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‘‘(3) 
SECRETARIAL
REVIEW.—Each 
memo-
randum of understanding entered into under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary not 
later than 30 days after entering into such memo-
randum. 
‘‘(A) If a Head Start agency is unable to 
comply with the requirement in (1) the Head 
Start agency shall notify the Secretary and the 
chief executive officer of the State not later 
than 30 days after determining that they are 
unable to enter into such memorandum. The 
Secretary, in cooperation with the State Early 
Learning Council and the State Director of 
Head Start Collaboration, shall evaluate the 
causes of failure to enter into a memorandum 
of understanding under paragraph (1). With 
the assistance of the State Early Learning 
Council and the State Director of Head Start 
Collaboration, all parties shall again attempt to 
enter into a memorandum of understanding 
under paragraph (1). Then if no such memo-
randum of understanding is entered into within 
30 days, the Secretary shall make 1 of the fol-
lowing determinations:
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(i) SUNSET CLAUSE.—This section ceases to be effec-
tive at the end of fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 6104. IMPACT ON AGENCY’S PRIMARY MISSION. 
In implementing the requirements of this subtitle, 
each agency should adopt compliance strategies that are 
consistent with the agency’s primary mission. 
SEC. 6105. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this title or any amendment made by this 
title shall be interpreted to preempt or limit the authority 
of a State to take any action to address global warming. 
SEC. 6106. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘carbon dioxide equivalent’’ 
means, for each greenhouse gas, the quantity of the 
greenhouse gas that makes the same contribution to 
global warming as 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, as 
determined by the Administrator, taking into ac-
count the global warming potentials published by the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 
(3) The term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
to that term in section 551 of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8259). 
(4) The term ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ means—
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1271 
To repeal a provision relating to privacy officers in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2005 
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To repeal a provision relating to privacy officers in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PRIVACY OFFICER PROVISION. 
Section 522 of the Transportation, Treasury, Inde-
pendent Agencies, and General Government Appropria-
tions Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3268; 
5 U.S.C. 552a note), is hereby repealed. 
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opment and training, community outreach, com-
munication, and better serving the needs of 
working families through provision of full-day 
and full-year early education services; 
‘‘(B) to work with State agencies respon-
sible for education, child care, and early inter-
vention to provide leadership and assistance to 
local Head Start programs, school districts, and 
State and locally funded preschool and child 
care programs to increase integration among 
early childhood programs through adoption of 
local memoranda of understanding described in 
subparagraph (A) and other means; 
‘‘(C) to work with State agencies respon-
sible for education, child care, and early inter-
vention to provide leadership and assistance to 
develop a coherent sequence of standards for 
children age 3 through the early elementary 
grades to effect a smooth transition to and suc-
cess in the early elementary grades; 
‘‘(D) to conduct periodic statewide needs 
assessments concerning early care and edu-
cation programs for children from birth to 
school entry;
to whom subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 
(h)(1) applies, rules similar to the rules of such sub-
paragraphs shall apply except that— 
‘‘(A) such subparagraph (A) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘$10,000’ for ‘$6,000’, and 
‘‘(B) such subparagraph (B) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘$833.33’ for ‘$500’.’’. 
(d) REPEAL
OF
SEPARATE
WELFARE-TO-WORK 
CREDIT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 51A of such Code is 
hereby repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subpart F of part IV of subchapter A of 
chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 51A. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2005. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1755 
To amend the Social Security Act to require that anticipated child support 
be held in trust on the sale or refinancing of certain real property 
of an obligated parent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act to require that anticipated 
child support be held in trust on the sale or refinancing 
of certain real property of an obligated parent. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Support Reserve 
Trust Act’’ . 
SEC. 2. STATE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT 
RESERVE TRUST SYSTEM. 
Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
654) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (32) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (33) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(34) provide that, on and after January 1, 
2006, the State agency will have in effect a State re-
serve trust system that meets the requirements of 
section 454C.’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS OF CHILD SUPPORT RESERVE 
TRUST SYSTEM. 
