SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Financial Freedom Act of 1999’’.
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment 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 provi-
sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c) SECTION 15 NOT TO APPLY.—No amendment
made by this Act shall be treated as a change in a rate
of tax for purposes of section 15 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; etc.
TITLE I—BROAD-BASED TAX RELIEF
Subtitle A—10-Percent Reduction in Individual Income Tax Rates
Sec. 101. 10-percent reduction in individual income tax rates.
Subtitle B—Marriage Penalty Tax Relief
Sec. 111. Elimination of marriage penalty in standard deduction.
Sec. 112. Elimination of marriage penalty in deduction for interest on edu-
cation loans.
Sec. 113. Rollover from regular IRA to Roth IRA.
Subtitle C—Repeal of Alternative Minimum Tax on Individuals
Sec. 121. Repeal of alternative minimum tax on individuals.
TITLE II—RELIEF FROM TAXATION ON SAVINGS AND
INVESTMENTS
Sec. 201. Exemption of certain interest and dividend income from tax.
Sec. 202. Reduction in individual capital gain tax rates.
Sec. 203. Capital gains tax rates applied to capital gains of designated settle-
ment funds.
Sec. 204. Special rule for members of uniformed services and foreign service,
and other employees, in determining exclusion of gain from
sale of principal residence.
Sec. 205. Treatment of certain dealer derivative financial instruments, hedging
transactions, and supplies as ordinary assets.
Sec. 206. Worthless securities of financial institutions.
TITLE III—INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND JOB
CREATION
Sec. 301. Reduction in corporate capital gain tax rate.
Sec. 302. Repeal of alternative minimum tax on corporations.
TITLE IV—EDUCATION SAVINGS INCENTIVES
Sec. 401. Modifications to education individual retirement accounts.
Sec. 402. Modifications to qualified tuition programs.
Sec. 403. Exclusion of certain amounts received under the National Health
Service Corps scholarship program, the F. Edward Hebert
Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial
Assistance Program, and certain other programs.
Sec. 404. Additional increase in arbitrage rebate exception for governmental
bonds used to finance educational facilities.
Sec. 405. Modification of arbitrage rebate rules applicable to public school con-
struction bonds.
Sec. 406. Repeal of 60-month limitation on deduction for interest on education
loans.
TITLE V—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Deduction for health and long-term care insurance costs of individ-
uals not participating in employer-subsidized health plans.
Sec. 502. Long-term care insurance permitted to be offered under cafeteria
plans and flexible spending arrangements.
Sec. 503. Expansion of availability of medical savings accounts.
Sec. 504. Additional personal exemption for taxpayer caring for elderly family
member in taxpayer’s home.
Sec. 505. Expanded human clinical trials qualifying for orphan drug credit.
Sec. 506. Inclusion of certain vaccines against streptococcus pneumoniae to list
of taxable vaccines.
Sec. 507. Above-the-line deduction for prescription drug insurance coverage of
medicare beneficiaries if certain medicare and low-income as-
sistance provisions in effect.
TITLE VI—ESTATE TAX RELIEF
Subtitle A—Repeal of Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes; Repeal of
Step Up in Basis At Death
Sec. 601. Repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes.
Sec. 602. Termination of step up in basis at death.
Sec. 603. Carryover basis at death.
Subtitle B—Reductions of Estate and Gift Tax Rates Prior to Repeal
Sec. 611. Additional reductions of estate and gift tax rates.
Subtitle C—Unified Credit Replaced With Unified Exemption Amount
Sec. 621. Unified credit against estate and gift taxes replaced with unified ex-
emption amount.
Subtitle D—Modifications of Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
Sec. 631. Deemed allocation of GST exemption to lifetime transfers to trusts;
retroactive allocations.
Sec. 632. Severing of trusts.
Sec. 633. Modification of certain valuation rules.
Sec. 634. Relief provisions.
TITLE VII—TAX RELIEF FOR DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES AND
INDUSTRIES
Subtitle A—American Community Renewal Act of 1999
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Designation of and tax incentives for renewal communities.
Sec. 703. Extension of expensing of environmental remediation costs to renewal
communities.
Sec. 704. Extension of work opportunity tax credit for renewal communities
Sec. 705. Conforming and clerical amendments.
Sec. 706. Evaluation and reporting requirements.
Subtitle B—Farming Incentive
Sec. 711. Production flexibility contract payments.
Subtitle C—Oil and Gas Incentives
Sec. 721. 5-year net operating loss carryback for losses attributable to oper-
ating mineral interests of independent oil and gas producers.
Sec. 722. Deduction for delay rental payments.
Sec. 723. Election to expense geological and geophysical expenditures.
