOSS.—

(1) ADJUSTMENT OF PARTNERSHIP BASIS REQUIRED.—Subsection (a) of section 743 (relating to optional adjustment to

basis of partnership property) is amended by inserting before

the period ‘‘or unless the partnership has a substantial builtin loss immediately after such transfer’’.

(2) ADJUSTMENT.—Subsection (b) of section 743 is amended

by inserting ‘‘or which has a substantial built-in loss immediately after such transfer’’ after ‘‘section 754 is in effect’’.

(3) SUBSTANTIAL BUILT-IN LOSS.—Section 743 is amended

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) SUBSTANTIAL BUILT-IN LOSS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, a partnership has a substantial built-in loss with respect to a transfer

of an interest in a partnership if the partnership’s adjusted

basis in the partnership property exceeds by more than

$250,000 the fair market value of such property.

‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes

of paragraph (1) and section 734(d), including regulations aggregating related partnerships and disregarding property acquired

by the partnership in an attempt to avoid such purposes.’’.

(4) ALTERNATIVE RULES FOR ELECTING INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 743 is amended by adding

after subsection (d) the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVE RULES FOR ELECTING INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS.—

‘‘(1) NO ADJUSTMENT OF PARTNERSHIP BASIS.—For purposes

of this section, an electing investment partnership shall not

be treated as having a substantial built-in loss with respect

to any transfer occurring while the election under paragraph

(6)(A) is in effect.
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‘‘(2) LOSS DEFERRAL FOR TRANSFEREE PARTNER.—In the case

of a transfer of an interest in an electing investment partnership, the transferee partner’s distributive share of losses (without regard to gains) from the sale or exchange of partnership

property shall not be allowed except to the extent that it

is established that such losses exceed the loss (if any) recognized

by the transferor (or any prior transferor to the extent not

fully offset by a prior disallowance under this paragraph) on

the transfer of the partnership interest.

‘‘(3) NO REDUCTION IN PARTNERSHIP BASIS.—Losses disallowed under paragraph (2) shall not decrease the transferee

partner’s basis in the partnership interest.

‘‘(4) EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF PARTNERSHIP.—This subsection shall be applied without regard to any termination

of a partnership under section 708(b)(1)(B).

‘‘(5) CERTAIN BASIS REDUCTIONS TREATED AS LOSSES.—In

the case of a transferee partner whose basis in property distributed by the partnership is reduced under section 732(a)(2),

the amount of the loss recognized by the transferor on the

transfer of the partnership interest which is taken into account

under paragraph (2) shall be reduced by the amount of such

basis reduction.

‘‘(6) ELECTING INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.—For purposes of

this subsection, the term ‘electing investment partnership’

means any partnership if—

‘‘(A) the partnership makes an election to have this

subsection apply,

‘‘(B) the partnership would be an investment company

under section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act

of 1940 but for an exemption under paragraph (1) or (7)

of section 3(c) of such Act,

‘‘(C) such partnership has never been engaged in a

trade or business,

‘‘(D) substantially all of the assets of such partnership

are held for investment,

‘‘(E) at least 95 percent of the assets contributed to

such partnership consist of money,

‘‘(F) no assets contributed to such partnership had

an adjusted basis in excess of fair market value at the

time of contribution,

‘‘(G) all partnership interests of such partnership are

issued by such partnership pursuant to a private offering

before the date which is 24 months after the date of the

first capital contribution to such partnership,

‘‘(H) the partnership agreement of such partnership

has substantive restrictions on each partner’s ability to

cause a redemption of the partner’s interest, and

‘‘(I) the partnership agreement of such partnership provides for a term that is not in excess of 15 years.

The election described in subparagraph (A), once made, shall

be irrevocable except with the consent of the Secretary.

‘‘(7) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes

of this subsection, including regulations for applying this subsection to tiered partnerships.’’. (B) INFORMATION REPORTING.—Section 6031 is

amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(f) ELECTING INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS.—In the case of any

electing investment partnership (as defined in section 743(e)(6)),

the information required under subsection (b) to be furnished to

any partner to whom section 743(e)(2) applies shall include such

information as is necessary to enable the partner to compute the

amount of losses disallowed under section 743(e).’’.

(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR SECURITIZATION PARTNERSHIPS.—Section 743 is amended by adding after subsection (e) the following

new subsection:

‘‘(f) EXCEPTION FOR SECURITIZATION PARTNERSHIPS.—

‘‘(1) NO ADJUSTMENT OF PARTNERSHIP BASIS.—For purposes

of this section, a securitization partnership shall not be treated

as having a substantial built-in loss with respect to any

transfer.

‘‘(2) SECURITIZATION PARTNERSHIP.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘securitization partnership’ means any partnership the sole business activity of which is to issue securities

which provide for a fixed principal (or similar) amount and

which are primarily serviced by the cash flows of a discrete

pool (either fixed or revolving) of receivables or other financial

assets that by their terms convert into cash in a finite period,

but only if the sponsor of the pool reasonably believes that

the receivables and other financial assets comprising the pool

are not acquired so as to be disposed of.’’.

(6) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(A) The section heading for

section 743 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 743. SPECIAL RULES WHERE SECTION 754 ELECTION OR

SUBSTANTIAL BUILT-IN LOSS.’’.

(B) The table of sections for subpart C of part II of subchapter K of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating

to section 743 and inserting the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 743. Special rules where section 754 election or substantial built-in

loss.’’.

(c) ADJUSTMENT TO BASIS OF UNDISTRIBUTED PARTNERSHIP

PROPERTY IF THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL BASIS REDUCTION.—

(1) ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED.—Subsection (a) of section 734

(relating to optional adjustment to basis of undistributed partnership property) is amended by inserting before the period

the following: ‘‘or unless there is a substantial basis reduction’’.

(2) ADJUSTMENT.—Subsection (b) of section 734 is amended

by inserting ‘‘or unless there is a substantial basis reduction’’

after ‘‘section 754 is in effect’’.

(3) SUBSTANTIAL BASIS REDUCTION.—Section 734 is

amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) SUBSTANTIAL BASIS REDUCTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, there is

a substantial basis reduction with respect to a distribution

if the sum of the amounts described in subparagraphs (A)

and (B) of subsection (b)(2) exceeds $250,000.

‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—

‘‘For regulations to carry out this subsection, see section

743(d)(2).’’.

(4) EXCEPTION FOR SECURITIZATION PARTNERSHIPS.—Section

734 is amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following

new subsection:
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‘‘(e) EXCEPTION FOR SECURITIZATION PARTNERSHIPS.—For purposes of this section, a securitization partnership (as defined in

section 743(f)) shall not be treated as having a substantial basis

reduction with respect to any distribution of property to a partner.’’.

(5) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(A) The section heading for

section 734 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 734. ADJUSTMENT TO BASIS OF UNDISTRIBUTED PARTNERSHIP

PROPERTY WHERE SECTION 754 ELECTION OR SUBSTANTIAL BASIS REDUCTION.’’.

(B) The table of sections for subpart B of part II of subchapter K of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating

to section 734 and inserting the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 734. Adjustment to basis of undistributed partnership property

where section 754 election or substantial basis reduction.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendment made by subsection

(a) shall apply to contributions made after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

(2) SUBSECTION (b).—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), the amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply

to transfers after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(B) TRANSITION RULE.—In the case of an electing

investment partnership which is in existence on June 4,

2004, section 743(e)(6)(H) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986, as added by this section, shall not apply to such

partnership and section 743(e)(6)(I) of such Code, as so

added, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘20 years’’ for ‘‘15

years’’. (3) SUBSECTION (c).—The amendments made by subsection

(c) shall apply to distributions after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 834. NO REDUCTION OF BASIS UNDER SECTION 734 IN STOCK

HELD BY PARTNERSHIP IN CORPORATE PARTNER.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 755 is amended by adding at the

end the following new subsection:

‘‘(c) NO ALLOCATION OF BASIS DECREASE TO STOCK OF CORPORATE PARTNER.—In making an allocation under subsection (a)

of any decrease in the adjusted basis of partnership property under

section 734(b)—

‘‘(1) no allocation may be made to stock in a corporation

(or any person related (within the meaning of sections 267(b)

and 707(b)(1)) to such corporation) which is a partner in the

partnership, and

‘‘(2) any amount not allocable to stock by reason of paragraph (1) shall be allocated under subsection (a) to other partnership property.

Gain shall be recognized to the partnership to the extent that

the amount required to be allocated under paragraph (2) to other

partnership property exceeds the aggregate adjusted basis of such

other property immediately before the allocation required by paragraph (2).’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to distributions after the date of the enactment of

this Act.
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SEC. 835. REPEAL OF SPECIAL RULES FOR FASITS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part V of subchapter M of chapter 1 (relating

to financial asset securitization investment trusts) is hereby

repealed.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Paragraph (6) of section 56(g) is amended by striking

‘‘REMIC, or FASIT’’ and inserting ‘‘or REMIC’’.

(2) Clause (ii) of section 382(l)(4)(B) is amended by striking

‘‘a REMIC to which part IV of subchapter M applies, or a

FASIT to which part V of subchapter M applies,’’ and inserting

‘‘or a REMIC to which part IV of subchapter M applies,’’.

(3) Paragraph (1) of section 582(c) is amended by striking

‘‘, and any regular interest in a FASIT,’’.

(4) Subparagraph (E) of section 856(c)(5) is amended by

striking the last sentence.

(5)(A) Section 860G(a)(1) is amended by adding at the

end the following new sentence: ‘‘An interest shall not fail

to qualify as a regular interest solely because the specified

principal amount of the regular interest (or the amount of

interest accrued on the regular interest) can be reduced as

a result of the nonoccurrence of 1 or more contingent payments

with respect to any reverse mortgage loan held by the REMIC

if, on the startup day for the REMIC, the sponsor reasonably

believes that all principal and interest due under the regular

interest will be paid at or prior to the liquidation of the

REMIC.’’.

(B) The last sentence of section 860G(a)(3) is amended

by inserting ‘‘, and any reverse mortgage loan (and each balance

increase on such loan meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A)(iii)) shall be treated as an obligation secured by

an interest in real property’’ before the period at the end.

(6) Paragraph (3) of section 860G(a) is amended by adding

‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, and’’

at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting a period, and

by striking subparagraph (D).

(7) Section 860G(a)(3), as amended by paragraph (6), is

amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:

‘‘For purposes of subparagraph (A), if more than 50 percent

of the obligations transferred to, or purchased by, the REMIC

are originated by the United States or any State (or any political

subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the United States

or any State) and are principally secured by an interest in

real property, then each obligation transferred to, or purchased

by, the REMIC shall be treated as secured by an interest

in real property.’’.

(8)(A) Section 860G(a)(3)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’

at the end of clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause

(ii), and by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:

‘‘(iii) represents an increase in the principal

amount under the original terms of an obligation

described in clause (i) or (ii) if such increase—

‘‘(I) is attributable to an advance made to the

obligor pursuant to the original terms of the obligation,

‘‘(II) occurs after the startup day, and
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‘‘(III) is purchased by the REMIC pursuant

to a fixed price contract in effect on the startup

day.’’.

(B) Section 860G(a)(7)(B) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(B) QUALIFIED RESERVE FUND.—For purposes of

subparagraph (A), the term ‘qualified reserve fund’ means

any reasonably required reserve to—

‘‘(i) provide for full payment of expenses of the

REMIC or amounts due on regular interests in the

event of defaults on qualified mortgages or lower than

expected returns on cash flow investments, or

‘‘(ii) provide a source of funds for the purchase

of obligations described in clause (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A).

The aggregate fair market value of the assets held in

any such reserve shall not exceed 50 percent of the aggregate fair market value of all of the assets of the REMIC

on the startup day, and the amount of any such reserve

shall be promptly and appropriately reduced to the extent

the amount held in such reserve is no longer reasonably

required for purposes specified in clause (i) or (ii) of this

subparagraph.’’. (9) Subparagraph (C) of section 1202(e)(4) is amended by

striking ‘‘REMIC, or FASIT’’ and inserting ‘‘or REMIC’’. (10) Clause (xi) of section 7701(a)(19)(C) is amended— (A) by striking ‘‘and any regular interest in a FASIT,’’, and

(B) by striking ‘‘or FASIT’’ each place it appears.

(11) Subparagraph (A) of section 7701(i)(2) is amended

by striking ‘‘or a FASIT’’. (12) The table of parts for subchapter M of chapter 1

is amended by striking the item relating to part V.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

amendments made by this section shall take effect on January

1, 2005.

(2) EXCEPTION FOR EXISTING FASITS.—Paragraph (1) shall

not apply to any FASIT in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act to the extent that regular interests issued

by the FASIT before such date continue to remain outstanding

in accordance with the original terms of issuance.

SEC. 836. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OR IMPORTATION OF BUILT-IN

LOSSES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 362 (relating to basis to corporations)

is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS ON BUILT-IN LOSSES.—

‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON IMPORTATION OF BUILT-IN LOSSES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If in any transaction described in

subsection (a) or (b) there would (but for this subsection)

be an importation of a net built-in loss, the basis of each

property described in subparagraph (B) which is acquired

in such transaction shall (notwithstanding subsections (a)

and (b)) be its fair market value immediately after such

transaction. ‘‘(B) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), property is described in this subparagraph if—
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‘‘(i) gain or loss with respect to such property is

not subject to tax under this subtitle in the hands

of the transferor immediately before the transfer, and

‘‘(ii) gain or loss with respect to such property

is subject to such tax in the hands of the transferee

immediately after such transfer.

In any case in which the transferor is a partnership, the

preceding sentence shall be applied by treating each

partner in such partnership as holding such partner’s

proportionate share of the property of such partnership.

‘‘(C) IMPORTATION OF NET BUILT-IN LOSS.—For purposes

of subparagraph (A), there is an importation of a net builtin loss in a transaction if the transferee’s aggregate

adjusted bases of property described in subparagraph (B)

which is transferred in such transaction would (but for

this paragraph) exceed the fair market value of such property immediately after such transaction.

‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF BUILT-IN LOSSES IN SECTION 351 TRANSACTIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If—

‘‘(i) property is transferred by a transferor in any

transaction which is described in subsection (a) and

which is not described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, and

‘‘(ii) the transferee’s aggregate adjusted bases of

such property so transferred would (but for this paragraph) exceed the fair market value of such property

immediately after such transaction,

then, notwithstanding subsection (a), the transferee’s

aggregate adjusted bases of the property so transferred

shall not exceed the fair market value of such property

immediately after such transaction.

‘‘(B) ALLOCATION OF BASIS REDUCTION.—The aggregate

reduction in basis by reason of subparagraph (A) shall

be allocated among the property so transferred in proportion to their respective built-in losses immediately before

the transaction.

‘‘(C) ELECTION TO APPLY LIMITATION TO TRANSFEROR’S

STOCK BASIS.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the transferor and transferee

of a transaction described in subparagraph (A) both

elect the application of this subparagraph—

‘‘(I) subparagraph (A) shall not apply, and

‘‘(II) the transferor’s basis in the stock received

for property to which subparagraph (A) does not

apply by reason of the election shall not exceed

its fair market value immediately after the

transfer.

‘‘(ii) ELECTION.—An election under clause (i) shall

be included with the return of tax for the taxable

year in which the transaction occurred, shall be in

such form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe,

and, once made, shall be irrevocable.’’.

(b) COMPARABLE TREATMENT WHERE LIQUIDATION.—Paragraph

(1) of section 334(b) (relating to liquidation of subsidiary) is

amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If property is received by a corporate

distributee in a distribution in a complete liquidation to which

section 332 applies (or in a transfer described in section

337(b)(1)), the basis of such property in the hands of such

distributee shall be the same as it would be in the hands

of the transferor; except that the basis of such property in

the hands of such distributee shall be the fair market value

of the property at the time of the distribution—

‘‘(A) in any case in which gain or loss is recognized

by the liquidating corporation with respect to such property, or

‘‘(B) in any case in which the liquidating corporation

is a foreign corporation, the corporate distributee is a

domestic corporation, and the corporate distributee’s aggregate adjusted bases of property described in section

362(e)(1)(B) which is distributed in such liquidation would

(but for this subparagraph) exceed the fair market value

of such property immediately after such liquidation.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by subsection (a)

shall apply to transactions after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

(2) LIQUIDATIONS.—The amendment made by subsection

(b) shall apply to liquidations after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 837. CLARIFICATION OF BANKING BUSINESS FOR PURPOSES OF

DETERMINING INVESTMENT OF EARNINGS IN UNITED

STATES PROPERTY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 956(c)(2) is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(A) obligations of the United States, money, or

deposits with—

‘‘(i) any bank (as defined by section 2(c) of the

Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(c)),

without regard to subparagraphs (C) and (G) of paragraph (2) of such section), or

‘‘(ii) any corporation not described in clause (i)

with respect to which a bank holding company (as

defined by section 2(a) of such Act) or financial holding

company (as defined by section 2(p) of such Act) owns

directly or indirectly more than 80 percent by vote

or value of the stock of such corporation;’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 838. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST ON UNDERPAYMENTS

ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONDISCLOSED REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 163 (relating to deduction for interest)

is amended by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n) and

by inserting after subsection (l) the following new subsection:

‘‘(m) INTEREST ON UNPAID TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONDIS- CLOSED REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.—No deduction shall be allowed

under this chapter for any interest paid or accrued under section

6601 on any underpayment of tax which is attributable to the

portion of any reportable transaction understatement (as defined
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in section 6662A(b)) with respect to which the requirement of section

6664(d)(2)(A) is not met.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transactions in taxable years beginning after the

date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 839. CLARIFICATION OF RULES FOR PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED

TAX FOR CERTAIN DEEMED ASSET SALES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of section 338(h) (relating

to tax on deemed sale not taken into account for estimated tax

purposes) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The

preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to a qualified stock

purchase for which an election is made under paragraph (10).’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)

shall apply to transactions occurring after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 840. RECOGNITION OF GAIN FROM THE SALE OF A PRINCIPAL

RESIDENCE ACQUIRED IN A LIKE-KIND EXCHANGE

WITHIN 5 YEARS OF SALE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 121(d) (relating to special rules for

exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence) is amended by

adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(10) PROPERTY ACQUIRED IN LIKE-KIND EXCHANGE.—If a

taxpayer acquired property in an exchange to which section

1031 applied, subsection (a) shall not apply to the sale or

exchange of such property if it occurs during the 5-year period

beginning with the date of the acquisition of such property.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to sales or exchanges after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 841. PREVENTION OF MISMATCHING OF INTEREST AND ORIGINAL

ISSUE DISCOUNT DEDUCTIONS AND INCOME INCLUSIONS

IN TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED FOREIGN PERSONS.

(a) ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.—Section 163(e)(3) (relating to

special rule for original issue discount on obligation held by related

foreign person) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as

subparagraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any debt

instrument having original issue discount which is held

by a related foreign person which is a controlled foreign

corporation (as defined in section 957) or a passive

foreign investment company (as defined in section

1297), a deduction shall be allowable to the issuer

with respect to such original issue discount for any

taxable year before the taxable year in which paid

only to the extent such original issue discount is includible (determined without regard to properly allocable

deductions and qualified deficits under section

952(c)(1)(B)) during such prior taxable year in the gross

income of a United States person who owns (within

the meaning of section 958(a)) stock in such corporation.‘‘(ii) SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may

by regulation exempt transactions from the application
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of clause (i), including any transaction which is entered

into by a payor in the ordinary course of a trade

or business in which the payor is predominantly

engaged.’’.

