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(1) SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b).—The amend-
ments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply
to estates of decedents dying, and gifts made, after
December 31, 2000.
(2) SUBSECTION (c).—The amendment made
by subsection (c) shall apply to estates of decedents
dying, and gifts made, after December 31, 2002.
SEC. 302. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING REPEAL
OF THE DEATH TAX.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The death tax stifles economic growth by
taking productive resources out of the private sector,
thereby causing unemployment and inhibiting job
creation.
(2) The death tax penalizes hard work and en-
trepreneurial activity by causing the demise of small,
family-owned businesses when an owner dies.
(3) The death tax rates in the United States
are the second highest among all industrialized na-
tions.
(4) The death tax prevents minorities from
gaining an economic foothold in the economy since
it limits the inter-generational transfer of wealth,
which is critical to establishing a legacy and power
base for minorities in our society.
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(5) The death tax presents serious challenges
for farmers whose value is in their land, not liquid
assets, and who must sell land to pay the tax, there-
by jeopardizing the future existence of the already-
struggling family farm.
(6) The death tax contributes to the develop-
ment of rural areas by causing farms and ranches
to be sold and subdivided.
(7) Previous attempts by Congress to create
death tax exemptions have been ineffective due to an
inability to legislatively duplicate the complex family
relationships that exist in our society.
(8) Increasing entrepreneurship and investment
in retirement will bring a whole new class of people
under the death tax.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the death tax relief in this Act is considered
a first step in our effort to ultimately repeal this onerous
tax.
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Subtitle 
B—Unified 
Credit 
Re-
placed With Unified Exemption
Amount
SEC. 311. UNIFIED CREDIT AGAINST ESTATE AND GIFT
TAXES REPLACED WITH UNIFIED EXEMPTION
AMOUNT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) ESTATE
TAX.—Subsection (b) of section
2001 (relating to computation of tax) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(b) COMPUTATION OF TAX.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by this
section shall be the amount equal to the excess (if
any) of—
‘‘(A) the tentative tax determined under
paragraph (2), over
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount of tax which
would have been payable under chapter 12 with
respect to gifts made by the decedent after De-
cember 31, 1976, if the provisions of subsection
(c) (as in effect at the decedent’s death) had
been applicable at the time of such gifts.
‘‘(2) TENTATIVE TAX.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the tentative tax determined under this
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paragraph is a tax computed under subsection (c) on
the excess of—
‘‘(A) the sum of—
‘‘(i) the amount of the taxable estate,
and
‘‘(ii) the amount of the adjusted tax-
able gifts, over
‘‘(B) the exemption amount for the cal-
endar year in which the decedent died.
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION
AMOUNT.—For purposes of
paragraph (2), the term ‘exemption amount’ means
the amount determined in accordance with the fol-
lowing table:
‘‘In the case of
The exemption
calendar year:
amount is:
2001 ..................................................................................
$675,000
2002 and 2003 ..................................................................
$700,000
2004 ..................................................................................
$850,000
2005 ..................................................................................
$950,000
2006 or thereafter .............................................................
$1,000,000.
‘‘(4) ADJUSTED
TAXABLE
GIFTS.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (2), the term ‘adjusted taxable
gifts’ means the total amount of the taxable gifts
(within the meaning of section 2503) made by the
decedent after December 31, 1976, other than gifts
which are includible in the gross estate of the dece-
dent.’’.
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(2) GIFT TAX.—Subsection (a) of section 2502
(relating to computation of tax) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(a) COMPUTATION OF TAX.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by section
2501 for each calendar year shall be the amount
equal to the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(A) the tentative tax determined under
paragraph (2), over
‘‘(B) the tax paid under this section for all
prior calendar periods.