Sec. 724. Temporary suspension of limitation based on 65 percent of taxable
income.
Sec. 725. Determination of small refiner exception to oil depletion deduction.
Subtitle D—Timber Incentives
Sec. 731. Temporary suspension of maximum amount of amortizable reforest-
ation expenditures.
Sec. 732. Capital gain treatment under section 631(b) to apply to outright
sales by land owner.
Subtitle E—Steel Industry Incentive
Sec. 741. Minimum tax relief for steel industry.
TITLE VIII—RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Sec. 801. Deduction for 100 percent of health insurance costs of self-employed
individuals.
Sec. 802. Increase in expense treatment for small businesses.
Sec. 803. Repeal of Federal unemployment surtax.
Sec. 804. Restoration of 80 percent deduction for meal expenses.
TITLE IX—INTERNATIONAL TAX RELIEF
Sec. 901. Interest allocation rules.
Sec. 902. Look-thru rules to apply to dividends from noncontrolled section 902
corporations.
Sec. 903. Clarification of treatment of pipeline transportation income.
Sec. 904. Subpart F treatment of income from transmission of high voltage
electricity.
Sec. 905. Recharacterization of overall domestic loss.
Sec. 906. Treatment of military property of foreign sales corporations.
Sec. 907. Treatment of certain dividends of regulated investment companies.
Sec. 908. Repeal of special rules for applying foreign tax credit in case of for-
eign oil and gas income.
Sec. 909. Study of proper treatment of European Union under same country
exceptions.
Sec. 910. Application of denial of foreign tax credit with respect to certain for-
eign countries.
Sec. 911. Advance pricing agreements treated as confidential taxpayer informa-
tion.
Sec. 912. Increase in dollar limitation on section 911 exclusion.
TITLE X—PROVISIONS RELATING TO TAX-EXEMPT
ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 1001. Exemption from income tax for State-created organizations pro-
viding property and casualty insurance for property for which
such coverage is otherwise unavailable.
Sec. 1002. Modification of special arbitrage rule for certain funds.
Sec. 1003. Charitable split-dollar life insurance, annuity, and endowment con-
tracts.
Sec. 1004. Exemption procedure from taxes on self-dealing.
Sec. 1005. Expansion of declaratory judgment remedy to tax-exempt organiza-
tions.
Sec. 1006. Modifications to section 512(b)(13).
TITLE XI—REAL ESTATE PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investment Trusts
PART I—TREATMENT OF INCOME AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY TAXABLE
REIT SUBSIDIARIES
Sec. 1101. Modifications to asset diversification test.
Sec. 1102. Treatment of income and services provided by taxable REIT subsidi-
aries.
Sec. 1103. Taxable REIT subsidiary.
Sec. 1104. Limitation on earnings stripping.
Sec. 1105. 100 percent tax on improperly allocated amounts.
Sec. 1106. Effective date.
PART II—HEALTH CARE REITS
Sec. 1111. Health care REITs.
PART III—CONFORMITY WITH REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RULES
Sec. 1121. Conformity with regulated investment company rules.
PART IV—CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION FROM IMPERMISSIBLE TENANT
SERVICE INCOME
Sec. 1131. Clarification of exception for independent operators.
PART V—MODIFICATION OF EARNINGS AND PROFITS RULES
Sec. 1141. Modification of earnings and profits rules.
PART VI—STUDY RELATING TO TAXABLE REIT SUBSIDIARIES
Sec. 1151. Study relating to taxable REIT subsidiaries.
Subtitle B—Modification of At-Risk Rules for Publicly Traded Nonrecourse
Debt
Sec. 1161. Treatment under at-risk rules of publicly traded nonrecourse debt.
Subtitle C—Treatment of Construction Allowances and Certain Contributions
to Capital of Retailers
Sec. 1171. Exclusion from gross income of qualified lessee construction allow-
ances not limited for certain retailers to short-term leases.
Sec. 1172. Exclusion from gross income for certain contributions to the capital
of certain retailers.
TITLE XII—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PENSIONS
Subtitle A—Expanding Coverage
Sec. 1201. Increase in benefit and contribution limits.
Sec. 1202. Plan loans for subchapter S owners, partners, and sole proprietors.
Sec. 1203. Modification of top-heavy rules.
Sec. 1204. Elective deferrals not taken into account for purposes of deduction
limits.
Sec. 1205. Repeal of coordination requirements for deferred compensation plans
of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations.
Sec. 1206. Elimination of user fee for requests to IRS regarding pension plans.
Sec. 1207. Deduction limits.
Sec. 1208. Option to treat elective deferrals as after-tax contributions.
Sec. 1209. Increase in minimum defined benefit limit under section 415.