(b) INTEREST AND OTHER DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNTS.—Section

267(a)(3) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’, and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subparagraph

(A), in the case of any item payable to a controlled

foreign corporation (as defined in section 957) or a

passive foreign investment company (as defined in section 1297), a deduction shall be allowable to the payor

with respect to such amount for any taxable year before

the taxable year in which paid only to the extent

that an amount attributable to such item is includible

(determined without regard to properly allocable deductions and qualified deficits under section 952(c)(1)(B))

during such prior taxable year in the gross income

of a United States person who owns (within the

meaning of section 958(a)) stock in such corporation.

‘‘(ii) SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may

by regulation exempt transactions from the application

of clause (i), including any transaction which is entered

into by a payor in the ordinary course of a trade

or business in which the payor is predominantly

engaged and in which the payment of the accrued

amounts occurs within 81⁄2 months after accrual or

within such other period as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to payments accrued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 842. DEPOSITS MADE TO SUSPEND RUNNING OF INTEREST ON

POTENTIAL UNDERPAYMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 67 (relating to

interest on underpayments) is amended by adding at the end the

following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6603. DEPOSITS MADE TO SUSPEND RUNNING OF INTEREST ON

POTENTIAL UNDERPAYMENTS, ETC.

‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE DEPOSITS OTHER THAN AS PAYMENT

OF TAX.—A taxpayer may make a cash deposit with the Secretary

which may be used by the Secretary to pay any tax imposed under

subtitle A or B or chapter 41, 42, 43, or 44 which has not been

assessed at the time of the deposit. Such a deposit shall be made

in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe.

‘‘(b) NO INTEREST IMPOSED.—To the extent that such deposit

is used by the Secretary to pay tax, for purposes of section 6601

(relating to interest on underpayments), the tax shall be treated

as paid when the deposit is made. ‘‘(c) RETURN OF DEPOSIT.—Except in a case where the Secretary

determines that collection of tax is in jeopardy, the Secretary shall

return to the taxpayer any amount of the deposit (to the extent
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not used for a payment of tax) which the taxpayer requests in

writing. ‘‘(d) PAYMENT OF INTEREST.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 6611 (relating

to interest on overpayments), except as provided in paragraph

(4), a deposit which is returned to a taxpayer shall be treated

as a payment of tax for any period to the extent (and only

to the extent) attributable to a disputable tax for such period.

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, rules similar

to the rules of section 6611(b)(2) shall apply. ‘‘(2) DISPUTABLE TAX.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the

term ‘disputable tax’ means the amount of tax specified

at the time of the deposit as the taxpayer’s reasonable

estimate of the maximum amount of any tax attributable

to disputable items. ‘‘(B) SAFE HARBOR BASED ON 30-DAY LETTER.—In the

case of a taxpayer who has been issued a 30-day letter,

the maximum amount of tax under subparagraph (A) shall

not be less than the amount of the proposed deficiency

specified in such letter.

‘‘(3) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph (2)— ‘‘(A) DISPUTABLE ITEM.—The term ‘disputable item’ means any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit

if the taxpayer— ‘‘(i) has a reasonable basis for its treatment of

such item, and ‘‘(ii) reasonably believes that the Secretary also

has a reasonable basis for disallowing the taxpayer’s

treatment of such item.

‘‘(B) 30-DAY LETTER.—The term ‘30-day letter’ means

the first letter of proposed deficiency which allows the

taxpayer an opportunity for administrative review in the

Internal Revenue Service Office of Appeals.

‘‘(4) RATE OF INTEREST.—The rate of interest under this

subsection shall be the Federal short-term rate determined

under section 6621(b), compounded daily.

‘‘(e) USE OF DEPOSITS.— ‘‘(1) PAYMENT OF TAX.—Except as otherwise provided by

the taxpayer, deposits shall be treated as used for the payment

of tax in the order deposited. ‘‘(2) RETURNS OF DEPOSITS.—Deposits shall be treated as

returned to the taxpayer on a last-in, first-out basis.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subchapter

A of chapter 67 is amended by adding at the end the following

new item:

‘‘Sec. 6603. Deposits made to suspend running of interest on potential underpayments, etc.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to deposits made after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

(2) COORDINATION WITH DEPOSITS MADE UNDER REVENUE

PROCEDURE 84–58.—In the case of an amount held by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate on the date of the

enactment of this Act as a deposit in the nature of a cash

bond deposit pursuant to Revenue Procedure 84–58, the date
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that the taxpayer identifies such amount as a deposit made

pursuant to section 6603 of the Internal Revenue Code (as

added by this Act) shall be treated as the date such amount

is deposited for purposes of such section 6603.

SEC. 843. PARTIAL PAYMENT OF TAX LIABILITY IN INSTALLMENT

AGREEMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) Section 6159(a) (relating to authorization of agreements)

is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘satisfy liability for payment of’’ and

inserting ‘‘make payment on’’, and

(B) by inserting ‘‘full or partial’’ after ‘‘facilitate’’.

(2) Section 6159(c) (relating to Secretary required to enter

into installment agreements in certain cases) is amended in

the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘full’’ before

‘‘payment’’.

(b) REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW PARTIAL PAYMENT AGREEMENTS

EVERY TWO YEARS.—Section 6159 is amended by redesignating

subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively, and

inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: ‘‘(d) SECRETARY REQUIRED TO REVIEW INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS FOR PARTIAL COLLECTION EVERY TWO YEARS.—In the case

of an agreement entered into by the Secretary under subsection

(a) for partial collection of a tax liability, the Secretary shall review

the agreement at least once every 2 years.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to agreements entered into on or after the date of

the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 844. AFFIRMATION OF CONSOLIDATED RETURN REGULATION

AUTHORITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1502 is amended by adding at the

end the following new sentence: ‘‘In carrying out the preceding

sentence, the Secretary may prescribe rules that are different from

the provisions of chapter 1 that would apply if such corporations

filed separate returns.’’.

(b) RESULT NOT OVERTURNED.—Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection (a), the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

shall be construed by treating Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-

20(c)(1)(iii) (as in effect on January 1, 2001) as being inapplicable

to the factual situation in Rite Aid Corporation and Subsidiary

Corporations v. United States, 255 F.3d 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2001).

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amendment made

by this section, shall apply to taxable years beginning before, on,

or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 845. EXPANDED DISALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST

ON CONVERTIBLE DEBT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 163(l) is amended

by inserting ‘‘or equity held by the issuer (or any related party)

in any other person’’ after ‘‘or a related party’’.

(b) CAPITALIZATION ALLOWED WITH RESPECT TO EQUITY OF

PERSONS OTHER THAN ISSUER AND RELATED PARTIES.—Section

163(l) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6) and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following

new paragraph:
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‘‘(4) CAPITALIZATION ALLOWED WITH RESPECT TO EQUITY OF

PERSONS OTHER THAN ISSUER AND RELATED PARTIES.—If the

disqualified debt instrument of a corporation is payable in

equity held by the issuer (or any related party) in any other

person (other than a related party), the basis of such equity

shall be increased by the amount not allowed as a deduction

by reason of paragraph (1) with respect to the instrument.’’.

(c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS ISSUED BY DEALERS

IN SECURITIES.—Section 163(l), as amended by subsection (b), is

amended by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs

(6) and (7) and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following

new paragraph:

‘‘(5) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS ISSUED BY

DEALERS IN SECURITIES.—For purposes of this subsection, the

term ‘disqualified debt instrument’ does not include indebtedness issued by a dealer in securities (or a related party) which

is payable in, or by reference to, equity (other than equity

of the issuer or a related party) held by such dealer in its

capacity as a dealer in securities. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘dealer in securities’ has the meaning given

such term by section 475.’’.

(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of section 163(l)

is amended by striking ‘‘or a related party’’ in the material preceding

subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘or any other person’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to debt instruments issued after October 3, 2004.

Part III—Leasing

SEC. 847. REFORM OF TAX TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LEASING

ARRANGEMENTS.

(a) CLARIFICATION OF RECOVERY PERIOD FOR TAX-EXEMPT USE

PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LEASE.—Subparagraph (A) of section

168(g)(3) (relating to special rules for determining class life) is

amended by inserting ‘‘(notwithstanding any other subparagraph

of this paragraph)’’ after ‘‘shall’’.

(b) LIMITATION ON DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION PERIODS

FOR INTANGIBLES LEASED TO TAX-EXEMPT ENTITY.—

(1) COMPUTER SOFTWARE.—Paragraph (1) of section 167(f)

is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(C) TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LEASE.—

In the case of computer software which would be taxexempt use property as defined in subsection (h) of section

168 if such section applied to computer software, the useful

life under subparagraph (A) shall not be less than 125

percent of the lease term (within the meaning of section

168(i)(3)).’’.

(2) CERTAIN INTERESTS OR RIGHTS ACQUIRED SEPARATELY.—

Paragraph (2) of section 167(f) is amended by adding at the

end the following new sentence: ‘‘If such property would be

tax-exempt use property as defined in subsection (h) of section

168 if such section applied to such property, the useful life

under such regulations shall not be less than 125 percent

of the lease term (within the meaning of section 168(i)(3)).’’.
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(3) SECTION 197 INTANGIBLES.—Section 197(f) (relating to

special rules) is amended by adding at the end the following

new paragraph:

‘‘(10) TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LEASE.—In

the case of any section 197 intangible which would be taxexempt use property as defined in subsection (h) of section

168 if such section applied to such intangible, the amortization

period under this section shall not be less than 125 percent

of the lease term (within the meaning of section 168(i)(3)).’’.

(c) LEASE TERM TO INCLUDE RELATED SERVICE CONTRACTS.—

Subparagraph (A) of section 168(i)(3) (relating to lease term) is

amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by redesignating

clause (ii) as clause (iii), and by inserting after clause (i) the

following new clause:

‘‘(ii) the term of a lease shall include the term

of any service contract or similar arrangement

(whether or not treated as a lease under section

7701(e))—

‘‘(I) which is part of the same transaction (or

series of related transactions) which includes the

lease, and ‘‘(II) which is with respect to the property

subject to the lease or substantially similar property, and’’.

(d) EXPANSION OF SHORT-TERM LEASE EXEMPTION FOR QUALIFIED TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT.—Subparagraph (A) of section

168(h)(3) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (i)(3)(A)(i), in determining a

lease term for purposes of the preceding sentence, there shall not

be taken into account any option of the lessee to renew at the

fair market value rent determined at the time of renewal; except

that the aggregate period not taken into account by reason of

this sentence shall not exceed 24 months.’’.

(e) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AS

TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES.—Section 168(h)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end

of clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting at the end

the following: ‘‘(iv) any Indian tribal government described in

section 7701(a)(40).

For purposes of applying this subsection, any Indian tribal

government referred to in clause (iv) shall be treated in

the same manner as a State.’’.

SEC. 848. LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIONS ALLOCABLE TO PROPERTY

USED BY GOVERNMENTS OR OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part II of subchapter E of

chapter 1 (relating to taxable year for which deductions taken)

is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 470. LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIONS ALLOCABLE TO PROPERTY

USED BY GOVERNMENTS OR OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES.

‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON LOSSES.—Except as otherwise provided in

this section, a tax-exempt use loss for any taxable year shall not

be allowed.
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‘‘(b) DISALLOWED LOSS CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR.—Any taxexempt use loss with respect to any tax-exempt use property which

is disallowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall be

treated as a deduction with respect to such property in the next

taxable year.

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) TAX-EXEMPT USE LOSS.—The term ‘tax-exempt use loss’

means, with respect to any taxable year, the amount (if any)

by which—

‘‘(A) the sum of—

‘‘(i) the aggregate deductions (other than interest)

directly allocable to a tax-exempt use property, plus

‘‘(ii) the aggregate deductions for interest properly

allocable to such property, exceed

‘‘(B) the aggregate income from such property.

‘‘(2) TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY.—The term ‘tax-exempt use

property’ has the meaning given to such term by section 168(h),

except that such section shall be applied— ‘‘(A) without regard to paragraphs (1)(C) and (3)

thereof, and ‘‘(B) as if property described in— ‘‘(i) section 167(f)(1)(B),

‘‘(ii) section 167(f)(2), and

‘‘(iii) section 197 intangible,

were tangible property.

Such term shall not include property which would (but for

this sentence) be tax-exempt use property solely by reason

of section 168(h)(6) if any credit is allowable under section

42 or 47 with respect to such property.

‘‘(d) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN LEASES.—This section shall not

apply to any lease of property which meets the requirements of

all of the following paragraphs:

‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A lease of property meets the

requirements of this paragraph if (at any time during the

lease term) not more than an allowable amount of funds

are—

‘‘(i) subject to any arrangement referred to in

subparagraph (B), or

‘‘(ii) set aside or expected to be set aside,

to or for the benefit of the lessor or any lender, or to

or for the benefit of the lessee to satisfy the lessee’s obligations or options under the lease. For purposes of clause

(ii), funds shall be treated as set aside or expected to

be set aside only if a reasonable person would conclude,

based on the facts and circumstances, that such funds

are set aside or expected to be set aside.

‘‘(B) ARRANGEMENTS.—The arrangements referred to

in this subparagraph include a defeasance arrangement,

a loan by the lessee to the lessor or any lender, a deposit

arrangement, a letter of credit collateralized with cash

or cash equivalents, a payment undertaking agreement,

prepaid rent (within the meaning of the regulations under

section 467), a sinking fund arrangement, a guaranteed

investment contract, financial guaranty insurance, and any

similar arrangement (whether or not such arrangement

provides credit support).
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‘‘(C) ALLOWABLE AMOUNT.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided

in this subparagraph, the term ‘allowable amount’

means an amount equal to 20 percent of the lessor’s

adjusted basis in the property at the time the lease

is entered into.

‘‘(ii) HIGHER AMOUNT PERMITTED IN CERTAIN

CASES.—To the extent provided in regulations, a higher

percentage shall be permitted under clause (i) where

necessary because of the credit-worthiness of the lessee. In no event may such regulations permit a percentage of more than 50 percent.

‘‘(iii) OPTION TO PURCHASE.—If under the lease

the lessee has the option to purchase the property

for a fixed price or for other than the fair market

value of the property (determined at the time of exercise), the allowable amount at the time such option

may be exercised may not exceed 50 percent of the

price at which such option may be exercised.

‘‘(iv) NO ALLOWABLE AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN

ARRANGEMENTS.—The allowable amount shall be zero

with respect to any arrangement which involves—

‘‘(I) a loan from the lessee to the lessor or

a lender,

‘‘(II) any deposit received, letter of credit

issued, or payment undertaking agreement entered

into by a lender otherwise involved in the transaction, or

‘‘(III) in the case of a transaction which

involves a lender, any credit support made available to the lessor in which any such lender does

not have a claim that is senior to the lessor.

For purposes of subclause (I), the term ‘loan’ shall

not include any amount treated as a loan under section

467 with respect to a section 467 rental agreement.

‘‘(2) LESSOR MUST MAKE SUBSTANTIAL EQUITY INVEST- MENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A lease of property meets the

requirements of this paragraph if— ‘‘(i) the lessor— ‘‘(I) has at the time the lease is entered into

an unconditional at-risk equity investment (as

determined by the Secretary) in the property of

at least 20 percent of the lessor’s adjusted basis

in the property as of that time, and

‘‘(II) maintains such investment throughout

the term of the lease, and

‘‘(ii) the fair market value of the property at the

end of the lease term is reasonably expected to be

equal to at least 20 percent of such basis.

‘‘(B) RISK OF LOSS.—For purposes of clause (ii), the

fair market value at the end of the lease term shall be

reduced to the extent that a person other than the lessor

bears a risk of loss in the value of the property. ‘‘(C) PARAGRAPH NOT TO APPLY TO SHORT-TERM

LEASES.—This paragraph shall not apply to any lease with

a lease term of 5 years or less.
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‘‘(3) LESSEE MAY NOT BEAR MORE THAN MINIMAL RISK OF

LOSS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A lease of property meets the

requirements of this paragraph if there is no arrangement

under which the lessee bears—

‘‘(i) any portion of the loss that would occur if

the fair market value of the leased property were 25

percent less than its reasonably expected fair market

value at the time the lease is terminated, or

‘‘(ii) more than 50 percent of the loss that would

occur if the fair market value of the leased property

at the time the lease is terminated were zero.

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may by regulations

provide that the requirements of this paragraph are not

met where the lessee bears more than a minimal risk

of loss.

‘‘(C) PARAGRAPH NOT TO APPLY TO SHORT-TERM

LEASES.—This paragraph shall not apply to any lease with

a lease term of 5 years or less.

‘‘(4) PROPERTY WITH MORE THAN 7-YEAR CLASS LIFE.—In

the case of a lease— ‘‘(A) of property with a class life (as defined in section

168(i)(1)) of more than 7 years, other than fixed-wing aircraft and vessels, and

‘‘(B) under which the lessee has the option to purchase

the property,

the lease meets the requirements of this paragraph only if

the purchase price under the option equals the fair market

value of the property (determined at the time of exercise).

‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(1) TREATMENT OF FORMER TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any former tax-exempt

use property—

‘‘(i) any deduction allowable under subsection (b)

with respect to such property for any taxable year

shall be allowed only to the extent of any net income

(without regard to such deduction) from such property

for such taxable year, and

‘‘(ii) any portion of such unused deduction

remaining after application of clause (i) shall be treated

as a deduction allowable under subsection (b) with

respect to such property in the next taxable year.

‘‘(B) FORMER TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY.—For purposes

of this subsection, the term ‘former tax-exempt use property’ means any property which— ‘‘(i) is not tax-exempt use property for the taxable

year, but ‘‘(ii) was tax-exempt use property for any prior

taxable year. ‘‘(2) DISPOSITION OF ENTIRE INTEREST IN PROPERTY.—If

during the taxable year a taxpayer disposes of the taxpayer’s

entire interest in tax-exempt use property (or former taxexempt use property), rules similar to the rules of section

469(g) shall apply for purposes of this section. ‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 469.—This section shall

be applied before the application of section 469. ‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH SECTIONS 1031 AND 1033.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Sections 1031(a) and 1033(a) shall

not apply if—

‘‘(i) the exchanged or converted property is taxexempt use property subject to a lease which was

entered into before March 13, 2004, and which would

not have met the requirements of subsection (d) had

such requirements been in effect when the lease was

entered into, or

‘‘(ii) the replacement property is tax-exempt use

property subject to a lease which does not meet the

requirements of subsection (d).

‘‘(B) ADJUSTED BASIS.—In the case of property acquired

by the lessor in a transaction to which section 1031 or

1033 applies, the adjusted basis of such property for purposes of this section shall be equal to the lesser of—

‘‘(i) the fair market value of the property as of

the beginning of the lease term, or

‘‘(ii) the amount which would be the lessor’s

adjusted basis if such sections did not apply to such

transaction.