‘‘(2) TENTATIVE TAX.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the tentative tax determined under this
paragraph for a calendar year is a tax computed
under section 2001(c) on the excess of—
‘‘(A) the aggregate sum of the taxable gifts
for such calendar year and for each of the pre-
ceding calendar periods, over
‘‘(B) the exemption amount under section
2001(b)(3) for such calendar year.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF UNIFIED CREDITS.—
(1) Section 2010 (relating to unified credit
against estate tax) is hereby repealed.
(2) Section 2505 (relating to unified credit
against gift tax) is hereby repealed.
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1)(A) Subsection (b) of section 2011 is
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘adjusted’’ in the table; and
(ii) by striking the last sentence.
(B) Subsection (f) of section 2011 is amended
by striking ‘‘, reduced by the amount of the unified
credit provided by section 2010’’.
(2) Subsection (a) of section 2012 is amended
by striking ‘‘and the unified credit provided by sec-
tion 2010’’.
(3) Subparagraph (A) of section 2013(c)(1) is
amended by striking ‘‘2010,’’.
(4) Paragraph (2) of section 2014(b) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2010,’’.
(5) Clause (ii) of section 2056A(b)(12)(C) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) to treat any reduction in the tax
imposed by paragraph (1)(A) by reason of
the credit allowable under section 2010 (as
in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of the Small Business Tax Fair-
ness Act of 2001) or the exemption
amount allowable under section 2001(b)
with respect to the decedent as a credit
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under section 2505 (as so in effect) or ex-
emption under section 2521 (as the case
may be) allowable to such surviving spouse
for purposes of determining the amount of
the exemption allowable under section
2521 with respect to taxable gifts made by
the surviving spouse during the year in
which the spouse becomes a citizen or any
subsequent year,’’.
(6) Subsection (a) of section 2057 is amended
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM DEDUCTION.—The deduction al-
lowed by this section shall not exceed the excess of
$1,300,000 over the exemption amount (as defined
in section 2001(b)(3)).’’.
(7)(A) Subsection (b) of section 2101 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(b) COMPUTATION OF TAX.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by this
section shall be the amount equal to the excess (if
any) of—
‘‘(A) the tentative tax determined under
paragraph (2), over
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‘‘(B) a tentative tax computed under sec-
tion 2001(c) on the amount of the adjusted tax-
able gifts.
‘‘(2) TENTATIVE TAX.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the tentative tax determined under this
paragraph is a tax computed under section 2001(c)
on the excess of—
‘‘(A) the sum of—
‘‘(i) the amount of the taxable estate,
and
‘‘(ii) the amount of the adjusted tax-
able gifts, over
‘‘(B) the exemption amount for the cal-
endar year in which the decedent died.
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘exemption
amount’ means $60,000.
‘‘(B) RESIDENTS OF POSSESSIONS OF THE
UNITED
STATES.—In the case of a decedent
who is considered to be a nonresident not a cit-
izen of the United States under section 2209,
the exemption amount under this paragraph
shall be the greater of—
‘‘(i) $60,000, or
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‘‘(ii) that proportion of $175,000
which the value of that part of the dece-
dent’s gross estate which at the time of his
death is situated in the United States
bears to the value of his entire gross estate
wherever situated.
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(i) 
COORDINATION
WITH
TREA-
TIES.—To the extent required under any
treaty obligation of the United States, the
exemption amount allowed under this para-
graph shall be equal to the amount which
bears the same ratio to the exemption
amount under section 2001(b)(3) (for the
calendar year in which the decedent died)
as the value of the part of the decedent’s
gross estate which at the time of his death
is situated in the United States bears to
the value of his entire gross estate wher-
ever situated. For purposes of the pre-
ceding sentence, property shall not be
treated as situated in the United States if
such property is exempt from the tax im-
posed by this subchapter under any treaty
obligation of the United States.