The Social Security Act is amended by inserting after 
section 454B (42 U.S.C. 654b) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 454C. RESERVE TRUST SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to meet the 
requirements of this section, the State must— 
‘‘(1) have in effect laws requiring the use of the 
procedures described in subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) establish and operate a unit (which shall 
be known as the State reserve trust unit) that has 
authority to carry out, and shall carry out, such laws 
and procedures.
‘‘(b) REQUIRED PROCEDURES.—The procedures de-
scribed in this subsection are procedures to carry out the 
following: 
‘‘(1) WITHHOLDING OF ANTICIPATED FUTURE 
CHILD SUPPORT.—On any sale or refinancing by a 
person of any real property in the State against 
which a lien for amounts of overdue support owed by 
the person has ever arisen, without regard to wheth-
er such lien has ever been extinguished, the State re-
serve trust unit shall— 
‘‘(A) withhold the net proceeds of the per-
son from the sale or refinancing; 
‘‘(B) apply the net proceeds withheld 
under subparagraph (A) to any overdue support 
owed by the person; 
‘‘(C) determine the anticipated future child 
support of the person; 
‘‘(D) hold in trust, for the benefit of the 
child or children for whom the person has a 
support obligation, an amount equal to the less-
er of— 
‘‘(i) the anticipated future child sup-
port determined under subparagraph (C); 
and
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‘‘(E) to work to identify and address bar-
riers to and opportunities for integration be-
tween entities carrying out Federal and State 
child development, child care, and early child-
hood education programs; 
‘‘(F) to develop recommendations regard-
ing means of establishing a unified data collec-
tion system for early care and education pro-
grams operating throughout the State; 
‘‘(G) to address coordination of early 
learning programs with health care (including 
mental and behavioral health care), welfare, 
family literacy and services for homeless chil-
dren; 
‘‘(H) to support a State system of early 
childhood education, and training and technical 
assistance that improves the quality of early 
learning programs and the capacity of such pro-
grams to deliver services pursuant to section 
648(b); and 
‘‘(I) to develop a plan for increasing the 
participation of children underrepresented in 
State early childhood education and child care 
programs, including Head Start, State pre-
school programs, and programs carried out
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1273 
To require any amounts remaining in a Member’s Representational Allowance 
at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used 
for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2005 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To require any amounts remaining in a Member’s Represen-
tational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction 
or to reduce the Federal debt. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEM-
BERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO 
BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE-
DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any amounts appropriated for Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowances for the House of Representatives 
for a fiscal year which remain after all payments are made 
under such Allowances for the year shall be deposited in 
the Treasury and used for deficit reduction, except that 
in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no Federal 
budget deficit, such amounts shall be used to reduce the 
Federal debt (in such manner as the Secretary of the 
Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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‘‘(ii) the net proceeds withheld under 
subparagraph (A), as reduced by any ap-
plication of such proceeds under subpara-
graph (B); and 
‘‘(E) distribute to the person any amounts 
not held in trust under subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF AMOUNTS WITHHELD TO 
OVERDUE CHILD SUPPORT.—If a person owes over-
due child support with respect to a child, and the 
State reserve trust unit holds in trust amounts with-
held from the person for the benefit of the child, the 
State reserve trust unit shall promptly apply such 
amounts to satisfy such overdue child support, if the 
State reserve trust unit determines that all other 
remedies available under the laws of the State are 
insufficient to satisfy the overdue child support. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT OF AMOUNTS WITHHELD.— 
If the State reserve trust unit holds in trust 
amounts withheld from a person for the benefit of 
a child, and the support obligation of the person 
with respect to the child is adjusted under otherwise 
available State procedures, the State reserve trust 
unit shall promptly—
‘‘(A) redetermine the anticipated future 
child support of the person with respect to the 
child; and 
‘‘(B) if the amounts held in trust are less 
than the anticipated future child support as re-
determined under subparagraph (A), distribute 
the difference to the person. 