‘‘(f) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

‘‘(1) RELATED PARTIES.—The terms ‘lessor’, ‘lessee’, and

‘lender’ each include any related party (within the meaning

of section 197(f)(9)(C)(i)).

‘‘(2) LEASE TERM.—The term ‘lease term’ has the meaning

given to such term by section 168(i)(3).

‘‘(3) LENDER.—The term ‘lender’ means, with respect to

any lease, a person that makes a loan to the lessor which

is secured (or economically similar to being secured) by the

lease or the leased property. ‘‘(4) LOAN.—The term ‘loan’ includes any similar arrangement.

‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes

of this section, including regulations which— ‘‘(1) allow in appropriate cases the aggregation of property

subject to the same lease, and ‘‘(2) provide for the determination of the allocation of

interest expense for purposes of this section.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart C of part II of subchapter E of chapter 1 is amended by

adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 470. Limitation on deductions allocable to property used by governments or other tax-exempt entities.’’.

SEC. 849. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this section, the amendments made by this part shall apply to leases entered into after

March 12, 2004.

(b) EXCEPTION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this part shall

not apply to qualified transportation property.

(2) QUALIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROPERTY.—For purposes

of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘qualified transportation property’’

means domestic property subject to a lease with respect to

which a formal application—
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(A) was submitted for approval to the Federal Transit

Administration (an agency of the Department of Transportation) after June 30, 2003, and before March 13, 2004,

(B) is approved by the Federal Transit Administration

before January 1, 2006, and

(C) includes a description of such property and the

value of such property.

(3) EXCHANGES AND CONVERSION OF TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY.—Section 470(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

as added by section 848, shall apply to property exchanged

or converted after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(4) INTANGIBLES AND INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—The

amendments made subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), and (e) of section

847, and the treatment of property described in clauses (ii)

and (iii) of section 470(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 (as added by section 848) as tangible property, shall

apply to leases entered into after October 3, 2004.

Subtitle C—Reduction of Fuel Tax Evasion

SEC. 851. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN EXCISE TAXES FOR MOBILE

MACHINERY.

(a) EXEMPTION FROM TAX ON HEAVY TRUCKS AND TRAILERS

SOLD AT RETAIL.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4053 (relating to exemptions) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(8) MOBILE MACHINERY.—Any vehicle which consists of

a chassis—

‘‘(A) to which there has been permanently mounted

(by welding, bolting, riveting, or other means) machinery

or equipment to perform a construction, manufacturing,

processing, farming, mining, drilling, timbering, or similar

operation if the operation of the machinery or equipment

is unrelated to transportation on or off the public highways,

‘‘(B) which has been specially designed to serve only

as a mobile carriage and mount (and a power source, where

applicable) for the particular machinery or equipment

involved, whether or not such machinery or equipment

is in operation, and

‘‘(C) which, by reason of such special design, could

not, without substantial structural modification, be used

as a component of a vehicle designed to perform a function

of transporting any load other than that particular

machinery or equipment or similar machinery or equipment

requiring such a specially designed chassis.’’. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect on the day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b) EXEMPTION FROM TAX ON USE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4483 (relating to exemptions) is

amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h) and

by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:

‘‘(g) EXEMPTION FOR MOBILE MACHINERY.—No tax shall be

imposed by section 4481 on the use of any vehicle described in

section 4053(8).’’.
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(c) EXEMPTION FROM TAX ON TIRES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4072(b)(2) is amended by adding

at the end the following flush sentence: ‘‘Such term shall not

include tires of a type used exclusively on vehicles described

in section 4053(8).’’.

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect on the day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(d) REFUND OF FUEL TAXES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6421(e)(2) (defining off-highway

business use) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subparagraph:

‘‘(C) USES IN MOBILE MACHINERY.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘off-highway business

use’ shall include any use in a vehicle which meets

the requirements described in clause (ii). ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS FOR MOBILE MACHINERY.—The

requirements described in this clause are— ‘‘(I) the design-based test, and

‘‘(II) the use-based test.

‘‘(iii) DESIGN-BASED TEST.—For purposes of clause

(ii)(I), the design-based test is met if the vehicle consists of a chassis—

‘‘(I) to which there has been permanently

mounted (by welding, bolting, riveting, or other

means) machinery or equipment to perform a

construction, manufacturing, processing, farming,

mining, drilling, timbering, or similar operation

if the operation of the machinery or equipment

is unrelated to transportation on or off the public

highways,

‘‘(II) which has been specially designed to serve

only as a mobile carriage and mount (and a power

source, where applicable) for the particular

machinery or equipment involved, whether or not

such machinery or equipment is in operation, and

‘‘(III) which, by reason of such special design,

could not, without substantial structural modification, be used as a component of a vehicle designed

to perform a function of transporting any load

other than that particular machinery or equipment

or similar machinery or equipment requiring such

a specially designed chassis.

‘‘(iv) USE-BASED TEST.—For purposes of clause

(ii)(II), the use-based test is met if the use of the

vehicle on public highways was less than 7,500 miles

during the taxpayer’s taxable year. This clause shall

be applied without regard to use of the vehicle by

any organization which is described in section 501(c)

and exempt from tax under section 501(a).’’. (2) NO TAX-FREE SALES.—Subsection (b) of section 4082

is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘and such term shall not include any use described

in section 6421(e)(2)(C)’’.
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(3) ANNUAL REFUND OF TAX PAID.—Section 6427(i)(2)

(relating to exceptions) is amended by adding at the end the

following new subparagraph: ‘‘(C) NONAPPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH.—This paragraph

shall not apply to any fuel used solely in any off-highway

business use described in section 6421(e)(2)(C).’’. (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date

of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 852. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7701(a) (relating to definitions) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(48) OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES.— ‘‘(A) OFF-HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A vehicle shall not be treated

as a highway vehicle if such vehicle is specially

designed for the primary function of transporting a

particular type of load other than over the public highway and because of this special design such vehicle’s

capability to transport a load over the public highway

is substantially limited or impaired. ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF VEHICLE’S DESIGN.—For

purposes of clause (i), a vehicle’s design is determined

solely on the basis of its physical characteristics. ‘‘(iii) DETERMINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL LIMITATION

OR IMPAIRMENT.—For purposes of clause (i), in determining whether substantial limitation or impairment

exists, account may be taken of factors such as the

size of the vehicle, whether such vehicle is subject

to the licensing, safety, and other requirements

applicable to highway vehicles, and whether such

vehicle can transport a load at a sustained speed of

at least 25 miles per hour. It is immaterial that a

vehicle can transport a greater load off the public

highway than such vehicle is permitted to transport

over the public highway.

‘‘(B) NONTRANSPORTATION TRAILERS AND

SEMITRAILERS.—A trailer or semitrailer shall not be treated

as a highway vehicle if it is specially designed to function

only as an enclosed stationary shelter for the carrying

on of an off-highway function at an off-highway site.’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date

of the enactment of this Act.

(2) FUEL TAXES.—With respect to taxes imposed under

subchapter B of chapter 31 and part III of subchapter A of

chapter 32, the amendment made by this section shall apply

to taxable periods beginning after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 853. TAXATION OF AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE.

(a) RATE OF TAX.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 4081(a)(2)

is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii), by

striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting

‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the following new clause:
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‘‘(iv) in the case of aviation-grade kerosene, 21.8

cents per gallon.’’.

(2) COMMERCIAL AVIATION.—Paragraph (2) of section

4081(a) is amended by adding at the end the following new

subparagraph:

‘‘(C) TAXES IMPOSED ON FUEL USED IN COMMERCIAL

AVIATION.—In the case of aviation-grade kerosene which

is removed from any refinery or terminal directly into

the fuel tank of an aircraft for use in commercial aviation,

the rate of tax under subparagraph (A)(iv) shall be 4.3

cents per gallon.’’.

(3) CERTAIN REFUELER TRUCKS, TANKERS, AND TANK WAGONS

TREATED AS TERMINAL.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4081 is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(3) CERTAIN REFUELER TRUCKS, TANKERS, AND TANK

WAGONS TREATED AS TERMINAL.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(C),

a refueler truck, tanker, or tank wagon shall be treated

as part of a terminal if— ‘‘(i) such terminal is located within a secured area

of an airport,

‘‘(ii) any aviation-grade kerosene which is loaded

in such truck, tanker, or wagon at such terminal is

for delivery only into aircraft at the airport in which

such terminal is located,

‘‘(iii) such truck, tanker, or wagon meets the

requirements of subparagraph (B) with respect to such

terminal, and

‘‘(iv) except in the case of exigent circumstances

identified by the Secretary in regulations, no vehicle

registered for highway use is loaded with aviationgrade kerosene at such terminal.

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—A refueler truck, tanker, or tank

wagon meets the requirements of this subparagraph with

respect to a terminal if such truck, tanker, or wagon—

‘‘(i) has storage tanks, hose, and coupling equipment designed and used for the purposes of fueling

aircraft,

‘‘(ii) is not registered for highway use, and

‘‘(iii) is operated by—

‘‘(I) the terminal operator of such terminal,

or

‘‘(II) a person that makes a daily accounting

to such terminal operator of each delivery of fuel

from such truck, tanker, or wagon.

‘‘(C) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall require under

section 4101(d) reporting by such terminal operator of—

‘‘(i) any information obtained under subparagraph

(B)(iii)(II), and

‘‘(ii) any similar information maintained by such

terminal operator with respect to deliveries of fuel

made by trucks, tankers, or wagons operated by such

terminal operator.’’.

(B) LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH SECURED TERMINALS.—Not

later than December 15, 2004, the Secretary of the

Treasury shall publish and maintain a list of airports which
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include a secured area in which a terminal is located

(within the meaning of section 4081(a)(3)(A)(i) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this paragraph).

(4) LIABILITY FOR TAX ON AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE USED

IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION.—Subsection (a) of section 4081 is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) LIABILITY FOR TAX ON AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE USED

IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(C),

the person who uses the fuel for commercial aviation shall

pay the tax imposed under such paragraph. For purposes of

the preceding sentence, fuel shall be treated as used when

such fuel is removed into the fuel tank.’’.

(5) NONTAXABLE USES.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4082 is amended by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g),

respectively, and by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE.—In the case of aviation-grade

kerosene which is exempt from the tax imposed by section 4041(c)

(other than by reason of a prior imposition of tax) and which

is removed from any refinery or terminal directly into the fuel

tank of an aircraft, the rate of tax under section 4081(a)(2)(A)(iv)

shall be zero.’’.

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(i) Subsection (b) of

section 4082 is amended by adding at the end the following

new flush sentence:

‘‘The term ‘nontaxable use’ does not include the use of aviationgrade kerosene in an aircraft.’’.

(ii) Section 4082(d) is amended by striking paragraph

(1) and by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.

(6) NONAIRCRAFT USE OF AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section

4041(a)(1) is amended by adding at the end the following

new sentence: ‘‘This subparagraph shall not apply to aviation-grade kerosene.’’.

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for paragraph (1) of section 4041(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘AND

KEROSENE’’ after ‘‘DIESEL FUEL’’.

(b) COMMERCIAL AVIATION.—Section 4083 is amended by

redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d),

respectively, and by inserting after subsection (a) the following

new subsection:

‘‘(b) COMMERCIAL AVIATION.—For purposes of this subpart, the

term ‘commercial aviation’ means any use of an aircraft in a business of transporting persons or property for compensation or hire

by air, unless properly allocable to any transportation exempt from

the taxes imposed by sections 4261 and 4271 by reason of section

4281 or 4282 or by reason of section 4261(h).’’.

(c) REFUNDS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 6427(l) is

amended to read as follows: ‘‘(4) REFUNDS FOR AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE.— ‘‘(A) NO REFUND OF CERTAIN TAXES ON FUEL USED IN

COMMERCIAL AVIATION.—In the case of aviation-grade kerosene used in commercial aviation (as defined in section
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4083(b)) (other than supplies for vessels or aircraft within

the meaning of section 4221(d)(3)), paragraph (1) shall

not apply to so much of the tax imposed by section 4081

as is attributable to—

‘‘(i) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust

Fund financing rate imposed by such section, and

‘‘(ii) so much of the rate of tax specified in section

4081(a)(2)(A)(iv) as does not exceed 4.3 cents per gallon.

‘‘(B) PAYMENT TO ULTIMATE, REGISTERED VENDOR.—

With respect to aviation-grade kerosene, if the ultimate

purchaser of such kerosene waives (at such time and in

such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe)

the right to payment under paragraph (1) and assigns

such right to the ultimate vendor, then the Secretary shall

pay the amount which would be paid under paragraph

(1) to such ultimate vendor, but only if such ultimate

vendor—

‘‘(i) is registered under section 4101, and

‘‘(ii) meets the requirements of subparagraph (A),

(B), or (D) of section 6416(a)(1).’’.

(2) TIME FOR FILING CLAIMS.—Subparagraph (A) of section

6427(i)(4) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (l)(5)’’ both places it appears

and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)(B) or (5) of subsection (l)’’,

and

(B) by striking ‘‘the preceding sentence’’ and inserting

‘‘subsection (l)(5)’’.

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) of section

6427(l)(2) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(B) in the case of aviation-grade kerosene—

‘‘(i) any use which is exempt from the tax imposed

by section 4041(c) other than by reason of a prior

imposition of tax, or

‘‘(ii) any use in commercial aviation (within the

meaning of section 4083(b)).’’.

(d) REPEAL OF PRIOR TAXATION OF AVIATION FUEL.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter A of chapter 32

is amended by striking subpart B and by redesignating subpart

C as subpart B.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(A) Section 4041(c) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) AVIATION-GRADE KEROSENE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed a tax upon

aviation-grade kerosene—

‘‘(A) sold by any person to an owner, lessee, or other

operator of an aircraft for use in such aircraft, or

‘‘(B) used by any person in an aircraft unless there

was a taxable sale of such fuel under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(2) EXEMPTION FOR PREVIOUSLY TAXED FUEL.—No tax shall

be imposed by this subsection on the sale or use of any aviationgrade kerosene if tax was imposed on such liquid under section

4081 and the tax thereon was not credited or refunded.

‘‘(3) RATE OF TAX.—The rate of tax imposed by this subsection shall be the rate of tax applicable under section

4081(a)(2)(A)(iv) which is in effect at the time of such sale

or use.’’.
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(B) Section 4041(d)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘section

4091’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4081’’.

(C) Section 4041 is amended by striking subsection

(e).

(D) Section 4041 is amended by striking subsection

(i).

(E) Section 4041(m)(1) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of the sale or use of any

partially exempt methanol or ethanol fuel the rate of the tax

imposed by subsection (a)(2) shall be—

‘‘(A) after September 30, 1997, and before October 1,

2005—

‘‘(i) in the case of fuel none of the alcohol in which

consists of ethanol, 9.15 cents per gallon, and

‘‘(ii) in any other case, 11.3 cents per gallon, and

‘‘(B) after September 30, 2005—

‘‘(i) in the case of fuel none of the alcohol in which

consists of ethanol, 2.15 cents per gallon, and

‘‘(ii) in any other case, 4.3 cents per gallon.’’.

(F) Sections 4101(a), 4103, 4221(a), and 6206 are each

amended by striking ‘‘, 4081, or 4091’’ and inserting ‘‘or

4081’’.

(G) Section 6416(b)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘4091

or’’.

(H) Section 6416(b)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘or 4091’’

each place it appears.

(I) Section 6416(d) is amended by striking ‘‘or to the

tax imposed by section 4091 in the case of refunds described

in section 4091(d)’’.

(J) Section 6427(j)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘, 4081,

and 4091’’ and inserting ‘‘and 4081’’.

(K)(i) Section 6427(l)(1) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this

subsection and in subsection (k), if any diesel fuel or kerosene

on which tax has been imposed by section 4041 or 4081 is

used by any person in a nontaxable use, the Secretary shall

pay (without interest) to the ultimate purchaser of such fuel

an amount equal to the aggregate amount of tax imposed

on such fuel under section 4041 or 4081, as the case may

be, reduced by any payment made to the ultimate vendor

under paragraph (4)(B).’’.

(ii) Paragraph (5)(B) of section 6427(l) is amended by

striking ‘‘Paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply to kerosene’’

and inserting ‘‘Paragraph (1) shall not apply to kerosene

(other than aviation-grade kerosene)’’.

(L) Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(1), as amended

by section 805, is amended by striking clause (xvi) and

by redesignating the succeeding clauses accordingly.

(M) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d), as amended by

section 805, is amended by striking subparagraph (X) and

by redesignating the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly.

(N) Paragraph (1) of section 9502(b) is amended by

adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B) and by striking

subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting the following new

subparagraph:
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‘‘(C) section 4081 with respect to aviation gasoline and

aviation-grade kerosene, and’’. (O) The last sentence of section 9502(b) is amended

to read as follows: ‘‘There shall not be taken into account under paragraph (1) so

much of the taxes imposed by section 4081 as are determined

at the rate specified in section 4081(a)(2)(B).’’. (P) Subsection (b) of section 9508 is amended by

striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs

(4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.

(Q) Section 9508(c)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 4081 and 4091’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4081’’. (R) The table of subparts for part III of subchapter

A of chapter 32 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘Subpart A. Motor and aviation fuels.

‘‘Subpart B. Special provisions applicable to fuels tax.’’.

(S) The heading for subpart A of part III of subchapter

A of chapter 32 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘Subpart A—Motor and Aviation Fuels’’.

(T) The heading for subpart B of part III of subchapter

A of chapter 32, as redesignated by paragraph (1), is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘Subpart B—Special Provisions Applicable to

Fuels Tax’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to aviation-grade kerosene removed, entered, or sold

after December 31, 2004.

(f) FLOOR STOCKS TAX.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on aviationgrade kerosene held on January 1, 2005, by any person a

tax equal to— (A) the tax which would have been imposed before

such date on such kerosene had the amendments made

by this section been in effect at all times before such

date, reduced by

(B) the sum of—

(i) the tax imposed before such date on such kerosene under section 4091 of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986, as in effect on such date, and

(ii) in the case of kerosene held exclusively for

such person’s own use, the amount which such person

would (but for this clause) reasonably expect (as of

such date) to be paid as a refund under section 6427(l)

of such Code with respect to such kerosene.

(2) EXCEPTION FOR FUEL HELD IN AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK.— Paragraph (1) shall not apply to kerosene held in the fuel

tank of an aircraft on January 1, 2005.

(3) LIABILITY FOR TAX AND METHOD OF PAYMENT.— (A) LIABILITY FOR TAX.—The person holding the kerosene on January 1, 2005, to which the tax imposed by

paragraph (1) applies shall be liable for such tax.

(B) METHOD AND TIME FOR PAYMENT.—The tax imposed

by paragraph (1) shall be paid at such time and in such
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manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s

delegate) shall prescribe, including the nonapplication of

such tax on de minimis amounts of kerosene.

(4) TRANSFER OF FLOOR STOCK TAX REVENUES TO TRUST

FUNDS.—For purposes of determining the amount transferred

to any trust fund, the tax imposed by this subsection shall

be treated as imposed by section 4081 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986— (A) in any case in which tax was not imposed by

section 4091 of such Code, at the Leaking Underground

Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate under such section

to the extent of 0.1 cents per gallon, and

(B) at the rate under section 4081(a)(2)(A)(iv) of such

Code to the extent of the remainder.