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‘‘(ii) COORDINATION WITH GIFT TAX
EXEMPTION AND UNIFIED CREDIT.—If an
exemption has been allowed under section
2521 (or a credit has been allowed under
section 2505 as in effect on the day before
the date of the enactment of the Small
Business Tax Fairness Act of 2001) with
respect to any gift made by the decedent,
each dollar amount contained in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) or the exemption amount
applicable under clause (i) of this subpara-
graph (whichever applies) shall be reduced
by the exemption so allowed under 2521
(or, in the case of such a credit, by the
amount of the gift for which the credit was
so allowed).’’.
(8) Section 2102 is amended by striking sub-
section (c).
(9)(A) Subsection (a) of section 2107 is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) LIMITATION
ON
EXEMPTION
AMOUNT.—
Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 2101(b)(3)
shall not apply in applying section 2101 for purposes
of this section.’’.
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(B) 
Subsection 
(c) 
of 
section 
2107 
is
amended—
(i) by striking paragraph (1) and by redes-
ignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
(1) and (2), respectively; and
(ii) by striking the second sentence of
paragraph (2) (as so redesignated).
(10) Paragraph (1) of section 6018(a) is
amended by striking ‘‘the applicable exclusion
amount in effect under section 2010(c)’’ and insert-
ing 
‘‘the 
exemption 
amount 
under 
section
2001(b)(3)’’.
(11) Subparagraph (A) of section 6601(j)(2) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) the amount of the tentative tax which
would be determined under the rate schedule
set forth in section 2001(c) if the amount with
respect to which such tentative tax is to be
computed were $1,000,000, or’’.
(12) The table of sections for part II of sub-
chapter A of chapter 11 is amended by striking the
item relating to section 2010.
(13) The table of sections for subchapter A of
chapter 12 is amended by striking the item relating
to section 2505.
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(14) The table of sections for subchapter C of
chapter 12 is amended by inserting before the item
relating to section 2522 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2521. Exemption.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section—
(1) insofar as they relate to the tax imposed by
chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
shall apply to estates of decedents dying after De-
cember 31, 2000; and
(2) insofar as they relate to the tax imposed by
chapter 12 of such Code, shall apply to gifts made
after December 31, 2000.
Subtitle C—Modifications of
Generation-skipping Transfer Tax
SEC. 321. DEEMED ALLOCATION OF GST EXEMPTION TO
LIFETIME TRANSFERS TO TRUSTS; RETRO-
ACTIVE ALLOCATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2632 (relating to special
rules for allocation of GST exemption) is amended by re-
designating subsection (c) as subsection (e) and by insert-
ing after subsection (b) the following new subsections:
‘‘(c) DEEMED ALLOCATION TO CERTAIN LIFETIME
TRANSFERS TO GST TRUSTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any individual makes an
indirect skip during such individual’s lifetime, any
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unused portion of such individual’s GST exemption
shall be allocated to the property transferred to the
extent necessary to make the inclusion ratio for such
property zero. If the amount of the indirect skip ex-
ceeds such unused portion, the entire unused portion
shall be allocated to the property transferred.
‘‘(2) UNUSED PORTION.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the unused portion of an individual’s
GST exemption is that portion of such exemption
which has not previously been—
‘‘(A) allocated by such individual,
‘‘(B) treated as allocated under subsection
(b) with respect to a direct skip occurring dur-
ing or before the calendar year in which the in-
direct skip is made, or
‘‘(C) treated as allocated under paragraph
(1) with respect to a prior indirect skip.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(A) INDIRECT
SKIP.—For purposes of
this subsection, the term ‘indirect skip’ means
any transfer of property (other than a direct
skip) subject to the tax imposed by chapter 12
made to a GST trust.