‘‘(4) TERMINATION OF TRUST.—If the State re-
serve trust unit holds in trust amounts withheld 
from a person for the benefit of a child, the State 
reserve trust unit shall distribute the amounts to the 
person if— 
‘‘(A) the person does not owe overdue child 
support with respect to the child; and 
‘‘(B) the support obligation of the person 
with respect to the child has finally ceased. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(1) ANTICIPATED FUTURE CHILD SUPPORT.— 
The term ‘anticipated future child support’ means 
the present value of each child support payment that 
will come due under the support obligation of the 
person, assuming that the support obligation will fi-
nally cease solely because the child has attained an
age requiring the termination of the support obliga-
tion. 
‘‘(2) FINALLY CEASE.—The term ‘finally cease’ 
means to cease— 
‘‘(A) because the person or the child has 
died; 
‘‘(B) because the child has attained an age 
requiring the termination of the support obliga-
tion; 
‘‘(C) because the relationship of parent 
and child has been terminated by a final judi-
cial act, such as an order establishing nonpater-
nity or an order emancipating the child; or 
‘‘(D) because of any other circumstance 
that results in cessation under State law that is 
permanent, substantial, and not solely a change 
in custody.’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1274 
To suspend temporarily the duty on amyl-anthraquinone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2005 
Mr. BAIRD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on amyl-anthraquinone. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMYL-ANTHRAQUINONE. 
(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: 
‘‘ 
9902.04.22 
9, 10-Anthracenedione (CAS 
No. 13936–21–5) (provided 
for in subheading 
2914.69.90 in pure form or 
3824.90.28 in 50% solution) 
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2006 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect 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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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1756 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the Hope and Lifetime 
Learning Credits refundable, and to allow taxpayers to obtain short- 
term student loans by using the future refund of such credits as collateral 
for the loans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable, and 
to allow taxpayers to obtain short-term student loans 
by using the future refund of such credits as collateral 
for the loans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HOPE AND LIFETIME LEARNING CREDITS TO 
BE REFUNDABLE. 
(a) CREDIT TO BE REFUNDABLE.—Section 25A of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Hope and 
Lifetime Learning credits) is hereby moved to subpart C
of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code (re-
lating to refundable credits) and inserted after section 35. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 36 of such Code is redesignated as 
section 37. 
(2) Section 25A of such Code (as moved by 
subsection (a)) is redesignated as section 36. 
(3) Paragraph (1) of section 36(a) of such Code 
(as redesignated by paragraph (2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘this chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’. 
(4) Subparagraph (B) of section 72(t)(7) of 
such 
Code 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
25A(g)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36(g)(2)’’. 
(5) Subparagraph (A) of section 135(d)(2) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 25A’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 36’’. 
(6) Section 221(e) of such Code is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
25A(g)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
36(g)(2)’’ and by striking ‘‘section 25A(f)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 36(f)(2)’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 
25A(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36(b)(3)’’.
(7) Clause (i) of section 529(e)(3)(B) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 25A(b)(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 36(b)(3)’’. 
(8) Subparagraph (A) of section 530(b)(2) of 
such 
Code 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
25A(g)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36(g)(2)’’. 
(9) Clause (iii) of section 530(d)(4)(B) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 25A(g)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 36(g)(2)’’. 
(10) Subsection (e) of section 6050S of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 25A’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 36’’. 
(11) Subparagraph (J) of section 6213(g)(2) of 
such 
Code 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
25A(g)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36(g)(1)’’. 
(12) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
36’’ after ‘‘section 35’’. 