(5) HELD BY A PERSON.—For purposes of this subsection,

kerosene shall be considered as held by a person if title thereto

has passed to such person (whether or not delivery to the

person has been made).

(6) OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE.—All provisions of law,

including penalties, applicable with respect to the tax imposed

by section 4081 of such Code shall, insofar as applicable and

not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection, apply

with respect to the floor stock tax imposed by paragraph (1)

to the same extent as if such tax were imposed by such section.

SEC. 854. DYE INJECTION EQUIPMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4082(a)(2) (relating to exemptions

for diesel fuel and kerosene) is amended by inserting ‘‘by mechanical

injection’’ after ‘‘indelibly dyed’’. (b) DYE INJECTOR SECURITY.—Not later than 180 days after

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury

shall issue regulations regarding mechanical dye injection systems

described in the amendment made by subsection (a), and such

regulations shall include standards for making such systems tamper

resistant.

(c) PENALTY FOR TAMPERING WITH OR FAILING TO MAINTAIN

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MECHANICAL DYE INJECTION SYS- TEMS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68

(relating to assessable penalties) is amended by adding after

section 6715 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6715A. TAMPERING WITH OR FAILING TO MAINTAIN SECURITY

REQUIREMENTS FOR MECHANICAL DYE INJECTION SYSTEMS.

‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF PENALTY.— ‘‘(1) TAMPERING.—If any person tampers with a mechanical

dye injection system used to indelibly dye fuel for purposes

of section 4082, such person shall pay a penalty in addition

to the tax (if any).

‘‘(2) FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS.—If any

operator of a mechanical dye injection system used to indelibly

dye fuel for purposes of section 4082 fails to maintain the

security standards for such system as established by the Secretary, then such operator shall pay a penalty in addition

to the tax (if any).

‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—The amount of the penalty under

subsection (a) shall be—
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‘‘(1) for each violation described in paragraph (1), the

greater of—

‘‘(A) $25,000, or

‘‘(B) $10 for each gallon of fuel involved, and

‘‘(2) for each—

‘‘(A) failure to maintain security standards described

in paragraph (2), $1,000, and

‘‘(B) failure to correct a violation described in paragraph (2), $1,000 per day for each day after which such

violation was discovered or such person should have reasonably known of such violation.

‘‘(c) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a penalty is imposed under this section

on any business entity, each officer, employee, or agent of

such entity or other contracting party who willfully participated

in any act giving rise to such penalty shall be jointly and

severally liable with such entity for such penalty.

‘‘(2) AFFILIATED GROUPS.—If a business entity described

in paragraph (1) is part of an affiliated group (as defined

in section 1504(a)), the parent corporation of such entity shall

be jointly and severally liable with such entity for the penalty

imposed under this section.’’.

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for part

I of subchapter B of chapter 68 is amended by adding after

the item related to section 6715 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6715A. Tampering with or failing to maintain security requirements

for mechanical dye injection systems.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections

(a) and (c) shall take effect on the 180th day after the date on

which the Secretary issues the regulations described in subsection

(b).

SEC. 855. ELIMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW FOR TAXABLE

USE OF DYED FUEL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6715 is amended by inserting at

the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) NO ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL FOR THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT

VIOLATIONS.—In the case of any person who is found to be subject

to the penalty under this section after a chemical analysis of such

fuel and who has been penalized under this section at least twice

after the date of the enactment of this subsection, no administrative

appeal or review shall be allowed with respect to such finding

except in the case of a claim regarding—

‘‘(1) fraud or mistake in the chemical analysis, or

‘‘(2) mathematical calculation of the amount of the penalty.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to penalties assessed after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 856. PENALTY ON UNTAXED CHEMICALLY ALTERED DYED FUEL

MIXTURES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6715(a) (relating to dyed fuel sold

for use or used in taxable use, etc.) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (3),

and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(4) any person who has knowledge that a dyed fuel which

has been altered as described in paragraph (3) sells or holds

for sale such fuel for any use which the person knows or

has reason to know is not a nontaxable use of such fuel,’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 6715(a)(3) is amended

by striking ‘‘alters, or attempts to alter,’’ and inserting ‘‘alters,

chemically or otherwise, or attempts to so alter,’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 857. TERMINATION OF DYED DIESEL USE BY INTERCITY BUSES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 4082(b) (relating

to nontaxable use) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3) any use described in section 4041(a)(1)(C)(iii)(II).’’.

(b) ULTIMATE VENDOR REFUND.—Subsection (b) of section 6427

is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) REFUNDS FOR USE OF DIESEL FUEL IN CERTAIN INTERCITY BUSES.—With respect to any fuel to which paragraph

(2)(A) applies, if the ultimate purchaser of such fuel waives

(at such time and in such form and manner as the Secretary

shall prescribe) the right to payment under paragraph (1) and

assigns such right to the ultimate vendor, then the Secretary

shall pay the amount which would be paid under paragraph

(1) to such ultimate vendor, but only if such ultimate vendor—

‘‘(A) is registered under section 4101, and

‘‘(B) meets the requirements of subparagraph (A), (B),

or (D) of section 6416(a)(1).’’.

(c) PAYMENT OF REFUNDS.—Subparagraph (A) of section

6427(i)(4), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(4) and’’ after ‘‘filed under’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to fuel sold after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 858. AUTHORITY TO INSPECT ON-SITE RECORDS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4083(d)(1)(A) (relating to administrative authority), as amended by this Act, is amended by striking

‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i) and by inserting after clause (ii)

the following new clause: ‘‘(iii) inspecting any books and records and any

shipping papers pertaining to such fuel, and’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 859. ASSESSABLE PENALTY FOR REFUSAL OF ENTRY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 (relating

to assessable penalties), as amended by this Act, is amended by

inserting after section 6716 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6717. REFUSAL OF ENTRY.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other penalty provided

by law, any person who refuses to admit entry or refuses to permit

any other action by the Secretary authorized by section 4083(d)(1)

shall pay a penalty of $1,000 for such refusal.

‘‘(b) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a penalty is imposed under this section

on any business entity, each officer, employee, or agent of

such entity or other contracting party who willfully participated
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in any act giving rise to such penalty shall be jointly and

severally liable with such entity for such penalty. ‘‘(2) AFFILIATED GROUPS.—If a business entity described

in paragraph (1) is part of an affiliated group (as defined

in section 1504(a)), the parent corporation of such entity shall

be jointly and severally liable with such entity for the penalty

imposed under this section.

‘‘(c) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—No penalty shall be

imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it is

shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 4083(d)(3), as

amended by this Act, is amended— (A) by striking ‘‘ENTRY.—The penalty’’ and inserting: ‘‘ENTRY.—

‘‘(A) FORFEITURE.—The penalty’’, and

(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) ASSESSABLE PENALTY.—For additional assessable

penalty for the refusal to admit entry or other refusal

to permit an action by the Secretary authorized by paragraph (1), see section 6717.’’.

(2) The table of sections for part I of subchapter B of chapter

68, as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after the

item relating to section 6716 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6717. Refusal of entry.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on January 1, 2005.

SEC. 860. REGISTRATION OF PIPELINE OR VESSEL OPERATORS

REQUIRED FOR EXEMPTION OF BULK TRANSFERS TO

REGISTERED TERMINALS OR REFINERIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4081(a)(1)(B) (relating to exemption

for bulk transfers to registered terminals or refineries) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘by pipeline or vessel’’ after ‘‘transferred

in bulk’’, and

(2) by inserting ‘‘, the operator of such pipeline or vessel,’’ after ‘‘the taxable fuel’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on March 1, 2005.

(c) PUBLICATION OF REGISTERED PERSONS.—Beginning on

January 1, 2005, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s

delegate) shall periodically publish under section 6103(k)(7) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 a current list of persons registered

under section 4101 of such Code who are required to register

under such section.

SEC. 861. DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4101 (relating to

registration) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘Every’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Every’’, and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(2) DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION.—Every operator of a vessel

required by the Secretary to register under this section shall

display proof of registration through an identification device

prescribed by the Secretary on each vessel used by such operator to transport any taxable fuel.’’.

(b) CIVIL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DISPLAY REGISTRATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68

(relating to assessable penalties), as amended by this Act, is

amended by inserting after section 6717 the following new

section:

‘‘SEC. 6718. FAILURE TO DISPLAY TAX REGISTRATION ON VESSELS.

‘‘(a) FAILURE TO DISPLAY REGISTRATION.—Every operator of

a vessel who fails to display proof of registration pursuant to

section 4101(a)(2) shall pay a penalty of $500 for each such failure.

With respect to any vessel, only one penalty shall be imposed

by this section during any calendar month.

‘‘(b) MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS.—In determining the penalty under

subsection (a) on any person, subsection (a) shall be applied by

increasing the amount in subsection (a) by the product of such

amount and the aggregate number of penalties (if any) imposed

with respect to prior months by this section on such person (or

a related person or any predecessor of such person or related

person).

‘‘(c) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—No penalty shall be

imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it is

shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause.’’. (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for part

I of subchapter B of chapter 68, as amended by this Act,

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6717

the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6718. Failure to display tax registration on vessels.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendments made by subsection

(a) shall take effect on January 1, 2005.

(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendments made by subsection

(b) shall apply to penalties imposed after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 862. REGISTRATION OF PERSONS WITHIN FOREIGN TRADE ZONES,

ETC.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4101(a), as amended by this Act,

is amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and

by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(2) REGISTRATION OF PERSONS WITHIN FOREIGN TRADE

ZONES, ETC.—The Secretary shall require registration by any

person which—

‘‘(A) operates a terminal or refinery within a foreign

trade zone or within a customs bonded storage facility,

or

‘‘(B) holds an inventory position with respect to a taxable fuel in such a terminal.’’. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 6718(a), as added by this

Act, is amended by striking ‘‘section 4101(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4101(a)(3)’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on January 1, 2005.

SEC. 863. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AND FAILURE TO

REPORT.

(a) INCREASED PENALTY.—Subsection (a) of section 7272

(relating to penalty for failure to register) is amended by inserting

‘‘($10,000 in the case of a failure to register under section 4101)’’ after ‘‘$50’’.
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(b) INCREASED CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Section 7232 (relating to

failure to register under section 4101, false representations of registration status, etc.) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting

‘‘$10,000’’.

(c) ASSESSABLE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68

(relating to assessable penalties), as amended by this Act, is

amended by inserting after section 6718 at the end the following

new section:

‘‘SEC. 6719. FAILURE TO REGISTER.

‘‘(a) FAILURE TO REGISTER.—Every person who is required to

register under section 4101 and fails to do so shall pay a penalty

in addition to the tax (if any).

‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—The amount of the penalty under

subsection (a) shall be—

‘‘(1) $10,000 for each initial failure to register, and

‘‘(2) $1,000 for each day thereafter such person fails to

register.

‘‘(c) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—No penalty shall be

imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it is

shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause.’’.

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for part

I of subchapter B of chapter 68, as amended by this Act,

is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6718

the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6719. Failure to register.’’.

(d) ASSESSABLE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Part II of subchapter B of chapter 68

(relating to assessable penalties) is amended by adding at the

end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 6725. FAILURE TO REPORT INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 4101.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of each failure described in

subsection (b) by any person with respect to a vessel or facility,

such person shall pay a penalty of $10,000 in addition to the

tax (if any).

‘‘(b) FAILURES SUBJECT TO PENALTY.—For purposes of subsection (a), the failures described in this subsection are—

‘‘(1) any failure to make a report under section 4101(d)

on or before the date prescribed therefor, and

‘‘(2) any failure to include all of the information required

to be shown on such report or the inclusion of incorrect information.

‘‘(c) REASONABLE CAUSE EXCEPTION.—No penalty shall be

imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it is

shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause.’’.

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for part

II of subchapter B of chapter 68 is amended by adding at

the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6725. Failure to report information under section 4101.’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to penalties imposed after December 31, 2004.
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SEC. 864. ELECTRONIC FILING OF REQUIRED INFORMATION REPORTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4101(d) is amended by adding at

the end the following new flush sentence:

‘‘Any person who is required to report under this subsection and

who has 25 or more reportable transactions in a month shall file

such report in electronic format.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply on January 1, 2006.

SEC. 865. TAXABLE FUEL REFUNDS FOR CERTAIN ULTIMATE VENDORS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 6416(a) (relating

to abatements, credits, and refunds) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(4) REGISTERED ULTIMATE VENDOR TO ADMINISTER CREDITS

AND REFUNDS OF GASOLINE TAX.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, if

an ultimate vendor purchases any gasoline on which tax

imposed by section 4081 has been paid and sells such

gasoline to an ultimate purchaser described in subparagraph (C) or (D) of subsection (b)(2) (and such gasoline

is for a use described in such subparagraph), such ultimate

vendor shall be treated as the person (and the only person)

who paid such tax, but only if such ultimate vendor is

registered under section 4101.

‘‘(B) TIMING OF CLAIMS.—The procedure and timing

of any claim under subparagraph (A) shall be the same

as for claims under section 6427(i)(4), except that the rules

of section 6427(i)(3)(B) regarding electronic claims shall

not apply unless the ultimate vendor has certified to the

Secretary for the most recent quarter of the taxable year

that all ultimate purchasers of the vendor are certified

and entitled to a refund under subparagraph (C) or (D)

of subsection (b)(2).’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on January 1, 2005.

SEC. 866. TWO-PARTY EXCHANGES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part III of subchapter A of

chapter 32, as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after

section 4104 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 4105. TWO-PARTY EXCHANGES.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a two-party exchange, the delivering person shall not be liable for the tax imposed under section

4081(a)(1)(A)(ii). ‘‘(b) TWO-PARTY EXCHANGE.—The term ‘two-party exchange’ means a transaction, other than a sale, in which taxable fuel

is transferred from a delivering person registered under section

4101 as a taxable fuel registrant to a receiving person who is

so registered where all of the following occur: ‘‘(1) The transaction includes a transfer from the delivering

person, who holds the inventory position for taxable fuel in

the terminal as reflected in the records of the terminal operator. ‘‘(2) The exchange transaction occurs before or contemporaneous with completion of removal across the rack from the

terminal by the receiving person. ‘‘(3) The terminal operator in its books and records treats

the receiving person as the person that removes the product
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across the terminal rack for purposes of reporting the transaction to the Secretary.

‘‘(4) The transaction is the subject of a written contract.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart C of part III of subchapter A of chapter 32, as amended

by this Act, is amended by adding after the last item the following

new item:

‘‘Sec. 4105. Two-party exchanges.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 867. MODIFICATIONS OF TAX ON USE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES.

(a) PRORATION OF TAX WHERE VEHICLE SOLD.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 4481(c)(2)

(relating to where vehicle destroyed or stolen) is amended by

striking ‘‘destroyed or stolen’’ both places it appears and

inserting ‘‘sold, destroyed, or stolen’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for section

4481(c)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘DESTROYED OR STOLEN’’ and

inserting ‘‘SOLD, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN’’. (b) REPEAL OF INSTALLMENT PAYMENT.—(1) Section 6156

(relating to installment payment of tax on use of highway motor

vehicles) is repealed.

(2) The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 62 is

amended by striking the item relating to section 6156.

(c) ELECTRONIC FILING.—Section 4481 is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) ELECTRONIC FILING.—Any taxpayer who files a return

under this section with respect to 25 or more vehicles for any

taxable period shall file such return electronically.’’.

(d) REPEAL OF REDUCTION IN TAX FOR CERTAIN TRUCKS.—

Section 4483 is amended by striking subsection (f).

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable periods beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 868. DEDICATION OF REVENUES FROM CERTAIN PENALTIES TO

THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 9503 (relating to

transfer to Highway Trust Fund of amounts equivalent to certain

taxes) is amended by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph

(6) and inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) CERTAIN PENALTIES.—There are hereby appropriated

to the Highway Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the penalties

paid under sections 6715, 6715A, 6717, 6718, 6719, 6725, 7232,

and 7272 (but only with regard to penalties under such section

related to failure to register under section 4101).’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of subsection

(b) of section 9503 is amended by inserting ‘‘AND PENALTIES’’ after ‘‘TAXES’’. (2) The heading of paragraph (1) of section 9503(b) is amended

by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN TAXES’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to penalties assessed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 869. SIMPLIFICATION OF TAX ON TIRES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4071 is amended

to read as follows: ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION AND RATE OF TAX.—There is hereby imposed

on taxable tires sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer

thereof a tax at the rate of 9.45 cents (4.725 cents in the case

of a biasply tire or super single tire) for each 10 pounds so much

of the maximum rated load capacity thereof as exceeds 3,500

pounds.’’. (b) BIASPLY AND SUPER SINGLE TIRES.—Section 4072 is

amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: ‘‘(c) BIASPLY.—For purposes of this part, the term ‘biasply tire’ means a pneumatic tire on which the ply cords that extend to

the beads are laid at alternate angles substantially less than 90

degrees to the centerline of the tread. ‘‘(d) SUPER SINGLE TIRE.—For purposes of this part, the term ‘super single tire’ means a single tire greater than 13 inches in

cross section width designed to replace 2 tires in a dual fitment.’’. (b) TAXABLE TIRE.—Section 4072, as amended by subsection

(a), is amended by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d)

as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) respectively, and by inserting

before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following new subsection: ‘‘(a) TAXABLE TIRE.—For purposes of this chapter, the term ‘taxable tire’ means any tire of the type used on highway vehicles

if wholly or in part made of rubber and if marked pursuant to

Federal regulations for highway use.’’. (c) EXEMPTION FOR TIRES SOLD TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— Section 4073 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 4073. EXEMPTIONS.

‘‘The tax imposed by section 4071 shall not apply to tires

sold for the exclusive use of the Department of Defense or the

Coast Guard.’’. (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 4071 is amended

by striking subsection (c) and by moving subsection (e) after subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (c).

(2) The item relating to section 4073 in the table of sections

for part II of subchapter A of chapter 32 is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘Sec. 4073. Exemptions.’’.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to sales in calendar years beginning more than 30

days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 870. TRANSMIX AND DIESEL FUEL BLEND STOCKS TREATED AS

TAXABLE FUEL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 4083(a) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(3) DIESEL FUEL.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘diesel fuel’ means—

‘‘(i) any liquid (other than gasoline) which is suitable for use as a fuel in a diesel-powered highway

vehicle, or a diesel-powered train,

‘‘(ii) transmix, and

‘‘(iii) diesel fuel blend stocks identified by the Secretary.
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‘‘(B) TRANSMIX.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the

term ‘transmix’ means a byproduct of refined products pipeline operations created by the mixing of different specification products during pipeline transportation.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (h) of section 6427

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(h) BLEND STOCKS NOT USED FOR PRODUCING TAXABLE FUEL.—

‘‘(1) GASOLINE BLEND STOCKS OR ADDITIVES NOT USED FOR

PRODUCING GASOLINE.—Except as provided in subsection (k),

if any gasoline blend stock or additive (within the meaning

of section 4083(a)(2)) is not used by any person to produce

gasoline and such person establishes that the ultimate use

of such gasoline blend stock or additive is not to produce

gasoline, the Secretary shall pay (without interest) to such

person an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the tax

imposed on such person with respect to such gasoline blend

stock or additive.