‘‘(B) GST TRUST.—The term ‘GST trust’
means a trust that could have a generation-
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skipping transfer with respect to the transferor
unless—
‘‘(i) the trust instrument provides that
more than 25 percent of the trust corpus
must be distributed to or may be with-
drawn by one or more individuals who are
non-skip persons—
‘‘(I) before the date that the indi-
vidual attains age 46,
‘‘(II) on or before one or more
dates specified in the trust instrument
that will occur before the date that
such individual attains age 46, or
‘‘(III) upon the occurrence of an
event that, in accordance with regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary, may
reasonably be expected to occur before
the date that such individual attains
age 46;
‘‘(ii) the trust instrument provides
that more than 25 percent of the trust cor-
pus must be distributed to or may be with-
drawn by one or more individuals who are
non-skip persons and who are living on the
date of death of another person identified
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in the instrument (by name or by class)
who is more than 10 years older than such
individuals;
‘‘(iii) the trust instrument provides
that, if one or more individuals who are
non-skip persons die on or before a date or
event described in clause (i) or (ii), more
than 25 percent of the trust corpus either
must be distributed to the estate or estates
of one or more of such individuals or is
subject to a general power of appointment
exercisable by one or more of such individ-
uals;
‘‘(iv) the trust is a trust any portion
of which would be included in the gross es-
tate of a non-skip person (other than the
transferor) if such person died immediately
after the transfer;
‘‘(v) the trust is a charitable lead an-
nuity trust (within the meaning of section
2642(e)(3)(A)) or a charitable remainder
annuity trust or a charitable remainder
unitrust (within the meaning of section
664(d)); or
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‘‘(vi) the trust is a trust with respect
to which a deduction was allowed under
section 2522 for the amount of an interest
in the form of the right to receive annual
payments of a fixed percentage of the net
fair market value of the trust property (de-
termined yearly) and which is required to
pay principal to a non-skip person if such
person is alive when the yearly payments
for which the deduction was allowed termi-
nate.
For purposes of this subparagraph, the value of
transferred property shall not be considered to
be includible in the gross estate of a non-skip
person or subject to a right of withdrawal by
reason of such person holding a right to with-
draw so much of such property as does not ex-
ceed the amount referred to in section 2503(b)
with respect to any transferor, and it shall be
assumed that powers of appointment held by
non-skip persons will not be exercised.
‘‘(4) AUTOMATIC
ALLOCATIONS
TO
CERTAIN
GST TRUSTS.—For purposes of this subsection, an
indirect skip to which section 2642(f) applies shall
be deemed to have been made only at the close of
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the estate tax inclusion period. The fair market
value of such transfer shall be the fair market value
of the trust property at the close of the estate tax
inclusion period.
‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual—
‘‘(i) may elect to have this subsection
not apply to—
‘‘(I) an indirect skip, or
‘‘(II) any or all transfers made
by such individual to a particular
trust, and
‘‘(ii) may elect to treat any trust as a
GST trust for purposes of this subsection
with respect to any or all transfers made
by such individual to such trust.
‘‘(B) ELECTIONS.—
‘‘(i) ELECTIONS
WITH
RESPECT
TO
INDIRECT SKIPS.—An election under sub-
paragraph (A)(i)(I) shall be deemed to be
timely if filed on a timely filed gift tax re-
turn for the calendar year in which the
transfer was made or deemed to have been
made pursuant to paragraph (4) or on
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such later date or dates as may be pre-
scribed by the Secretary.
‘‘(ii) OTHER ELECTIONS.—An election
under clause (i)(II) or (ii) of subparagraph
(A) may be made on a timely filed gift tax
return for the calendar year for which the
election is to become effective.