(13) The table of sections for subpart C of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 
amended by redesignating the item relating to sec-
tion 36 as an item relating to section 37 and by in-
serting before such item the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 36. Hope and Lifetime Learning credits.’’.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1275 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount which 
may be excluded from the gross income of an employee for dependent 
care assistance with respect to dependent care services provided during 
a taxable year, to adjust such amount each year by the rate of inflation 
for such year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2005 
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. SNY-
DER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
the amount which may be excluded from the gross in-
come of an employee for dependent care assistance with 
respect to dependent care services provided during a 
taxable year, to adjust such amount each year by the 
rate of inflation for such year, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Working Parents Child 
Care Relief Act’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE OF AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE EXCLUDED 
FROM GROSS INCOME OF EMPLOYEE FOR DE-
PENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE AND ANNUAL 
ADJUSTMENT 
OF 
AMOUNT 
FOR 
ANNUAL 
RATE OF INFLATION. 
(a) INCREASE OF AMOUNT.—Section 129(a)(2)(A) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘$5,000 ($2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,000 ($3,000’’. 
(b) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT.—Section 129(a)(2) of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 
taxable year beginning in a calendar year 
after 2005, each amount specified in sub-
paragraph (A) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to the product of— 
‘‘(I) such amount, and 
‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust-
ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 
for the calendar year in which the tax-
able year begins, determined by sub-
stituting ‘2004’ in subparagraph (B) 
thereof. 
‘‘(ii) ROUNDING.—If any increase de-
termined under clause (i) is not a multiple
of $50, such increase shall be rounded to 
the nearest multiple of $50.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2004. 
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(14) The table of sections for subpart A of such 
part IV is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 25A. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this subsection shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2005. 
SEC. 2. USE OF REFUNDS OF HOPE AND LIFETIME LEARN-
ING CREDITS AS COLLATERAL FOR SHORT- 
TERM STUDENT LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (as redesignated by section 1) is 
amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j) 
and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
section: 
‘‘(i) TUITION TAX CREDIT ASSIGNMENT LOANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible educational in-
stitution may provide to a taxpayer described in 
paragraph (3) a tuition tax credit assignment loan. 
‘‘(2) 
TUITION
TAX
CREDIT
ASSIGNMENT 
LOAN.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘tuition tax credit assignment loan’ means a loan 
provided to the taxpayer by the eligible educational 
institution in return for which the taxpayer agrees 
to authorize the Internal Revenue Service to dis-
burse the loan amount directly to the lender out of
the next refund due to the taxpayer that is attrib-
utable to a credit under this section. 
‘‘(3) TAXPAYERS ELIGIBLE FOR LOAN.—A tax-
payer is eligible for a loan under this subsection if 
the taxpayer is either— 
‘‘(A) an eligible student for whom a Hope 
Scholarship Credit under subsection (a)(1) is 
allowed, or 
‘‘(B) a taxpayer for whom a Lifetime 
Learning Credit is allowed. 
‘‘(4) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
OF
LOAN.—The 
amount of a loan provided under this subsection 
may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) $1,000, or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a first-year or second- 
year student, $1,500. 
‘‘(5) 
LOAN
ORIGINATION
FEE
MAY
BE 
CHARGED.—An eligible educational institution pro-
viding a tuition tax credit assignment loan may 
charge the taxpayer a loan origination fee of up to 
5 percent of the loan amount, but may not charge 
interest on the loan amount. 
‘‘(6) 3-YEAR TIME LIMIT ON USE OF CREDIT 
REFUND AS COLLATERAL.—If a taxpayer who has 
obtained a tuition tax credit assignment loan has not
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(A) carbon dioxide; 
(B) methane; 
(C) nitrous oxide; 
(D) hydrofluorocarbons; 
(E) perfluorocarbons; 
(F) sulfur hexafluoride; or 
(G) any other anthropogenically-emitted 
gas that the Administrator, after notice and 
comment, determines contributes to global 
warming to a non-negligible degree. 
SEC. 6107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to implement this subtitle. 
Subtitle B—Federal Government 
Energy Efficiency 
SEC. 6201. FEDERAL VEHICLE FLEETS. 
Section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13212) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) VEHICLE EMISSION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—
received a refund attributable to a credit under this 
section within three years after receiving the loan, 
then the loan will become due and payable in accord-
ance with the terms of the loan agreement.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to credits claimed in 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005. 
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