‘‘(2) DIESEL FUEL BLEND STOCKS OR ADDITIVES NOT USED

FOR PRODUCING DIESEL.—Except as provided in subsection (k),

if any diesel fuel blend stock is not used by any person to

produce diesel fuel and such person establishes that the ultimate use of such diesel fuel blend stock is not to produce

diesel fuel, the Secretary shall pay (without interest) to such

person an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the tax

imposed on such person with respect to such diesel fuel blend

stock.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to fuel removed, sold, or used after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 871. STUDY REGARDING FUEL TAX COMPLIANCE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 2005, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Finance

of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the

House of Representatives a report regarding compliance with the

tax imposed under subchapter B of chapter 31 and part III of

subchapter A of chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Such report shall include the information, analysis, and recommendations specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d).

(b) TAXABLE FUEL BLENDSTOCKS.—The Secretary shall identify

chemical products to be added to the list of blendstocks from lab

analysis of fuel samples collected by the Internal Revenue Service

which have been blended with taxable fuel but are not treated

as blendstocks. The Secretary shall include statistics regarding

the frequency in which a chemical product has been collected,

and whether the sample contained an above normal concentration

of the chemical product.

(c) WASTE PRODUCTS ADDED TO TAXABLE FUELS.—The report

shall include a discussion of Internal Revenue Service findings

regarding the addition of waste products to taxable fuel and any

recommendations to address the taxation of such products.

(d) ERRONEOUS CLAIMS OF FUEL TAX EXEMPTIONS.—The report

shall include a discussion of Internal Revenue Service findings

regarding sales of taxable fuel to entities claiming exempt status

as a State or local government and the frequency of erroneous

certifications of tax exempt status. The Secretary, in consultation

with representatives of State and local governments, shall provide
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recommendations to address such erroneous claims, including recommendations on the feasibility of a State maintained list of exempt

governmental entities within the State.

Subtitle D—Other Revenue Provisions

SEC. 881. QUALIFIED TAX COLLECTION CONTRACTS.

(a) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 64 (relating to

collection) is amended by adding at the end the following new

section:

‘‘SEC. 6306. QUALIFIED TAX COLLECTION CONTRACTS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in any provision of law shall be

construed to prevent the Secretary from entering into a qualified

tax collection contract.

‘‘(b) QUALIFIED TAX COLLECTION CONTRACT.—For purposes of

this section, the term ‘qualified tax collection contract’ means any

contract which—

‘‘(1) is for the services of any person (other than an officer

or employee of the Treasury Department)—

‘‘(A) to locate and contact any taxpayer specified by

the Secretary,

‘‘(B) to request full payment from such taxpayer of

an amount of Federal tax specified by the Secretary and,

if such request cannot be met by the taxpayer, to offer

the taxpayer an installment agreement providing for full

payment of such amount during a period not to exceed

5 years, and

‘‘(C) to obtain financial information specified by the

Secretary with respect to such taxpayer,

‘‘(2) prohibits each person providing such services under

such contract from committing any act or omission which

employees of the Internal Revenue Service are prohibited from

committing in the performance of similar services,

‘‘(3) prohibits subcontractors from—

‘‘(A) having contacts with taxpayers,

‘‘(B) providing quality assurance services, and

‘‘(C) composing debt collection notices, and

‘‘(4) permits subcontractors to perform other services only

with the approval of the Secretary.

‘‘(c) FEES.—The Secretary may retain and use—

‘‘(1) an amount not in excess of 25 percent of the amount

collected under any qualified tax collection contract for the

costs of services performed under such contract, and ‘‘(2) an amount not in excess of 25 percent of such amount

collected for collection enforcement activities of the Internal

Revenue Service.

The Secretary shall keep adequate records regarding amounts so

retained and used. The amount credited as paid by any taxpayer

shall be determined without regard to this subsection. ‘‘(d) NO FEDERAL LIABILITY.—The United States shall not be

liable for any act or omission of any person performing services

under a qualified tax collection contract. ‘‘(e) APPLICATION OF FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT.— The provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C.
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1692 et seq.) shall apply to any qualified tax collection contract,

except to the extent superseded by section 6304, section 7602(c),

or by any other provision of this title. ‘‘(f) CROSS REFERENCES.—

‘‘(1) For damages for certain unauthorized collection actions by

persons performing services under a qualified tax collection contract, see section 7433A. ‘‘(2) For application of Taxpayer Assistance Orders to persons

performing services under a qualified tax collection contract, see

section 7811(g).’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 7809(a) is

amended by inserting ‘‘6306,’’ before ‘‘7651’’. (B) The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 64

is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6306. Qualified tax collection contracts.’’.

(b) CIVIL DAMAGES FOR CERTAIN UNAUTHORIZED COLLECTION

ACTIONS BY PERSONS PERFORMING SERVICES UNDER QUALIFIED TAX

COLLECTION CONTRACTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 76 (relating to

proceedings by taxpayers and third parties) is amended by

inserting after section 7433 the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 7433A. CIVIL DAMAGES FOR CERTAIN UNAUTHORIZED COLLECTION ACTIONS BY PERSONS PERFORMING SERVICES

UNDER QUALIFIED TAX COLLECTION CONTRACTS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the modifications provided by

subsection (b), section 7433 shall apply to the acts and omissions

of any person performing services under a qualified tax collection

contract (as defined in section 6306(b)) to the same extent and

in the same manner as if such person were an employee of the

Internal Revenue Service. ‘‘(b) MODIFICATIONS.—For purposes of subsection (a): ‘‘(1) Any civil action brought under section 7433 by reason

of this section shall be brought against the person who entered

into the qualified tax collection contract with the Secretary

and shall not be brought against the United States. ‘‘(2) Such person and not the United States shall be liable

for any damages and costs determined in such civil action. ‘‘(3) Such civil action shall not be an exclusive remedy

with respect to such person. ‘‘(4) Subsections (c), (d)(1), and (e) of section 7433 shall

not apply.’’. (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 76 is amended by inserting after the

item relating to section 7433 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 7433A. Civil damages for certain unauthorized collection actions by

persons performing services under qualified tax collection contracts.’’.

(c) APPLICATION OF TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE ORDERS TO PERSONS

PERFORMING SERVICES UNDER A QUALIFIED TAX COLLECTION CON- TRACT.—Section 7811 (relating to taxpayer assistance orders) is

amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(g) APPLICATION TO PERSONS PERFORMING SERVICES UNDER

A QUALIFIED TAX COLLECTION CONTRACT.—Any order issued or

action taken by the National Taxpayer Advocate pursuant to this

section shall apply to persons performing services under a qualified

tax collection contract (as defined in section 6306(b)) to the same
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extent and in the same manner as such order or action applies

to the Secretary.’’.

(d) INELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT MISCONDUCT

TO PERFORM UNDER CONTRACT.—Section 1203 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring Act of 1998 (relating to termination

of employment for misconduct) is amended by adding at the end

the following new subsection:

‘‘(e) INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING SERVICES UNDER A QUALIFIED

TAX COLLECTION CONTRACT.—An individual shall cease to be permitted to perform any services under any qualified tax collection

contract (as defined in section 6306(b) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986) if there is a final determination by the Secretary

of the Treasury under such contract that such individual committed

any act or omission described under subsection (b) in connection

with the performance of such services.’’.

(e) BIENNIAL REPORT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall

biennially submit (beginning in 2005) to the Committee on Finance

of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the

House of Representatives a report with respect to qualified tax

collection contracts under section 6306 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 (as added by this section) which includes—

(1) a complete cost benefit analysis,

(2) the impact of such contracts on collection enforcement

staff levels in the Internal Revenue Service,

(3) the impact of such contracts on the total number and

amount of unpaid assessments, and on the number and amount

of assessments collected by Internal Revenue Service personnel

after initial contact by a contractor,

(4) the amounts collected and the collection costs incurred

(directly and indirectly) by the Internal Revenue Service,

(5) an evaluation of contractor performance,

(6) a disclosure safeguard report in a form similar to that

required under section 6103(p)(5) of such Code, and

(7) a measurement plan which includes a comparison of

the best practices used by the private collectors with the

Internal Revenue Service’s own collection techniques and

mechanisms to identify and capture information on successful

collection techniques used by the contractors which could be

adopted by the Internal Revenue Service.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made to this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 882. TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PATENTS

AND SIMILAR PROPERTY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 170(e)(1) is

amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i), by adding ‘‘or’’

at the end of clause (ii), and by inserting after clause (ii) the

following new clause:

‘‘(iii) of any patent, copyright (other than a copyright described in section 1221(a)(3) or 1231(b)(1)(C)),

trademark, trade name, trade secret, know-how, software (other than software described in section

197(e)(3)(A)(i)), or similar property, or applications or

registrations of such property,’’.

(b) CERTAIN DONEE INCOME FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

TREATED AS AN ADDITIONAL CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION.—Section
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170 is amended by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n)

and by inserting after subsection (l) the following new subsection: ‘‘(m) CERTAIN DONEE INCOME FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

TREATED AS AN ADDITIONAL CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION.— ‘‘(1) TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION.—In the case

of a taxpayer who makes a qualified intellectual property contribution, the deduction allowed under subsection (a) for each

taxable year of the taxpayer ending on or after the date of

such contribution shall be increased (subject to the limitations

under subsection (b)) by the applicable percentage of qualified

donee income with respect to such contribution which is properly allocable to such year under this subsection. ‘‘(2) REDUCTION IN ADDITIONAL DEDUCTIONS TO EXTENT OF

INITIAL DEDUCTION.—With respect to any qualified intellectual

property contribution, the deduction allowed under subsection

(a) shall be increased under paragraph (1) only to the extent

that the aggregate amount of such increases with respect to

such contribution exceed the amount allowed as a deduction

under subsection (a) with respect to such contribution determined without regard to this subsection. ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED DONEE INCOME.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified donee income’ means any net income

received by or accrued to the donee which is properly allocable

to the qualified intellectual property. ‘‘(4) ALLOCATION OF QUALIFIED DONEE INCOME TO TAXABLE

YEARS OF DONOR.—For purposes of this subsection, qualified

donee income shall be treated as properly allocable to a taxable

year of the donor if such income is received by or accrued

to the donee for the taxable year of the donee which ends

within or with such taxable year of the donor. ‘‘(5) 10-YEAR LIMITATION.—Income shall not be treated as

properly allocable to qualified intellectual property for purposes

of this subsection if such income is received by or accrued

to the donee after the 10-year period beginning on the date

of the contribution of such property.

‘‘(6) BENEFIT LIMITED TO LIFE OF INTELLECTUAL PROP- ERTY.—Income shall not be treated as properly allocable to

qualified intellectual property for purposes of this subsection

if such income is received by or accrued to the donee after

the expiration of the legal life of such property. ‘‘(7) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘applicable percentage’ means the percentage

determined under the following table which corresponds to

a taxable year of the donor ending on or after the date of

the qualified intellectual property contribution:

‘‘Taxable Year of Donor

Ending on or After Applicable

Date of Contribution: Percentage:

1st .................................................................................................................... 100

2nd ................................................................................................................... 100

3rd .................................................................................................................... 90

4th .................................................................................................................... 80

5th .................................................................................................................... 70

6th .................................................................................................................... 60

7th .................................................................................................................... 50

8th .................................................................................................................... 40

9th .................................................................................................................... 30

10th .................................................................................................................. 20

11th .................................................................................................................. 10

12th .................................................................................................................. 10.
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‘‘(8) QUALIFIED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONTRIBUTION.—

For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified intellectual

property contribution’ means any charitable contribution of

qualified intellectual property—

‘‘(A) the amount of which taken into account under

this section is reduced by reason of subsection (e)(1), and

‘‘(B) with respect to which the donor informs the donee

at the time of such contribution that the donor intends

to treat such contribution as a qualified intellectual property contribution for purposes of this subsection and section

6050L.

‘‘(9) QUALIFIED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—For purposes of

this subsection, the term ‘qualified intellectual property’ means

property described in subsection (e)(1)(B)(iii) (other than property contributed to or for the use of an organization described

in subsection (e)(1)(B)(ii)).

‘‘(10) OTHER SPECIAL RULES.—

‘‘(A) APPLICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.—Any increase under this subsection of the

deduction provided under subsection (a) shall be treated

for purposes of subsection (b) as a deduction which is

attributable to a charitable contribution to the donee to

which such increase relates.

‘‘(B) NET INCOME DETERMINED BY DONEE.—The net

income taken into account under paragraph (3) shall not

exceed the amount of such income reported under section

6050L(b)(1).

‘‘(C) DEDUCTION LIMITED TO 12 TAXABLE YEARS.—Except

as may be provided under subparagraph (D)(i), this subsection shall not apply with respect to any qualified intellectual property contribution for any taxable year of the donor

after the 12th taxable year of the donor which ends on

or after the date of such contribution.

‘‘(D) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regulations or other guidance to carry out the purposes of this

subsection, including regulations or guidance—

‘‘(i) modifying the application of this subsection

in the case of a donor or donee with a short taxable

year, and

‘‘(ii) providing for the determination of an amount

to be treated as net income of the donee which is

properly allocable to qualified intellectual property in

the case of a donee who uses such property to further

a purpose or function constituting the basis of the

donee’s exemption under section 501 (or, in the case

of a governmental unit, any purpose described in section 170(c)) and does not possess a right to receive

any payment from a third party with respect to such

property.’’.

(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6050L (relating to returns

relating to certain dispositions of donated property) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 6050L. RETURNS RELATING TO CERTAIN DONATED PROPERTY.

‘‘(a) DISPOSITIONS OF DONATED PROPERTY.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the donee of any charitable deduction

property sells, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of such property

within 2 years after its receipt, the donee shall make a return

(in accordance with forms and regulations prescribed by the

Secretary) showing—

‘‘(A) the name, address, and TIN of the donor,

‘‘(B) a description of the property,

‘‘(C) the date of the contribution,

‘‘(D) the amount received on the disposition, and

‘‘(E) the date of such disposition.

‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection:

‘‘(A) CHARITABLE DEDUCTION PROPERTY.—The term

‘charitable deduction property’ means any property (other

than publicly traded securities) contributed in a contribution for which a deduction was claimed under section 170

if the claimed value of such property (plus the claimed

value of all similar items of property donated by the donor

to 1 or more donees) exceeds $5,000.

‘‘(B) PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES.—The term ‘publicly

traded securities’ means securities for which (as of the

date of the contribution) market quotations are readily

available on an established securities market.

‘‘(b) QUALIFIED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONTRIBUTIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each donee with respect to a qualified

intellectual property contribution shall make a return (at such

time and in such form and manner as the Secretary may

by regulations prescribe) with respect to each specified taxable

year of the donee showing—

‘‘(A) the name, address, and TIN of the donor,

‘‘(B) a description of the qualified intellectual property

contributed,

‘‘(C) the date of the contribution, and

‘‘(D) the amount of net income of the donee for the

taxable year which is properly allocable to the qualified

intellectual property (determined without regard to paragraph (10)(B) of section 170(m) and with the modifications

described in paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section).

‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Terms used in this subsection which

are also used in section 170(m) have the respective

meanings given such terms in such section.

‘‘(B) SPECIFIED TAXABLE YEAR.—The term ‘specified taxable year’ means, with respect to any qualified intellectual

property contribution, any taxable year of the donee any

portion of which is part of the 10-year period beginning

on the date of such contribution.

‘‘(c) STATEMENT TO BE FURNISHED TO DONORS.—Every person

making a return under subsection (a) or (b) shall furnish a copy

of such return to the donor at such time and in such manner

as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe.’’.

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart A of part II of subchapter A of chapter 61 is amended

by striking the item relating to section 6050L and inserting

the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6050L. Returns relating to certain donated property.’’.
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(d) COORDINATION WITH APPRAISAL REQUIREMENTS.—Subclause

(I) of section 170(f)(11)(A)(ii), as added by this Act, is amended

by inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(1)(B)(iii) or’’ before ‘‘section 1221(a)(1)’’.

(e) ANTI-ABUSE RULES.—The Secretary of the Treasury may

prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary

or appropriate to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of section

170(e)(1)(B)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added

by subsection (a)), including preventing—

(1) the circumvention of the reduction of the charitable

deduction by embedding or bundling the patent or similar property as part of a charitable contribution of property that

includes the patent or similar property,

(2) the manipulation of the basis of the property to increase

the amount of the charitable deduction through the use of

related persons, pass-thru entities, or other intermediaries, or

through the use of any provision of law or regulation (including

the consolidated return regulations), and

(3) a donor from changing the form of the patent or similar

property to property of a form for which different deduction

rules would apply.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to contributions made after June 3, 2004.

SEC. 883. INCREASED REPORTING FOR NONCASH CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 170 (relating to disallowance of deduction in certain cases and special rules) is

amended by adding after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(11) QUALIFIED APPRAISAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION FOR

CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—

‘‘(i) DENIAL OF DEDUCTION.—In the case of an individual, partnership, or corporation, no deduction shall

be allowed under subsection (a) for any contribution

of property for which a deduction of more than $500

is claimed unless such person meets the requirements

of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), as the case may

be, with respect to such contribution.

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—

‘‘(I) READILY VALUED PROPERTY.—Subparagraphs (C) and (D) shall not apply to cash, property

described in section 1221(a)(1), publicly traded

securities (as defined in section 6050L(a)(2)(B)),

and any qualified vehicle described in paragraph

(12)(A)(ii) for which an acknowledgement under

paragraph (12)(B)(iii) is provided. ‘‘(II) REASONABLE CAUSE.—Clause (i) shall not

apply if it is shown that the failure to meet such

requirements is due to reasonable cause and not

to willful neglect.

‘‘(B) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF

MORE THAN $500.—In the case of contributions of property for which a deduction of more than $500 is claimed, the

requirements of this subparagraph are met if the individual, partnership or corporation includes with the return

for the taxable year in which the contribution is made
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a description of such property and such other information

as the Secretary may require. The requirements of this

subparagraph shall not apply to a C corporation which

is not a personal service corporation or a closely held C

corporation.

‘‘(C) QUALIFIED APPRAISAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF MORE

THAN $5,000.—In the case of contributions of property for

which a deduction of more than $5,000 is claimed, the

requirements of this subparagraph are met if the individual, partnership, or corporation obtains a qualified

appraisal of such property and attaches to the return for

the taxable year in which such contribution is made such

information regarding such property and such appraisal

as the Secretary may require.

‘‘(D) SUBSTANTIATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF MORE

THAN $500,000.—In the case of contributions of property for which a deduction of more than $500,000 is claimed,

the requirements of this subparagraph are met if the individual, partnership, or corporation attaches to the return

for the taxable year a qualified appraisal of such property. ‘‘(E) QUALIFIED APPRAISAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘qualified appraisal’ means, with respect

to any property, an appraisal of such property which is

treated for purposes of this paragraph as a qualified

appraisal under regulations or other guidance prescribed

by the Secretary.

‘‘(F) AGGREGATION OF SIMILAR ITEMS OF PROPERTY.—

For purposes of determining thresholds under this paragraph, property and all similar items of property donated

to 1 or more donees shall be treated as 1 property.