‘‘(d) RETROACTIVE ALLOCATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If—
‘‘(A) a non-skip person has an interest or
a future interest in a trust to which any trans-
fer has been made,
‘‘(B) such person—
‘‘(i) is a lineal descendant of a grand-
parent of the transferor or of a grand-
parent of the transferor’s spouse or former
spouse, and
‘‘(ii) is assigned to a generation below
the generation assignment of the trans-
feror, and
‘‘(C) such person predeceases the trans-
feror,
then the transferor may make an allocation of any
of such transferor’s unused GST exemption to any
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previous transfer or transfers to the trust on a
chronological basis.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES.—If the allocation under
paragraph (1) by the transferor is made on a gift
tax return filed on or before the date prescribed by
section 6075(b) for gifts made within the calendar
year within which the non-skip person’s death
occurred—
‘‘(A) the value of such transfer or trans-
fers for purposes of section 2642(a) shall be de-
termined as if such allocation had been made
on a timely filed gift tax return for each cal-
endar year within which each transfer was
made,
‘‘(B) such allocation shall be effective im-
mediately before such death, and
‘‘(C) the amount of the transferor’s unused
GST exemption available to be allocated shall
be determined immediately before such death.
‘‘(3) FUTURE INTEREST.—For purposes of this
subsection, a person has a future interest in a trust
if the trust may permit income or corpus to be paid
to such person on a date or dates in the future.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of
section 2632(b) is amended by striking ‘‘with respect to
a direct skip’’ and inserting ‘‘or subsection (c)(1)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) DEEMED ALLOCATION.—Section 2632(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by
subsection (a)), and the amendment made by sub-
section (b), shall apply to transfers subject to chap-
ter 11 or 12 made after December 31, 1999, and to
estate tax inclusion periods ending after December
31, 1999.
(2) 
RETROACTIVE
ALLOCATIONS.—Section
2632(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as
added by subsection (a)) shall apply to deaths of
non-skip persons occurring after December 31,
1999.
SEC. 322. SEVERING OF TRUSTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 2642
(relating to inclusion ratio) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) SEVERING OF TRUSTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a trust is severed in
a qualified severance, the trusts resulting from
such severance shall be treated as separate
trusts thereafter for purposes of this chapter.
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‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
SEVERANCE.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘quali-
fied severance’ means the division of a sin-
gle trust and the creation (by any means
available under the governing instrument
or under local law) of two or more trusts
if—
‘‘(I) the single trust was divided
on a fractional basis, and
‘‘(II) the terms of the new trusts,
in the aggregate, provide for the same
succession of interests of beneficiaries
as are provided in the original trust.
‘‘(ii) TRUSTS WITH INCLUSION RATIO
GREATER THAN ZERO.—If a trust has an
inclusion ratio of greater than zero and
less than 1, a severance is a qualified sev-
erance only if the single trust is divided
into two trusts, one of which receives a
fractional share of the total value of all
trust assets equal to the applicable fraction
of the single trust immediately before the
severance. In such case, the trust receiving
such fractional share shall have an inclu-
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sion ratio of zero and the other trust shall
have an inclusion ratio of 1.
‘‘(iii) 
REGULATIONS.—The 
term
‘qualified severance’ includes any other
severance permitted under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary.
‘‘(C) 
TIMING
AND
MANNER
OF
SEVERANCES.—A severance pursuant to this
paragraph may be made at any time. The Sec-
retary shall prescribe by forms or regulations
the manner in which the qualified severance
shall be reported to the Secretary.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to severances after December 31,
1999.
SEC. 323. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN VALUATION RULES.
(a) GIFTS FOR WHICH GIFT TAX RETURN FILED OR
DEEMED ALLOCATION MADE.—Paragraph (1) of section
2642(b) (relating to valuation rules, etc.) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(1) GIFTS
FOR
WHICH
GIFT
TAX
RETURN
FILED OR DEEMED ALLOCATION MADE.—If the allo-
cation of the GST exemption to any transfers of
property is made on a gift tax return filed on or be-
fore the date prescribed by section 6075(b) for such
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transfer or is deemed to be made under section
2632(b)(1) or (c)(1)—
‘‘(A) the value of such property for pur-
poses of subsection (a) shall be its value as fi-
nally determined for purposes of chapter 12
(within the meaning of section 2001(f)(2)), or,
in the case of an allocation deemed to have been
made at the close of an estate tax inclusion pe-
riod, its value at the time of the close of the es-
tate tax inclusion period, and
‘‘(B) such allocation shall be effective on
and after the date of such transfer, or, in the
case of an allocation deemed to have been made
at the close of an estate tax inclusion period, on
and after the close of such estate tax inclusion
period.’’.
