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Calendar No. 455 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5623 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 29, 2010 
Received and read the first time 
JUNE 30, 2010 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase of a principal 
residence before October 1, 2010, in the case of a written 
binding contract entered into with respect to such prin-
cipal residence before May 1, 2010, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Homebuyer Assistance 
and Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF HOMEBUYER CREDIT FOR CERTAIN 
PURCHASES PURSUANT TO BINDING CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 36(h) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘July 1, 
2010’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘and who purchases such residence 
before October 1, 2010, paragraph (1) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘October 1, 2010’ ’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 
of section 36(h)(3) of such Code is amended by inserting 
‘‘, and for ‘October 1, 2010’ ’’ after ‘‘for ‘July 1, 2010’ ’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to residences purchased after June 
30, 2010. 
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF BAD CHECKS PENALTY TO ELEC-
TRONIC PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6657 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘If any check or money order in 
payment of any amount’’ and inserting ‘‘If any in-
strument in payment, by any commercially accept-
able means, of any amount’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘such check’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘such instrument’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to instruments tendered after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF PRISONER RETURN INFORMATION 
TO STATE PRISONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
6103(k)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and the head of any State 
agency charged with the responsibility for adminis-
tration of prisons’’ after ‘‘the head of the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Federal prison’’ and inserting 
‘‘Federal or State prison’’. 
(b) RESTRICTION
ON
REDISCLOSURE.—Subpara-
graph (B) of section 6103(k)(10) of such Code is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and the head of any State 
agency charged with the responsibility for adminis-
tration of prisons’’ after ‘‘the head of the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons’’, and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or agency’’ after ‘‘such Bu-
reau’’. 
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(c) RECORDKEEPING.—Paragraph (4) of section 
6103(p) of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘(k)(10),’’ 
before ‘‘(l)(6),’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph (A). 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of para-
graph (10) of section 6103(k) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘OF PRISONERS TO FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
PRISONS’’ and inserting ‘‘TO CERTAIN PRISON OFFICIALS’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to disclosures made after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENT OF TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009. 
(a) TRAVEL
PROMOTION
FUND
FEES.—Section 
217(h)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘subsection (d) of section 11 of 
the Travel Promotion Act of 2009.’’ in clause (ii) 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) of the Travel Pro-
motion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)).’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014.’’ in clause 
(iii) and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 
2011.—Subsection (d) of the Travel Promotion Act of 
2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2010, the’’ in 
paragraph (2)(A) and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘quarterly, beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2010,’’ in paragraph (2)(A) and inserting 
‘‘monthly, immediately following the collection of 
fees under section 217(h)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Immi-
gration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1187(h)(3)(B)(i)(I)),’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2011 through 
2014,’’ in paragraph (2)(B) and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2012 through 2015,’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2010,’’ in paragraph 
(3)(A) and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2011,’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2011,’’ each place it 
appears in paragraph (3)(A) and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2012,’’; and 
(6) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2010, 2011, 2012, 
2013, or 2014’’ in paragraph (4)(B) and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015’’. 
SEC. 6. PAYGO COMPLIANCE. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
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vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 455 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5623 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
extend the homebuyer tax credit for the purchase 
of a principal residence before October 1, 2010, 
in the case of a written binding contract entered 
into with respect to such principal residence be-
fore May 1, 2010, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 30, 2010 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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