‘‘(G) SPECIAL RULE FOR PASS-THRU ENTITIES.—In the

case of a partnership or S corporation, this paragraph

shall be applied at the entity level, except that the deduction shall be denied at the partner or shareholder level.

‘‘(H) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe such

regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry

out the purposes of this paragraph, including regulations

that may provide that some or all of the requirements

of this paragraph do not apply in appropriate cases.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to contributions made after June 3, 2004.

SEC. 884. DONATIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLES, BOATS, AND AIRPLANES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 170 (relating to disallowance of deduction in certain cases and special rules), as

amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph

(11) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(12) CONTRIBUTIONS OF USED MOTOR VEHICLES, BOATS, AND

AIRPLANES.—‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a contribution of

a qualified vehicle the claimed value of which exceeds

$500— ‘‘(i) paragraph (8) shall not apply and no deduction

shall be allowed under subsection (a) for such contribution unless the taxpayer substantiates the contribution

by a contemporaneous written acknowledgement of the

contribution by the donee organization that meets the
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requirements of subparagraph (B) and includes the

acknowledgement with the taxpayer’s return of tax

which includes the deduction, and

‘‘(ii) if the organization sells the vehicle without

any significant intervening use or material improvement of such vehicle by the organization, the amount

of the deduction allowed under subsection (a) shall

not exceed the gross proceeds received from such sale.

‘‘(B) CONTENT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.—An acknowledgement meets the requirements of this subparagraph

if it includes the following information:

‘‘(i) The name and taxpayer identification number

of the donor.

‘‘(ii) The vehicle identification number or similar

number.

‘‘(iii) In the case of a qualified vehicle to which

subparagraph (A)(ii) applies—

‘‘(I) a certification that the vehicle was sold

in an arm’s length transaction between unrelated

parties,

‘‘(II) the gross proceeds from the sale, and

‘‘(III) a statement that the deductible amount

may not exceed the amount of such gross proceeds.

‘‘(iv) In the case of a qualified vehicle to which

subparagraph (A)(ii) does not apply— ‘‘(I) a certification of the intended use or material improvement of the vehicle and the intended

duration of such use, and ‘‘(II) a certification that the vehicle would not

be transferred in exchange for money, other property, or services before completion of such use or

improvement. ‘‘(C) CONTEMPORANEOUS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), an acknowledgement shall be considered to be

contemporaneous if the donee organization provides it

within 30 days of—

‘‘(i) the sale of the qualified vehicle, or

‘‘(ii) in the case of an acknowledgement including

a certification described in subparagraph (B)(iv), the

contribution of the qualified vehicle.

‘‘(D) INFORMATION TO SECRETARY.—A donee organization required to provide an acknowledgement under this

paragraph shall provide to the Secretary the information

contained in the acknowledgement. Such information shall

be provided at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe. ‘‘(E) QUALIFIED VEHICLE.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘qualified vehicle’ means any—

‘‘(i) motor vehicle manufactured primarily for use

on public streets, roads, and highways,

‘‘(ii) boat, or

‘‘(iii) airplane.

Such term shall not include any property which is described

in section 1221(a)(1).

‘‘(F) REGULATIONS OR OTHER GUIDANCE.—The Secretary

shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may

be necessary to carry out the purposes of this paragraph.
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The Secretary may prescribe regulations or other guidance

which exempts sales by the donee organization which are

in direct furtherance of such organization’s charitable purpose from the requirements of subparagraphs (A)(ii) and

(B)(iv)(II).’’.

(b) PENALTY FOR FRAUDULENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68

(relating to assessable penalties), as amended by this Act, is

amended by inserting after section 6719 the following new

section:

‘‘SEC. 6720. FRAUDULENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WITH RESPECT TO

DONATIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLES, BOATS, AND AIRPLANES.

‘‘Any donee organization required under section 170(f)(12)(A)

to furnish a contemporaneous written acknowledgment to a donor

which knowingly furnishes a false or fraudulent acknowledgment,

or which knowingly fails to furnish such acknowledgment in the

manner, at the time, and showing the information required under

section 170(f)(12), or regulations prescribed thereunder, shall for

each such act, or for each such failure, be subject to a penalty

equal to—

‘‘(1) in the case of an acknowledgment with respect to

a qualified vehicle to which section 170(f)(12)(A)(ii) applies,

the greater of—

‘‘(A) the product of the highest rate of tax specified

in section 1 and the sales price stated on the acknowledgment, or

‘‘(B) the gross proceeds from the sale of such vehicle,

and

‘‘(2) in the case of an acknowledgment with respect to

any other qualified vehicle to which section 170(f)(12) applies,

the greater of—

‘‘(A) the product of the highest rate of tax specified

in section 1 and the claimed value of the vehicle, or

‘‘(B) $5,000.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for

part I of subchapter B of chapter 68, as amended by this

Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section

6719 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6720. Fraudulent acknowledgments with respect to donations of

motor vehicles, boats, and airplanes.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to contributions made after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 885. TREATMENT OF NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION

PLANS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part I of subchapter D of chapter

1 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 409A. INCLUSION IN GROSS INCOME OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION UNDER NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION

PLANS.

‘‘(a) RULES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTIVE RECEIPT.— ‘‘(1) PLAN FAILURES.— ‘‘(A) GROSS INCOME INCLUSION.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If at any time during a taxable

year a nonqualified deferred compensation plan—

‘‘(I) fails to meet the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), or

‘‘(II) is not operated in accordance with such

requirements,

all compensation deferred under the plan for the taxable year and all preceding taxable years shall be

includible in gross income for the taxable year to the

extent not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture

and not previously included in gross income.

‘‘(ii) APPLICATION ONLY TO AFFECTED PARTICIPANTS.—Clause (i) shall only apply with respect to

all compensation deferred under the plan for participants with respect to whom the failure relates.

‘‘(B) INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL TAX PAYABLE WITH

RESPECT TO PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED COMPENSATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If compensation is required to

be included in gross income under subparagraph (A)

for a taxable year, the tax imposed by this chapter

for the taxable year shall be increased by the sum

of—

‘‘(I) the amount of interest determined under

clause (ii), and

‘‘(II) an amount equal to 20 percent of the

compensation which is required to be included in

gross income.

‘‘(ii) INTEREST.—For purposes of clause (i), the

interest determined under this clause for any taxable

year is the amount of interest at the underpayment

rate plus 1 percentage point on the underpayments

that would have occurred had the deferred compensation been includible in gross income for the taxable

year in which first deferred or, if later, the first taxable

year in which such deferred compensation is not subject

to a substantial risk of forfeiture.

‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this paragraph

are met if the plan provides that compensation deferred

under the plan may not be distributed earlier than— ‘‘(i) separation from service as determined by the

Secretary (except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i)), ‘‘(ii) the date the participant becomes disabled

(within the meaning of subparagraph (C)), ‘‘(iii) death,

‘‘(iv) a specified time (or pursuant to a fixed

schedule) specified under the plan at the date of the

deferral of such compensation,

‘‘(v) to the extent provided by the Secretary, a

change in the ownership or effective control of the

corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation, or

‘‘(vi) the occurrence of an unforeseeable emergency.

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.— ‘‘(i) SPECIFIED EMPLOYEES.—In the case of any

specified employee, the requirement of subparagraph

(A)(i) is met only if distributions may not be made
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before the date which is 6 months after the date of

separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death

of the employee). For purposes of the preceding sentence, a specified employee is a key employee (as

defined in section 416(i) without regard to paragraph

(5) thereof) of a corporation any stock in which is

publicly traded on an established securities market

or otherwise.

‘‘(ii) UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY.—For purposes

of subparagraph (A)(vi)—

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘unforeseeable

emergency’ means a severe financial hardship to

the participant resulting from an illness or

accident of the participant, the participant’s

spouse, or a dependent (as defined in section

152(a)) of the participant, loss of the participant’s

property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as

a result of events beyond the control of the participant.

‘‘(II) LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTIONS.—The

requirement of subparagraph (A)(vi) is met only

if, as determined under regulations of the Secretary, the amounts distributed with respect to

an emergency do not exceed the amounts necessary

to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary

to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result

of the distribution, after taking into account the

extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved

through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such

assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship).

‘‘(C) DISABLED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii),

a participant shall be considered disabled if the

participant— ‘‘(i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful

activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to

result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or ‘‘(ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable

physical or mental impairment which can be expected

to result in death or can be expected to last for a

continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving

income replacement benefits for a period of not less

than 3 months under an accident and health plan

covering employees of the participant’s employer.

‘‘(3) ACCELERATION OF BENEFITS.—The requirements of this

paragraph are met if the plan does not permit the acceleration

of the time or schedule of any payment under the plan, except

as provided in regulations by the Secretary. ‘‘(4) ELECTIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this paragraph

are met if the requirements of subparagraphs (B) and

(C) are met.
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‘‘(B) INITIAL DEFERRAL DECISION.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this

subparagraph are met if the plan provides that compensation for services performed during a taxable year

may be deferred at the participant’s election only if

the election to defer such compensation is made not

later than the close of the preceding taxable year or

at such other time as provided in regulations.

‘‘(ii) FIRST YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY.—In the case of

the first year in which a participant becomes eligible

to participate in the plan, such election may be made

with respect to services to be performed subsequent

to the election within 30 days after the date the participant becomes eligible to participate in such plan.

‘‘(iii) PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION.—In the

case of any performance-based compensation based on

services performed over a period of at least 12 months,

such election may be made no later than 6 months

before the end of the period.

‘‘(C) CHANGES IN TIME AND FORM OF DISTRIBUTION.— The requirements of this subparagraph are met if, in the

case of a plan which permits under a subsequent election

a delay in a payment or a change in the form of payment—

‘‘(i) the plan requires that such election may not

take effect until at least 12 months after the date

on which the election is made,

‘‘(ii) in the case of an election related to a payment

not described in clause (ii), (iii), or (vi) of paragraph

(2)(A), the plan requires that the first payment with

respect to which such election is made be deferred

for a period of not less than 5 years from the date

such payment would otherwise have been made, and

‘‘(iii) the plan requires that any election related

to a payment described in paragraph (2)(A)(iv) may

not be made less than 12 months prior to the date

of the first scheduled payment under such paragraph.

‘‘(b) RULES RELATING TO FUNDING.— ‘‘(1) OFFSHORE PROPERTY IN A TRUST.—In the case of assets

set aside (directly or indirectly) in a trust (or other arrangement

determined by the Secretary) for purposes of paying deferred

compensation under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan,

for purposes of section 83 such assets shall be treated as

property transferred in connection with the performance of

services whether or not such assets are available to satisfy

claims of general creditors—

‘‘(A) at the time set aside if such assets (or such trust

or other arrangement) are located outside of the United

States, or

‘‘(B) at the time transferred if such assets (or such

trust or other arrangement) are subsequently transferred

outside of the United States.

This paragraph shall not apply to assets located in a foreign

jurisdiction if substantially all of the services to which the

nonqualified deferred compensation relates are performed in

such jurisdiction.

‘‘(2) EMPLOYER’S FINANCIAL HEALTH.—In the case of compensation deferred under a nonqualified deferred compensation
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plan, there is a transfer of property within the meaning of

section 83 with respect to such compensation as of the earlier

of—

‘‘(A) the date on which the plan first provides that

assets will become restricted to the provision of benefits

under the plan in connection with a change in the

employer’s financial health, or

‘‘(B) the date on which assets are so restricted,

whether or not such assets are available to satisfy claims

of general creditors.

‘‘(3) INCOME INCLUSION FOR OFFSHORE TRUSTS AND

EMPLOYER’S FINANCIAL HEALTH.—For each taxable year that

assets treated as transferred under this subsection remain set

aside in a trust or other arrangement subject to paragraph

(1) or (2), any increase in value in, or earnings with respect

to, such assets shall be treated as an additional transfer of

property under this subsection (to the extent not previously

included in income).

‘‘(4) INTEREST ON TAX LIABILITY PAYABLE WITH RESPECT

TO TRANSFERRED PROPERTY.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If amounts are required to be

included in gross income by reason of paragraph (1) or

(2) for a taxable year, the tax imposed by this chapter

for such taxable year shall be increased by the sum of—

‘‘(i) the amount of interest determined under

subparagraph (B), and

‘‘(ii) an amount equal to 20 percent of the amounts

required to be included in gross income.

‘‘(B) INTEREST.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the

interest determined under this subparagraph for any taxable year is the amount of interest at the underpayment

rate plus 1 percentage point on the underpayments that

would have occurred had the amounts so required to be

included in gross income by paragraph (1) or (2) been

includible in gross income for the taxable year in which

first deferred or, if later, the first taxable year in which

such amounts are not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.

‘‘(c) NO INFERENCE ON EARLIER INCOME INCLUSION OR REQUIREMENT OF LATER INCLUSION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the inclusion of amounts in gross income under

any other provision of this chapter or any other rule of law earlier

than the time provided in this section. Any amount included in

gross income under this section shall not be required to be included

in gross income under any other provision of this chapter or any

other rule of law later than the time provided in this section.

‘‘(d) OTHER DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes

of this section:

‘‘(1) NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.—The

term ‘nonqualified deferred compensation plan’ means any plan

that provides for the deferral of compensation, other than—

‘‘(A) a qualified employer plan, and

‘‘(B) any bona fide vacation leave, sick leave, compensatory time, disability pay, or death benefit plan.

‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EMPLOYER PLAN.—The term ‘qualified

employer plan’ means—
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‘‘(A) any plan, contract, pension, account, or trust

described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 219(g)(5)

(without regard to subparagraph (A)(iii)),

‘‘(B) any eligible deferred compensation plan (within

the meaning of section 457(b)), and

‘‘(C) any plan described in section 415(m).

‘‘(3) PLAN INCLUDES ARRANGEMENTS, ETC.—The term ‘plan’

includes any agreement or arrangement, including an agreement or arrangement that includes one person.

‘‘(4) SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF FORFEITURE.—The rights of a

person to compensation are subject to a substantial risk of

forfeiture if such person’s rights to such compensation are

conditioned upon the future performance of substantial services

by any individual.

‘‘(5) TREATMENT OF EARNINGS.—References to deferred compensation shall be treated as including references to income

(whether actual or notional) attributable to such compensation

or such income.

‘‘(6) AGGREGATION RULES.—Except as provided by the Secretary, rules similar to the rules of subsections (b) and (c)

of section 414 shall apply.

‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes

of this section, including regulations—

‘‘(1) providing for the determination of amounts of deferral

in the case of a nonqualified deferred compensation plan which

is a defined benefit plan,

‘‘(2) relating to changes in the ownership and control of

a corporation or assets of a corporation for purposes of subsection (a)(2)(A)(v),

‘‘(3) exempting arrangements from the application of subsection (b) if such arrangements will not result in an improper

deferral of United States tax and will not result in assets

being effectively beyond the reach of creditors,

‘‘(4) defining financial health for purposes of subsection

(b)(2), and

‘‘(5) disregarding a substantial risk of forfeiture in cases

where necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.’’.

(b) TREATMENT OF DEFERRED AMOUNTS.—

(1) W–2 FORMS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 6051

(relating to receipts for employees) is amended by striking

‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (11), by striking the period

at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and

by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(13) the total amount of deferrals for the year under

a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (within the meaning

of section 409A(d)).’’. (B) THRESHOLD.—Subsection (a) of section 6051 is

amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the case

of the amounts required to be shown by paragraph (13),

the Secretary may (by regulation) establish a minimum

amount of deferrals below which paragraph (13) does not

apply.’’. (2) WAGE WITHHOLDING.—Section 3401(a) (defining wages)

is amended by adding at the end the following flush sentence:
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‘‘The term ‘wages’ includes any amount includible in gross

income of an employee under section 409A and payment of

such amount shall be treated as having been made in the

taxable year in which the amount is so includible.’’. (3) OTHER REPORTING.—Section 6041 (relating to information at source) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subsection:

‘‘(g) NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION.—Subsection (a)

shall apply to— ‘‘(1) any deferrals for the year under a nonqualified deferred

compensation plan (within the meaning of section 409A(d)),

whether or not paid, except that this paragraph shall not apply

to deferrals which are required to be reported under section

6051(a)(13) (without regard to any de minimis exception), and ‘‘(2) any amount includible under section 409A and which

is not treated as wages under section 3401(a).’’. (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for such subpart A of part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 is amended by

adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 409A. Inclusion in gross income of deferred compensation under nonqualified deferred compensation plans.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to amounts deferred after December 31, 2004.

(2) SPECIAL RULES.— (A) EARNINGS.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to earnings on deferred compensation only to

the extent that such amendments apply to such compensation.

(B) MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS.—For purposes of this

subsection, amounts deferred in taxable years beginning

before January 1, 2005, shall be treated as amounts

deferred in a taxable year beginning on or after such date

if the plan under which the deferral is made is materially

modified after October 3, 2004, unless such modification

is pursuant to the guidance issued under subsection (f).

(3) EXCEPTION FOR NONELECTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSA- TION.—The amendments made by this section shall not apply

to any nonelective deferred compensation to which section 457

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 does not apply by reason

of section 457(e)(12) of such Code, but only if such compensation

is provided under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan— (A) which was in existence on May 1, 2004,

(B) which was providing nonelective deferred compensation described in such section 457(e)(12) on such date,

and

(C) which is established or maintained by an organization incorporated on July 2, 1974.

If, after May 1, 2004, a plan described in the preceding sentence

adopts a plan amendment which provides a material change

in the classes of individuals eligible to participate in the plan,

this paragraph shall not apply to any nonelective deferred

compensation provided under the plan on or after the date

of the adoption of the amendment.

(e) GUIDANCE RELATING TO CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment

of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue guidance
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on what constitutes a change in ownership or effective control

for purposes of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

as added by this section.

(f) GUIDANCE RELATING TO TERMINATION OF CERTAIN EXISTING

ARRANGEMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue

guidance providing a limited period during which a nonqualified

deferred compensation plan adopted before December 31, 2004,

may, without violating the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3),

and (4) of section 409A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

(as added by this section), be amended—

(1) to provide that a participant may terminate participation in the plan, or cancel an outstanding deferral election

with regard to amounts deferred after December 31, 2004,

but only if amounts subject to the termination or cancellation

are includible in income of the participant as earned (or, if

later, when no longer subject to substantial risk of forfeiture),

and

(2) to conform to the requirements of such section 409A

with regard to amounts deferred after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 886. EXTENSION OF AMORTIZATION OF INTANGIBLES TO SPORTS

FRANCHISES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 197(e) (relating to exceptions to definition of section 197 intangible) is amended by striking paragraph

(6) and by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs

(6) and (7), respectively.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1)(A) Section 1056 (relating to basis limitation for player

contracts transferred in connection with the sale of a franchise)

is repealed.

(B) The table of sections for part IV of subchapter O of

chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section

1056.

(2) Section 1245(a) (relating to gain from disposition of

certain depreciable property) is amended by striking paragraph

(4).

(3) Section 1253 (relating to transfers of franchises, trademarks, and trade names) is amended by striking subsection

(e).