(b) TRANSFERS AT DEATH.—Subparagraph (A) of
section 2642(b)(2) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) TRANSFERS AT DEATH.—If property
is transferred as a result of the death of the
transferor, the value of such property for pur-
poses of subsection (a) shall be its value as fi-
nally determined for purposes of chapter 11; ex-
cept that, if the requirements prescribed by the
Secretary respecting allocation of post-death
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changes in value are not met, the value of such
property shall be determined as of the time of
the distribution concerned.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to transfers subject to chapter 11
or 12 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 made after
December 31, 1999.
SEC. 324. RELIEF PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2642 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) RELIEF PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) RELIEF FOR LATE ELECTIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall by
regulation prescribe such circumstances and
procedures under which extensions of time will
be granted to make—
‘‘(i) an allocation of GST exemption
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (b), and
‘‘(ii) an election under subsection
(b)(3) or (c)(5) of section 2632.
Such regulations shall include procedures for
requesting comparable relief with respect to
transfers made before the date of the enactment
of this paragraph.
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‘‘(B) BASIS
FOR
DETERMINATIONS.—In
determining whether to grant relief under this
paragraph, the Secretary shall take into ac-
count all relevant circumstances, including evi-
dence of intent contained in the trust instru-
ment or instrument of transfer and such other
factors as the Secretary deems relevant. For
purposes of determining whether to grant relief
under this paragraph, the time for making the
allocation (or election) shall be treated as if not
expressly prescribed by statute.
‘‘(2) SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLIANCE.—An alloca-
tion of GST exemption under section 2632 that
demonstrates an intent to have the lowest possible
inclusion ratio with respect to a transfer or a trust
shall be deemed to be an allocation of so much of
the transferor’s unused GST exemption as produces
the lowest possible inclusion ratio. In determining
whether there has been substantial compliance, all
relevant circumstances shall be taken into account,
including evidence of intent contained in the trust
instrument or instrument of transfer and such other
factors as the Secretary deems relevant.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
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(1) RELIEF
FOR
LATE
ELECTIONS.—Section
2642(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as added by subsection (a)) shall apply to requests
pending on, or filed after, December 31, 1999.
(2) 
SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLIANCE.—Section
2642(g)(2) of such Code (as so added) shall take ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply to transfers subject to chapter 11 or 12
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 made after
December 31, 1999.
Subtitle D—Conservation
Easements
SEC. 331. EXPANSION OF ESTATE TAX RULE FOR CON-
SERVATION EASEMENTS.
(a) WHERE LAND IS LOCATED.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(i) 
of 
section
2031(c)(8)(A) (defining land subject to a conserva-
tion easement) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘25 miles’’ both places it
appears and inserting ‘‘50 miles’’; and
(B) striking ‘‘10 miles’’ and inserting ‘‘25
miles’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to estates of decedents
dying after December 31, 1999.
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(b) CLARIFICATION
OF DATE
FOR DETERMINING
VALUE OF LAND AND EASEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2031(c)(2) (defining
applicable percentage) is amended by adding at the
end the following new sentence: ‘‘The values taken
into account under the preceding sentence shall be
such values as of the date of the contribution re-
ferred to in paragraph (8)(B).’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by this subsection shall apply to estates of decedents
dying after December 31, 1997.
TITLE IV—TIMBER INCENTIVE
SEC. 401. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT
OF AMORTIZABLE REFORESTATION EXPENDI-
TURES.
(a) INCREASE IN DOLLAR LIMITATION.—Paragraph
(1) of section 194(b) (relating to amortization of reforest-
ation expenditures) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000
($5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000 ($12,500’’.