(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

amendments made by this section shall apply to property

acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(2) SECTION 1245.—The amendment made by subsection

(b)(2) shall apply to franchises acquired after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 887. MODIFICATION OF CONTINUING LEVY ON PAYMENTS TO FEDERAL VENDORS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6331(h) (relating to continuing levy

on certain payments) is amended by adding at the end the following

new paragraph: ‘‘(3) INCREASE IN LEVY FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Paragraph

(1) shall be applied by substituting ‘100 percent’ for ‘15 percent’ in the case of any specified payment due to a vendor of goods

or services sold or leased to the Federal Government.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 888. MODIFICATION OF STRADDLE RULES.

(a) RULES RELATING TO IDENTIFIED STRADDLES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 1092(a)(2)

(relating to special rule for identified straddles) is amended

to read as follows:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any straddle which

is an identified straddle—

‘‘(i) paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect

to identified positions comprising the identified

straddle,

‘‘(ii) if there is any loss with respect to any identified position of the identified straddle, the basis of

each of the identified offsetting positions in the identified straddle shall be increased by an amount which

bears the same ratio to the loss as the unrecognized

gain with respect to such offsetting position bears to

the aggregate unrecognized gain with respect to all

such offsetting positions, and

‘‘(iii) any loss described in clause (ii) shall not

otherwise be taken into account for purposes of this

title.’’.

(2) IDENTIFIED STRADDLE.—Section 1092(a)(2)(B) (defining

identified straddle) is amended—

(A) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:

‘‘(ii) to the extent provided by regulations, the

value of each position of which (in the hands of the

taxpayer immediately before the creation of the

straddle) is not less than the basis of such position

in the hands of the taxpayer at the time the straddle

is created, and’’, and

(B) by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:

‘‘The Secretary shall prescribe regulations which specify

the proper methods for clearly identifying a straddle as

an identified straddle (and the positions comprising such

straddle), which specify the rules for the application of

this section for a taxpayer which fails to properly identify

the positions of an identified straddle, and which specify

the ordering rules in cases where a taxpayer disposes of

less than an entire position which is part of an identified

straddle.’’.

(3) UNRECOGNIZED GAIN.—Section 1092(a)(3) (defining

unrecognized gain) is amended by redesignating subparagraph

(B) as subparagraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph

(A) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR IDENTIFIED STRADDLES.—For

purposes of paragraph (2)(A)(ii), the unrecognized gain with

respect to any identified offsetting position shall be the

excess of the fair market value of the position at the

time of the determination over the fair market value of

the position at the time the taxpayer identified the position

as a position in an identified straddle.’’.
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(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1092(c)(2) is

amended by striking subparagraph (B) and by redesignating

subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).

(b) PHYSICALLY SETTLED POSITIONS.—Section 1092(d) (relating

to definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the end

the following new paragraph:

‘‘(8) SPECIAL RULES FOR PHYSICALLY SETTLED POSITIONS.—

For purposes of subsection (a), if a taxpayer settles a position

which is part of a straddle by delivering property to which

the position relates (and such position, if terminated, would

result in a realization of a loss), then such taxpayer shall

be treated as if such taxpayer—

‘‘(A) terminated the position for its fair market value

immediately before the settlement, and

‘‘(B) sold the property so delivered by the taxpayer

at its fair market value.’’.

(c) REPEAL OF STOCK EXCEPTION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 1092(d) (relating

to definitions and special rules) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR STOCK.—For purposes of paragraph

(1)—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of stock, the term ‘personal property’ includes stock only if—

‘‘(i) such stock is of a type which is actively traded

and at least 1 of the positions offsetting such stock

is a position with respect to such stock or substantially

similar or related property, or

‘‘(ii) such stock is of a corporation formed or availed

of to take positions in personal property which offset

positions taken by any shareholder.

‘‘(B) RULE FOR APPLICATION.—For purposes of determining whether subsection (e) applies to any transaction

with respect to stock described in subparagraph (A)(ii),

all includible corporations of an affiliated group (within

the meaning of section 1504(a)) shall be treated as 1 taxpayer.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1258(d)(1) is

amended by striking ‘‘; except that the term ‘personal property’

shall include stock’’.

(d) HOLDING PERIOD FOR DIVIDEND EXCLUSION.—The last sentence of section 246(c) is amended by inserting: ‘‘, other than a

qualified covered call option to which section 1092(f) applies’’ before

the period at the end.

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to positions established on or after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 889. ADDITION OF VACCINES AGAINST HEPATITIS A TO LIST OF

TAXABLE VACCINES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 4132(a) (defining

taxable vaccine) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (I),

(J), (K), and (L) as subparagraphs (J), (K), (L), and (M), respectively,

and by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(I) Any vaccine against hepatitis A.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
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(1) SALES, ETC.—The amendments made by subsection (a)

shall apply to sales and uses on or after the first day of

the first month which begins more than 4 weeks after the

date of the enactment of this Act.

(2) DELIVERIES.—For purposes of paragraph (1) and section

4131 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of

sales on or before the effective date described in such paragraph

for which delivery is made after such date, the delivery date

shall be considered the sale date.

SEC. 890. ADDITION OF VACCINES AGAINST INFLUENZA TO LIST OF

TAXABLE VACCINES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4132(a)(1) (defining taxable vaccine),

as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the

following new subparagraph: ‘‘(N) Any trivalent vaccine against influenza.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) SALES, ETC.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to sales and uses on or after the later of—

(A) the first day of the first month which begins more

than 4 weeks after the date of the enactment of this Act,

or

(B) the date on which the Secretary of Health and

Human Services lists any vaccine against influenza for

purposes of compensation for any vaccine-related injury

or death through the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust

Fund.

(2) DELIVERIES.—For purposes of paragraph (1) and section

4131 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of

sales on or before the effective date described in such paragraph

for which delivery is made after such date, the delivery date

shall be considered the sale date.

SEC. 891. EXTENSION OF IRS USER FEES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7528(c) (relating to termination) is

amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘September

30, 2014’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to requests after the date of the enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 892. COBRA FEES.

(a) USE OF MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE.—Section 13031(f)

of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

(19 U.S.C. 58c(f)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by aligning subparagraph (B) with

subparagraph (A); and

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘commercial operations’’

and all that follows through ‘‘processing.’’ and inserting ‘‘customs revenue functions as defined in section 415 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (other than functions performed by

the Office of International Affairs referred to in section 415(8)

of that Act), and for automation (including the Automation

Commercial Environment computer system), and for no other

purpose. To the extent that funds in the Customs User Fee

Account are insufficient to pay the costs of such customs revenue functions, customs duties in an amount equal to the

amount of such insufficiency shall be available, to the extent
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provided for in appropriations Acts, to pay the costs of such

customs revenue functions in the amount of such insufficiency,

and shall be available for no other purpose. The provisions

of the first and second sentences of this paragraph specifying

the purposes for which amounts in the Customs User Fee

Account may be made available shall not be superseded except

by a provision of law which specifically modifies or supersedes

such provisions.’’.

(b) REIMBURSEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM COBRA FEES.—

Section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)) is amended by adding at

the end the following:

‘‘(E) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude

the use of appropriated funds, from sources other than the fees

collected under subsection (a), to pay the costs set forth in clauses

(i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A).’’.

(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS; EFFECTIVE PERIOD FOR COLLECTING

FEES; STANDARD FOR SETTING FEES.—

(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress finds that—

(A) the fees set forth in paragraphs (1) through (8)

of subsection (a) of section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 have been reasonably

related to the costs of providing customs services in connection with the activities or items for which the fees have

been charged under such paragraphs; and

(B) the fees collected under such paragraphs have not

exceeded, in the aggregate, the amounts paid for the costs

described in subsection (f)(3)(A) incurred in providing customs services in connection with the activities or items

for which the fees were charged under such paragraphs.

(2) EFFECTIVE PERIOD; STANDARD FOR SETTING FEES.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3)(A) Fees may not be charged under paragraphs (9) and

(10) of subsection (a) after September 30, 2014.

‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), Fees may not be charged under

paragraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (a) after September 30,

2014.

‘‘(ii) In fiscal year 2006 and in each succeeding fiscal year

for which fees under paragraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (a)

are authorized—

‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Treasury shall charge fees under

each such paragraph in amounts that are reasonably related

to the costs of providing customs services in connection with

the activity or item for which the fee is charged under such

paragraph, except that in no case may the fee charged under

any such paragraph exceed by more than 10 percent the amount

otherwise prescribed by such paragraph;

‘‘(II) the amount of fees collected under such paragraphs

may not exceed, in the aggregate, the amounts paid in that

fiscal year for the costs described in subsection (f)(3)(A) incurred

in providing customs services in connection with the activity

or item for which the fees are charged under such paragraphs;

‘‘(III) a fee may not be collected under any such paragraph

except to the extent such fee will be expended to pay the

costs described in subsection (f)(3)(A) incurred in providing
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customs services in connection with the activity or item for

which the fee is charged under such paragraph; and

‘‘(IV) any fee collected under any such paragraph shall

be available for expenditure only to pay the costs described

in subsection (f)(3)(A) incurred in providing customs services

in connection with the activity or item for which the fee is

charged under such paragraph.’’.

(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 13031 of the Consolidated

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(5)(B), by striking ‘‘$1.75’’ and inserting

‘‘$1.75.’’;

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by aligning clause (iii) with

clause (ii);

(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘paragraphs’’ and

inserting ‘‘paragraph’’; and

(C) in paragraph (9), by aligning subparagraph (B)

with subparagraph (A); and

(3) in subsection (e)(2), by aligning subparagraph (B) with

subparagraph (A).

(e) STUDY OF ALL FEES COLLECTED BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a

study of all the fees collected by the Department of Homeland

Security, and shall submit to the Congress, not later than September 30, 2005, a report containing the recommendations of the

Secretary on—

(1) what fees should be eliminated;

(2) what the rate of fees retained should be; and

(3) any other recommendations with respect to the fees

that the Secretary considers appropriate.

SEC. 893. PROHIBITION ON NONRECOGNITION OF GAIN THROUGH

COMPLETE LIQUIDATION OF HOLDING COMPANY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 332 is amended by adding at the

end the following new subsection:

‘‘(d) RECOGNITION OF GAIN ON LIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN

HOLDING COMPANIES.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any distribution to a

foreign corporation in complete liquidation of an applicable

holding company—

‘‘(A) subsection (a) and section 331 shall not apply

to such distribution, and

‘‘(B) such distribution shall be treated as a distribution

to which section 301 applies.

‘‘(2) APPLICABLE HOLDING COMPANY.—For purposes of this

subsection:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable holding company’ means any domestic corporation—

‘‘(i) which is a common parent of an affiliated

group,

‘‘(ii) stock of which is directly owned by the distributee foreign corporation,

‘‘(iii) substantially all of the assets of which consist

of stock in other members of such affiliated group,

and
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‘‘(iv) which has not been in existence at all times

during the 5 years immediately preceding the date

of the liquidation.

‘‘(B) AFFILIATED GROUP.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘affiliated group’ has the meaning given

such term by section 1504(a) (without regard to paragraphs

(2) and (4) of section 1504(b)).

‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH SUBPART F.—If the distributee

of a distribution described in paragraph (1) is a controlled

foreign corporation (as defined in section 957), then notwithstanding paragraph (1) or subsection (a), such distribution shall

be treated as a distribution to which section 331 applies.

‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall provide such regulations as appropriate to prevent the abuse of this subsection,

including regulations which provide, for the purposes of clause

(iv) of paragraph (2)(A), that a corporation is not in existence

for any period unless it is engaged in the active conduct of

a trade or business or owns a significant ownership interest

in another corporation so engaged.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to distributions in complete liquidation occurring on

or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 894. EFFECTIVELY CONNECTED INCOME TO INCLUDE CERTAIN

FOREIGN SOURCE INCOME.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 864(c)(4)(B) (relating to treatment

of income from sources without the United States as effectively

connected income) is amended by adding at the end the following

new flush sentence:

‘‘Any income or gain which is equivalent to any item of

income or gain described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) shall

be treated in the same manner as such item for purposes

of this subparagraph.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 895. RECAPTURE OF OVERALL FOREIGN LOSSES ON SALE OF

CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 904(f)(3) (relating to dispositions) is

amending by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(D) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN DISPOSITIONS OF STOCK

IN CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATION.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—This paragraph shall apply to

an applicable disposition in the same manner as if

it were a disposition of property described in subparagraph (A), except that the exception contained in

subparagraph (C)(i) shall not apply. ‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE DISPOSITION.—For purposes of

clause (i), the term ‘applicable disposition’ means any

disposition of any share of stock in a controlled foreign

corporation in a transaction or series of transactions

if, immediately before such transaction or series of

transactions, the taxpayer owned more than 50 percent

(by vote or value) of the stock of the controlled foreign

corporation. Such term shall not include a disposition

described in clause (iii) or (iv), except that clause (i)
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shall apply to any gain recognized on any such disposition.

‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN EXCHANGES WHERE

OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE RETAINED.—A disposition

shall not be treated as an applicable disposition under

clause (ii) if it is part of a transaction or series of

transactions—

‘‘(I) to which section 351 or 721 applies, or

under which the transferor receives stock in a

foreign corporation in exchange for the stock in

the controlled foreign corporation and the stock

received is exchanged basis property (as defined

in section 7701(a)(44)), and

‘‘(II) immediately after which, the transferor

owns (by vote or value) at least the same percentage of stock in the controlled foreign corporation

(or, if the controlled foreign corporation is not in

existence after such transaction or series of transactions, in another foreign corporation stock in

which was received by the transferor in exchange

for stock in the controlled foreign corporation) as

the percentage of stock in the controlled foreign

corporation which the taxpayer owned immediately

before such transaction or series of transactions.

‘‘(iv) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ASSET ACQUISITIONS.—A disposition shall not be treated as an

applicable disposition under clause (ii) if it is part

of a transaction or series of transactions in which

the taxpayer (or any member of a controlled group

of corporations filing a consolidated return under section 1501 which includes the taxpayer) acquires the

assets of a controlled foreign corporation in exchange

for the shares of the controlled foreign corporation

in a liquidation described in section 332 or a reorganization described in section 368(a)(1).

‘‘(v) CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATION.—For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘controlled foreign

corporation’ has the meaning given such term by section 957. ‘‘(vi) STOCK OWNERSHIP.—For purposes of this

subparagraph, ownership of stock shall be determined

under the rules of subsections (a) and (b) of section

958.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to dispositions after the date of the enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 896. RECOGNITION OF CANCELLATION OF INDEBTEDNESS

INCOME REALIZED ON SATISFACTION OF DEBT WITH

PARTNERSHIP INTEREST.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (8) of section 108(e) (relating to

general rules for discharge of indebtedness (including discharges

not in title 11 cases or insolvency)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(8) INDEBTEDNESS SATISFIED BY CORPORATE STOCK OR

PARTNERSHIP INTEREST.—For purposes of determining income

of a debtor from discharge of indebtedness, if— ‘‘(A) a debtor corporation transfers stock, or
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‘‘(B) a debtor partnership transfers a capital or profits

interest in such partnership,

to a creditor in satisfaction of its recourse or nonrecourse

indebtedness, such corporation or partnership shall be treated

as having satisfied the indebtedness with an amount of money

equal to the fair market value of the stock or interest. In

the case of any partnership, any discharge of indebtedness

income recognized under this paragraph shall be included in

the distributive shares of taxpayers which were the partners

in the partnership immediately before such discharge.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply with respect to cancellations of indebtedness occurring

on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 897. DENIAL OF INSTALLMENT SALE TREATMENT FOR ALL

READILY TRADABLE DEBT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 453(f)(4)(B) (relating to purchaser

evidences of indebtedness payable on demand or readily tradable)

is amended by striking ‘‘is issued by a corporation or a government

or political subdivision thereof and’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to sales occurring on or after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 898. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF TRANSFERS TO CREDITORS IN DIVISIVE REORGANIZATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 361(b)(3) (relating to treatment of

transfers to creditors) is amended by adding at the end the following

new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a reorganization described in section

368(a)(1)(D) with respect to which stock or securities of the corporation to which the assets are transferred are distributed in a transaction which qualifies under section 355, this paragraph shall apply

only to the extent that the sum of the money and the fair market

value of other property transferred to such creditors does not exceed

the adjusted bases of such assets transferred.’’.

(b) LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF BASIS.—Section 357(c)(1)(B) is

amended by inserting ‘‘with respect to which stock or securities

of the corporation to which the assets are transferred are distributed

in a transaction which qualifies under section 355’’ after ‘‘section

368(a)(1)(D)’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transfers of money or other property, or liabilities

assumed, in connection with a reorganization occurring on or after

the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 899. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF NONQUALIFIED PREFERRED STOCK.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 351(g)(3)(A) is amended by adding

at the end the following: ‘‘Stock shall not be treated as participating

in corporate growth to any significant extent unless there is a

real and meaningful likelihood of the shareholder actually participating in the earnings and growth of the corporation.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to transactions after May 14, 2003.
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SEC. 900. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF CONTROLLED GROUP OF

CORPORATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1563(a)(2) (relating to brother-sister

controlled group) is amended by striking ‘‘possessing—’’ and all

that follows through ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘possessing’’.

(b) APPLICATION OF EXISTING RULES TO OTHER CODE PROVISIONS.—Section 1563(f) (relating to other definitions and rules) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) BROTHER-SISTER CONTROLLED GROUP DEFINITION FOR

PROVISIONS OTHER THAN THIS PART.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as specifically provided in

an applicable provision, subsection (a)(2) shall be applied

to an applicable provision as if it read as follows:

‘‘(2) BROTHER-SISTER CONTROLLED GROUP.—Two or more

corporations if 5 or fewer persons who are individuals, estates,

or trusts own (within the meaning of subsection (d)(2) stock

possessing—

‘‘(A) at least 80 percent of the total combined voting

power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or at least

80 percent of the total value of shares of all classes of

stock, of each corporation, and

‘‘(B) more than 50 percent of the total combined voting

power of all classes of stock entitled to vote or more than

50 percent of the total value of shares of all classes of

stock of each corporation, taking into account the stock

ownership of each such person only to the extent such

stock ownership is identical with respect to each such corporation.’

‘‘(B) APPLICABLE PROVISION.—For purposes of this paragraph, an applicable provision is any provision of law (other

than this part) which incorporates the definition of controlled group of corporations under subsection (a).’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 901. CLASS LIVES FOR UTILITY GRADING COSTS.

(a) GAS UTILITY PROPERTY.—Section 168(e)(3)(E) (defining 15-

year property), as amended by this Act, is amended by striking

‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iv), by striking the period at the end

of clause (v) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end

the following new clause:

‘‘(vi) initial clearing and grading land improvements with respect to gas utility property.’’.

(b) ELECTRIC UTILITY PROPERTY.—Section 168(e)(3) is amended

by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(F) 20-YEAR PROPERTY.—The term ‘20-year property’

means initial clearing and grading land improvements with

respect to any electric utility transmission and distribution

plant.’’.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table contained in section

168(g)(3)(B), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting

after the item relating to subparagraph (E)(v) the following new

items:

‘‘(E)(vi) ............................................................................................... 20’’.

‘‘(F) ..................................................................................................... 25’’.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 902. CONSISTENT AMORTIZATION OF PERIODS FOR INTANGIBLES.