(b) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF INCREASED DOL-
LAR LIMITATION.—Subsection (b) of section 194(b) (re-
lating to amortization of reforestation expenditures) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
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‘‘(5) SUSPENSION
OF
DOLLAR
LIMITATION.—
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to taxable years be-
ginning after December 31, 2000, and before Janu-
ary 1, 2004.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of
section 48(b) is amended by striking ‘‘section 194(b)(1)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 194(b)(1) and without regard to
section 194(b)(5)’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
TITLE V—REAL ESTATE
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Private Activity Bond
Volume Cap
SEC. 501. ACCELERATION OF PHASE-IN OF INCREASE IN
VOLUME CAP ON PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The table contained in section
146(d)(2) (relating to per capita limit; aggregate limit) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘Calendar Year
Per Capita
Limit
Aggregate
Limit
2001 ....................................................................................
$55.00
$165,000,000
2002 ....................................................................................
60.00
180,000,000
2003 ....................................................................................
65.00
195,000,000
2004, 2005, and 2006 .........................................................
70.00
210,000,000
2007 and thereafter ............................................................
75.00
225,000,000.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after
2000.
Subtitle B—Exclusion From Gross
Income for Certain Forgiven
Mortgage Obligations
SEC. 502. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR CERTAIN
FORGIVEN MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 108(a)
(relating to exclusion from gross income) is amended by
striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of both subparagraphs (A) and
(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) in the case of an individual, the in-
debtedness discharged is qualified residential in-
debtedness.’’.
(b) 
QUALIFIED
RESIDENTIAL
INDEBTEDNESS
SHORTFALL.—Section 108 (relating to discharge of in-
debtedness) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(h) QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL INDEBTEDNESS.—
‘‘(1) 
LIMITATIONS.—The 
amount 
excluded
under subparagraph (E) of subsection (a)(1) with
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respect to any qualified residential indebtedness
shall not exceed the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(A) the outstanding principal amount of
such indebtedness (immediately before the dis-
charge), over
‘‘(B) the sum of—
‘‘(i) the amount realized from the sale
of the real property securing such indebt-
edness reduced by the cost of such sale,
and
‘‘(ii) the outstanding principal amount
of any other indebtedness secured by such
property.
‘‘(2) 
QUALIFIED
RESIDENTIAL
INDEBTED-
NESS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
residential indebtedness’ means indebtedness
which—
‘‘(i) was incurred or assumed by the
taxpayer in connection with real property
used as the principal residence (within the
meaning of section 121) of the taxpayer
and is secured by such real property,
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‘‘(ii) is incurred or assumed to ac-
quire, construct, reconstruct, or substan-
tially improve such real property, and
‘‘(iii) with respect to which such tax-
payer makes an election to have this para-
graph apply.
‘‘(B) REFINANCED INDEBTEDNESS.—Such
term shall include indebtedness resulting from
the refinancing of indebtedness under subpara-
graph (A)(ii), but only to the extent the amount
of the indebtedness resulting from such refi-
nancing does not exceed the amount of the refi-
nanced indebtedness.
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not
include qualified farm indebtedness or qualified
real property business indebtedness.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 108(a) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and
(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D), and (E)’’; and
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read
as follows:
‘‘(B) 
INSOLVENCY
EXCLUSION
TAKES
PRECEDENCE OVER QUALIFIED FARM EXCLU-
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SION; QUALIFIED
REAL
PROPERTY
BUSINESS
EXCLUSION; 
AND
QUALIFIED
RESIDENTIAL
SHORTFALL
EXCLUSION.—Subparagraphs (C),
(D), and (E) of paragraph (1) shall not apply
to a discharge to the extent the taxpayer is in-
solvent.’’.
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 108(b) is amended
by striking ‘‘or (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C), or (E)’’.
(3) Subsection (c) of section 121 of such Code
is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO DISCHARGE
OF
INDEBTEDNESS.—The amount of gain which
(but for this paragraph) would be excluded from
gross income under subsection (a) with respect to a
principal residence shall be reduced by the amount
excluded 
from 
gross 
income 
under 
section
108(a)(1)(E) with respect to such residence.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to discharges after December 31,
2000.
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TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO THE
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
OF 1938
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Minimum Wage In-
crease Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 602. MINIMUM WAGE.
Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, not less than—
‘‘(A) $5.15 an hour beginning September
1, 1997,
‘‘(B) $5.65 an hour during the year begin-
ning April 1, 2001, and
‘‘(C) $6.15 an hour beginning April 1,
2002;’’.
SEC. 603. EXEMPTION FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS.
Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended by amending para-
graph (17) to read as follows:
‘‘(17) any employee who is a computer systems,
network, or database analyst, designer, developer,
programmer, software engineer, or other similarly
skilled worker—
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‘‘(A) whose primary duty is—
‘‘(i) the application of systems or net-
work or database analysis techniques and
procedures, 
including 
consulting 
with
users, to determine hardware, software,
systems, network, or database specifica-
tions (including functional specifications);
‘‘(ii) the design, configuration, devel-
opment, integration, documentation, anal-
ysis, creation, testing, securing, or modi-
fication of, or problem resolution for, com-
puter systems, networks, databases, or pro-
grams, including prototypes, based on and
related to user, system, network, or data-
base specifications, including design speci-
fications and machine operating systems;
‘‘(iii) the management or training of
employees performing duties described in
clause (i) or (ii); or
‘‘(iv) a combination of duties de-
scribed in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) the per-
formance of which requires the same level
of skills; and
‘‘(B) who, in the case of an employee who
is compensated on an hourly basis, is com-
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pensated at a rate of not less than $27.63 an
hour.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘network’
includes the Internet and intranet networks and the
world wide web. An employee who meets the exemp-
tion provided by this paragraph shall be considered
an employee in a professional capacity pursuant to
paragraph (1); or’’.
SEC. 604. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SALES EMPLOYEES.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is further
amended by adding after paragraph (17) the following:
‘‘(18) any employee employed in a sales position
if—
‘‘(A) the employee has specialized or tech-
nical knowledge related to products or services
being sold;
‘‘(B) the employee’s—
‘‘(i) sales are predominantly to per-
sons or entities to whom the employee’s
position has made previous sales; or
‘‘(ii) position does not involve initi-
ating sales contacts;
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‘‘(C) the employee has a detailed under-
standing of the needs of those to whom the em-
ployee is selling;
‘‘(D) the employee exercises discretion in
offering a variety of products and services;
‘‘(E) the employee receives—
‘‘(i) base compensation, determined
without regard to the number of hours
worked by the employee, of not less than
an amount equal to one and one-half times
the minimum wage in effect under section
6(a)(1) multiplied by 2,080; and
‘‘(ii) in addition to the employee’s
base compensation, compensation based
upon each sale attributable to the em-
ployee;
‘‘(F) the employee’s aggregate compensa-
tion based upon sales attributable to the em-
ployee is not less than 40 percent of one and
one-half times the minimum wage multiplied by
2,080;
‘‘(G) the employee receives a rate of com-
pensation based upon each sale attributable to
the employee which is beyond sales required to
reach the compensation required by subpara-
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graph (F) which rate is not less than the rate
on which the compensation required by sub-
paragraph (F) is determined; and
‘‘(H) the rate of annual compensation or
base compensation for any employee who did
not work for an employer for an entire calendar
year is prorated to reflect annual compensation
which would have been earned if the employee
had been compensated at the same rate for the
entire calendar year; or’’.
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) may not be construed to apply to individuals
who are employed as route sales drivers.
SEC. 605. EXEMPTION FOR FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is further amended by adding
after paragraph (18) the following:
‘‘(19) any employee employed as a licensed fu-
neral director or a licensed embalmer.’’.
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