(a) START-UP EXPENDITURES.—

(1) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—Paragraph (1) of section

195(b) (relating to start-up expenditures) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(1) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—If a taxpayer elects the

application of this subsection with respect to any start-up

expenditures—

‘‘(A) the taxpayer shall be allowed a deduction for

the taxable year in which the active trade or business

begins in an amount equal to the lesser of—

‘‘(i) the amount of start-up expenditures with

respect to the active trade or business, or

‘‘(ii) $5,000, reduced (but not below zero) by the

amount by which such start-up expenditures exceed

$50,000, and

‘‘(B) the remainder of such start-up expenditures shall

be allowed as a deduction ratably over the 180-month

period beginning with the month in which the active trade

or business begins.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of section

195 is amended by striking ‘‘AMORTIZE’’ and inserting ‘‘DEDUCT’’

in the heading.

(b) ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENDITURES.—Subsection (a) of section

248 (relating to organizational expenditures) is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(a) ELECTION TO DEDUCT.—If a corporation elects the application of this subsection (in accordance with regulations prescribed

by the Secretary) with respect to any organizational expenditures—

‘‘(1) the corporation shall be allowed a deduction for the

taxable year in which the corporation begins business in an

amount equal to the lesser of—

‘‘(A) the amount of organizational expenditures with

respect to the taxpayer, or

‘‘(B) $5,000, reduced (but not below zero) by the amount

by which such organizational expenditures exceed $50,000,

and

‘‘(2) the remainder of such organizational expenditures

shall be allowed as a deduction ratably over the 180-month

period beginning with the month in which the corporation

begins business.’’.

(c) TREATMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND SYNDICATION FEES OR

PARTNERSHIPS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 709(b) (relating to amortization

of organization fees) is amended by redesignating paragraph

(2) as paragraph (3) and by amending paragraph (1) to read

as follows:

‘‘(1) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—If a taxpayer elects the

application of this subsection (in accordance with regulations

prescribed by the Secretary) with respect to any organizational

expenses—
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‘‘(A) the taxpayer shall be allowed a deduction for

the taxable year in which the partnership begins business

in an amount equal to the lesser of—

‘‘(i) the amount of organizational expenses with

respect to the partnership, or

‘‘(ii) $5,000, reduced (but not below zero) by the

amount by which such organizational expenses exceed

$50,000, and

‘‘(B) the remainder of such organizational expenses

shall be allowed as a deduction ratably over the 180-month

period beginning with the month in which the partnership

begins business.

‘‘(2) DISPOSITIONS BEFORE CLOSE OF AMORTIZATION

PERIOD.—In any case in which a partnership is liquidated before

the end of the period to which paragraph (1)(B) applies, any

deferred expenses attributable to the partnership which were

not allowed as a deduction by reason of this section may be

deducted to the extent allowable under section 165.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of section

709 is amended by striking ‘‘AMORTIZATION’’ and inserting ‘‘DEDUCTION’’ in the heading.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 903. FREEZE OF PROVISIONS REGARDING SUSPENSION OF

INTEREST WHERE SECRETARY FAILS TO CONTACT TAXPAYER.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6404(g) (relating to suspension of

interest and certain penalties where Secretary fails to contact taxpayer) is amended by striking ‘‘1-year period (18-month period

in the case of taxable years beginning before January 1, 2004)’’

both places it appears and inserting ‘‘18-month period’’.

(b) EXCEPTION FOR GROSS MISSTATEMENT.—Section 6404(g)(2)

(relating to exceptions) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end

of subparagraph (C), by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E), and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following

new subparagraph:

‘‘(D) any interest, penalty, addition to tax, or additional

amount with respect to any gross misstatement; or’’.

(c) EXCEPTION FOR LISTED AND REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS.—

Section 6404(g)(2) (relating to exceptions), as amended by subsection

(b), is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (D),

by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F), and by

inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(E) any interest, penalty, addition to tax, or additional

amount with respect to any reportable transaction with

respect to which the requirement of section 6664(d)(2)(A)

is not met and any listed transaction (as defined in

6707A(c)); or’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years

beginning after December 31, 2003.

(2) EXCEPTION FOR REPORTABLE OR LISTED TRANSACTIONS.— The amendments made by subsection (c) shall apply with

respect to interest accruing after October 3, 2004.
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SEC. 904. INCREASE IN WITHHOLDING FROM SUPPLEMENTAL WAGE

PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF $1,000,000.

(a) IN GENERAL.—If an employer elects under Treasury Regulation 31.3402(g)–1 to determine the amount to be deducted and

withheld from any supplemental wage payment by using a flat

percentage rate, the rate to be used in determining the amount

to be so deducted and withheld shall not be less than 28 percent

(or the corresponding rate in effect under section 1(i)(2) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxable years beginning in

the calendar year in which the payment is made).

(b) SPECIAL RULE FOR LARGE PAYMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), if the

supplemental wage payment, when added to all such payments

previously made by the employer to the employee during the

calendar year, exceeds $1,000,000, the rate used with respect

to such excess shall be equal to the maximum rate of tax

in effect under section 1 of such Code for taxable years beginning in such calendar year.

(2) AGGREGATION.—All persons treated as a single employer

under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 shall be treated as a single employer for purposes

of this subsection.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 13273 of the Revenue

Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–66) is repealed.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of, and the amendment

made by, this section shall apply to payments made after December

31, 2004.

SEC. 905. TREATMENT OF SALE OF STOCK ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO

EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTIONS TO COMPLY WITH CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST REQUIREMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 421 (relating to general rules for

certain stock options) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subsection:

‘‘(d) CERTAIN SALES TO COMPLY WITH CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST

REQUIREMENTS.—If—

‘‘(1) a share of stock is transferred to an eligible person

(as defined in section 1043(b)(1)) pursuant to such person’s

exercise of an option to which this part applies, and

‘‘(2) such share is disposed of by such person pursuant

to a certificate of divestiture (as defined in section 1043(b)(2)),

such disposition shall be treated as meeting the requirements of

section 422(a)(1) or 423(a)(1), whichever is applicable.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to sales after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 906. APPLICATION OF BASIS RULES TO NONRESIDENT ALIENS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 72 (relating to annuities and certain

proceeds of endowment and life insurance contracts) is amended

by redesignating subsection (w) as subsection (x) and by inserting

after subsection (v) the following new subsection:

‘‘(w) APPLICATION OF BASIS RULES TO NONRESIDENT ALIENS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

this section, for purposes of determining the portion of any

distribution which is includible in gross income of a distributee

who is a citizen or resident of the United States, the investment
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in the contract shall not include any applicable nontaxable

contributions or applicable nontaxable earnings.

‘‘(2) APPLICABLE NONTAXABLE CONTRIBUTION.—For purposes

of this subsection, the term ‘applicable nontaxable contribution’

means any employer or employee contribution—

‘‘(A) which was made with respect to compensation—

‘‘(i) for labor or personal services performed by

an employee who, at the time the labor or services

were performed, was a nonresident alien for purposes

of the laws of the United States in effect at such

time, and

‘‘(ii) which is treated as from sources without the

United States, and

‘‘(B) which was not subject to income tax (and would

have been subject to income tax if paid as cash compensation when the services were rendered) under the laws

of the United States or any foreign country.

‘‘(3) APPLICABLE NONTAXABLE EARNINGS.—For purposes of

this subsection, the term ‘applicable nontaxable earnings’

means earnings—

‘‘(A) which are paid or accrued with respect to any

employer or employee contribution which was made with

respect to compensation for labor or personal services performed by an employee,

‘‘(B) with respect to which the employee was at the

time the earnings were paid or accrued a nonresident alien

for purposes of the laws of the United States, and

‘‘(C) which were not subject to income tax under the

laws of the United States or any foreign country.

‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions

of this subsection, including regulations treating contributions

and earnings as not subject to tax under the laws of any

foreign country where appropriate to carry out the purposes

of this subsection.’’.

(b) BASIS.—Section 83 (relating to property transferred in

connection with the performance of services is amended by adding

after paragraph (3) of subsection (c) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) For purposes of determining an individual’s basis in

property transferred in connection with the performance of

services, rules similar to the rules of section 72(w) shall apply.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to distributions on or after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 907. LIMITATION OF EMPLOYER DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN

ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 274(e) (relating to

expenses treated as compensation) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(2) EXPENSES TREATED AS COMPENSATION.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph

(B), expenses for goods, services, and facilities, to the extent

that the expenses are treated by the taxpayer, with respect

to the recipient of the entertainment, amusement, or recreation, as compensation to an employee on the taxpayer’s

return of tax under this chapter and as wages to such
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employee for purposes of chapter 24 (relating to withholding of income tax at source on wages). ‘‘(B) SPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a recipient who

is a specified individual, subparagraph (A) and paragraph (9) shall each be applied by substituting ‘to

the extent that the expenses do not exceed the amount

of the expenses which’ for ‘to the extent that the

expenses’. ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of clause

(i), the term ‘specified individual’ means any individual

who— ‘‘(I) is subject to the requirements of section

16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with

respect to the taxpayer, or ‘‘(II) would be subject to such requirements

if the taxpayer were an issuer of equity securities

referred to in such section.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to expenses incurred after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 908. RESIDENCE AND SOURCE RULES RELATING TO UNITED

STATES POSSESSIONS.

(a) RESIDENCE AND SOURCE RULES.—Subpart D of part III

of subchapter N of chapter 1 (relating to possessions of the United

States) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

‘‘SEC. 937. RESIDENCE AND SOURCE RULES INVOLVING POSSESSIONS.

‘‘(a) BONA FIDE RESIDENT.—For purposes of this subpart, section 865(g)(3), section 876, section 881(b), paragraphs (2) and (3)

of section 901(b), section 957(c), section 3401(a)(8)(C), and section

7654(a), except as provided in regulations, the term ‘bona fide

resident’ means a person— ‘‘(1) who is present for at least 183 days during the taxable

year in Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands,

Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, and ‘‘(2) who does not have a tax home (determined under

the principles of section 911(d)(3) without regard to the second

sentence thereof) outside such specified possession during the

taxable year and does not have a closer connection (determined

under the principles of section 7701(b)(3)(B)(ii)) to the United

States or a foreign country than to such specified possession.

For purposes of paragraph (1), the determination as to whether

a person is present for any day shall be made under the principles

of section 7701(b). ‘‘(b) SOURCE RULES.—Except as provided in regulations, for

purposes of this title— ‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), rules similar to

the rules for determining whether income is income from

sources within the United States or is effectively connected

with the conduct of a trade or business within the United

States shall apply for purposes of determining whether income

is from sources within a possession specified in subsection

(a)(1) or effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or

business within any such possession, and

‘‘(2) any income treated as income from sources within

the United States or as effectively connected with the conduct
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of a trade or business within the United States shall not be

treated as income from sources within any such possession

or as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within any such possession.

‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, for any taxable year, an individual

takes the position for United States income tax reporting purposes that the individual became, or ceases to be, a bona

fide resident of a possession specified in subsection (a)(1), such

individual shall file with the Secretary, at such time and in

such manner as the Secretary may prescribe, notice of such

position.

‘‘(2) TRANSITION RULE.—If, for any of an individual’s 3

taxable years ending before the individual’s first taxable year

ending after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the

individual took a position described in paragraph (1), the individual shall file with the Secretary, at such time and in such

manner as the Secretary may prescribe, notice of such position.’’.

(b) PENALTY.—Section 6688 is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘under section 937(c) or’’ before ‘‘by regulations’’, and

(2) by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’.

(c) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 931(d) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(d) EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.—Amounts paid for

services performed as an employee of the United States (or any

agency thereof) shall be treated as not described in paragraph

(1) or (2) of subsection (a).’’.

(2) Section 932 is amended by striking ‘‘at the close of

the taxable year’’ and inserting ‘‘during the entire taxable year’’

each place it appears.

(3) Section 934(b)(4) is amended by striking ‘‘the Virgin

Islands or’’ each place it appears.

(4) Section 935, as in effect before the effective date of

its repeal, is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘for the taxable year who’’ in subsection

(a) and inserting ‘‘who, during the entire taxable year’’,

(B) by inserting ‘‘bona fide’’ before ‘‘resident’’ in subsection (a)(1),

(C) in subsection (b)(1)—

(i) by inserting ‘‘(other a bona fide resident of

Guam during the entire taxable year)’’ after ‘‘United

States’’ in subparagraph (A), and

(ii) by inserting ‘‘bona fide’’ before ‘‘resident’’ in

subparagraph (B), and

(D) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘residence and’’.

(5) Section 957(c) is amended—

(A) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ‘‘conduct of an

active’’ and inserting ‘‘active conduct of a’’, and

(B) in the last sentence by striking ‘‘derived from

sources within a possession, was effectively connected with

the conduct of a trade or business within a possession,

or’’.
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(6) The table of sections of subpart D of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end

the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 937. Residence and source rules involving possessions.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to

taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this

Act.

(2) 183-DAY RULE.—Section 937(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) shall apply to

taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

(3) SOURCING.—Section 937(b)(2) of such Code (as so added)

shall apply to income earned after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

SEC. 909. SALES OR DISPOSITIONS TO IMPLEMENT FEDERAL ENERGY

REGULATORY COMMISSION OR STATE ELECTRIC

RESTRUCTURING POLICY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 451 (relating to general rule for taxable year of inclusion) is amended by adding at the end the following

new subsection:

‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR SALES OR DISPOSITIONS TO IMPLEMENT

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION OR STATE ELECTRIC

RESTRUCTURING POLICY.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any qualifying electric

transmission transaction for which the taxpayer elects the

application of this section, qualified gain from such transaction

shall be recognized—

‘‘(A) in the taxable year which includes the date of

such transaction to the extent the amount realized from

such transaction exceeds—

‘‘(i) the cost of exempt utility property which is

purchased by the taxpayer during the 4-year period

beginning on such date, reduced (but not below zero)

by

‘‘(ii) any portion of such cost previously taken into

account under this subsection, and

‘‘(B) ratably over the 8-taxable year period beginning

with the taxable year which includes the date of such

transaction, in the case of any such gain not recognized

under subparagraph (A).

‘‘(2) QUALIFIED GAIN.—For purposes of this subsection, the

term ‘qualified gain’ means, with respect to any qualifying

electric transmission transaction in any taxable year—

‘‘(A) any ordinary income derived from such transaction

which would be required to be recognized under section

1245 or 1250 for such taxable year (determined without

regard to this subsection), and

‘‘(B) any income derived from such transaction in excess

of the amount described in subparagraph (A) which is

required to be included in gross income for such taxable

year (determined without regard to this subsection).

‘‘(3) QUALIFYING ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION TRANSACTION.— For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualifying electric
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transmission transaction’ means any sale or other disposition

before January 1, 2007, of—

‘‘(A) property used in the trade or business of providing

electric transmission services, or

‘‘(B) any stock or partnership interest in a corporation

or partnership, as the case may be, whose principal trade

or business consists of providing electric transmission services,

but only if such sale or disposition is to an independent transmission company.

‘‘(4) INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION COMPANY.—For purposes

of this subsection, the term ‘independent transmission company’

means—

‘‘(A) an independent transmission provider approved

by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

‘‘(B) a person—

‘‘(i) who the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determines in its authorization of the transaction

under section 203 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.

824b) or by declaratory order is not a market participant within the meaning of such Commission’s rules

applicable to independent transmission providers, and

‘‘(ii) whose transmission facilities to which the election under this subsection applies are under the operational control of a Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission-approved independent transmission provider before the close of the period specified in such

authorization, but not later than the close of the period

applicable under subsection (a)(2)(B) as extended under

paragraph (2), or

‘‘(C) in the case of facilities subject to the jurisdiction

of the Public Utility Commission of Texas—

‘‘(i) a person which is approved by that Commission

as consistent with Texas State law regarding an independent transmission provider, or

‘‘(ii) a political subdivision or affiliate thereof

whose transmission facilities are under the operational

control of a person described in clause (i).

‘‘(5) EXEMPT UTILITY PROPERTY.—For purposes of this subsection:

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘exempt utility property’

means property used in the trade or business of—

‘‘(i) generating, transmitting, distributing, or

selling electricity, or

‘‘(ii) producing, transmitting, distributing, or

selling natural gas.

‘‘(B) NONRECOGNITION OF GAIN BY REASON OF ACQUISITION OF STOCK.—Acquisition of control of a corporation

shall be taken into account under this subsection with

respect to a qualifying electric transmission transaction

only if the principal trade or business of such corporation

is a trade or business referred to in subparagraph (A).

‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONSOLIDATED GROUPS.—In the case

of a corporation which is a member of an affiliated group

filing a consolidated return, any exempt utility property purchased by another member of such group shall be treated
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as purchased by such corporation for purposes of applying

paragraph (1)(A).

‘‘(7) TIME FOR ASSESSMENT OF DEFICIENCIES.—If the taxpayer has made the election under paragraph (1) and any

gain is recognized by such taxpayer as provided in paragraph

(1)(B), then—

‘‘(A) the statutory period for the assessment of any

deficiency, for any taxable year in which any part of the

gain on the transaction is realized, attributable to such

gain shall not expire prior to the expiration of 3 years

from the date the Secretary is notified by the taxpayer

(in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe) of the purchase of exempt utility property or of

an intention not to purchase such property, and

‘‘(B) such deficiency may be assessed before the expiration of such 3-year period notwithstanding any law or

rule of law which would otherwise prevent such assessment.

‘‘(8) PURCHASE.—For purposes of this subsection, the taxpayer shall be considered to have purchased any property if

the unadjusted basis of such property is its cost within the

meaning of section 1012.

‘‘(9) ELECTION.—An election under paragraph (1) shall be

made at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may

require and, once made, shall be irrevocable.

‘‘(10) NONAPPLICATION OF INSTALLMENT SALES TREATMENT.—Section 453 shall not apply to any qualifying electric

transmission transaction with respect to which an election to

apply this subsection is made.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transactions occurring after the date of the enactment

of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

SEC. 910. EXPANSION OF LIMITATION ON DEPRECIATION OF CERTAIN

PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 179(b) (relating to limitations) is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(6) LIMITATION ON COST TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR CERTAIN

PASSENGER VEHICLES.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The cost of any sport utility vehicle

for any taxable year which may be taken into account

under this section shall not exceed $25,000.

‘‘(B) SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sport utility vehicle’

means any 4-wheeled vehicle—

‘‘(I) which is primarily designed or which can

be used to carry passengers over public streets,

roads, or highways (except any vehicle operated

exclusively on a rail or rails),

‘‘(II) which is not subject to section 280F, and

‘‘(III) which is rated at not more than 14,000

pounds gross vehicle weight.

‘‘(ii) CERTAIN VEHICLES EXCLUDED.—Such term

does not include any vehicle which— ‘‘(I) is designed to have a seating capacity of

more than 9 persons behind the driver’s seat,
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‘‘(II) is equipped with a cargo area of at least

6 feet in interior length which is an open area

or is designed for use as an open area but is

enclosed by a cap and is not readily accessible

directly from the passenger compartment, or

‘‘(III) has an integral enclosure, fully enclosing

the driver compartment and load carrying device,

does not have seating rearward of the driver’s

seat, and has no body section protruding more

than 30 inches ahead of the leading edge of the

windshield.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section

shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.