Subtitle B—Enhancing Fairness for Women
Sec. 1221. Additional salary reduction catch-up contributions.
Sec. 1222. Equitable treatment for contributions of employees to defined con-
tribution plans.
Sec. 1223. Faster vesting of certain employer matching contributions.
Sec. 1224. Simplify and update the minimum distribution rules.
Sec. 1225. Clarification of tax treatment of division of section 457 plan benefits
upon divorce.
Subtitle C—Increasing Portability for Participants
Sec. 1231. Rollovers allowed among various types of plans.
Sec. 1232. Rollovers of IRAs into workplace retirement plans.
Sec. 1233. Rollovers of after-tax contributions.
Sec. 1234. Hardship exception to 60-day rule.
Sec. 1235. Treatment of forms of distribution.
Sec. 1236. Rationalization of restrictions on distributions.
Sec. 1237. Purchase of service credit in governmental defined benefit plans.
Sec. 1238. Employers may disregard rollovers for purposes of cash-out
amounts.
Sec. 1239. Minimum distribution and inclusion requirements for section 457
plans.
Subtitle D—Strengthening Pension Security and Enforcement
Sec. 1241. Repeal of 150 percent of current liability funding limit.
Sec. 1242. Maximum contribution deduction rules modified and applied to all
defined benefit plans.
Sec. 1243. Excise tax relief for sound pension funding.
Sec. 1244. Excise tax on failure to provide notice by defined benefit plans sig-
nificantly reducing future benefit accruals.
Subtitle E—Reducing Regulatory Burdens
Sec. 1251. Repeal of the multiple use test.
Sec. 1252. Modification of timing of plan valuations.
Sec. 1253. Flexibility and nondiscrimination and line of business rules.
Sec. 1254. ESOP dividends may be reinvested without loss of dividend deduc-
tion.
Sec. 1255. Notice and consent period regarding distributions.
Sec. 1256. Repeal of transition rule relating to certain highly compensated em-
ployees.
Sec. 1257. Employees of tax-exempt entities.
Sec. 1258. Clarification of treatment of employer-provided retirement advice.
Sec. 1259. Provisions relating to plan amendments.
Sec. 1260. Model plans for small businesses.
Sec. 1261. Simplified annual filing requirement for plans with fewer than 25
employees.
Sec. 1262. Improvement of Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System.
Sec. 1263. Treatment of multiemployer plans under section 415.
TITLE XIII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Provisions Primarily Affecting Individuals
Sec. 1301. Exclusion for foster care payments to apply to payments by quali-
fied placement agencies.
Sec. 1302. Mileage reimbursements to charitable volunteers excluded from
gross income.
Sec. 1303. W–2 to include employer social security taxes.
Sec. 1304. Consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers
killed in the line of duty.
Subtitle B—Provisions Primarily Affecting Businesses
Sec. 1311. Distributions from publicly traded partnerships treated as qualifying
income of regulated investment companies.
Sec. 1312. Special passive activity rule for publicly traded partnerships to apply
to regulated investment companies.
Sec. 1313. Large electric trucks, vans, and buses eligible for deduction for
clean-fuel vehicles in lieu of credit.
Sec. 1314. Modifications to special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs.
Sec. 1315. Consolidation of life insurance companies with other corporations.
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Excise Taxes
Sec. 1321. Consolidation of Hazardous Substance Superfund and Leaking Un-
derground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
Sec. 1322. Repeal of certain motor fuel excise taxes on fuel used by railroads
and on inland waterway transportation.
Sec. 1323. Repeal of excise tax on fishing tackle boxes.
Sec. 1324. Clarification of excise tax imposed on arrow components.
Subtitle D—Improvements in Low-Income Housing Credit
Sec. 1331. Increase in State ceiling on low-income housing credit.
Sec. 1332. Modification of criteria for allocating housing credits among
projects.
Sec. 1333. Additional responsibilities of housing credit agencies.
Sec. 1334. Modifications to rules relating to basis of building which is eligible
for credit.
Sec. 1335. Other modifications.
Sec. 1336. Carryforward rules.
Sec. 1337. Effective date.
Subtitle E—Entrepreneurial Equity Capital Formation
PART I—TAX-FREE CONVERSIONS OF SPECIALIZED SMALL BUSINESS
INVESTMENT COMPANIES INTO PASS-THRU ENTITIES
Sec. 1341. Modifications to provisions relating to regulated investment compa-
nies.
Sec. 1342. Tax-free reorganization of specialized small business investment
company as a partnership.
PART II—ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES RELATED TO INVESTING IN SPECIALIZED
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Sec. 1346. Expansion of nonrecognition treatment for securities gain rolled over
into specialized small business investment companies.
Sec. 1347. Modifications to exclusion for gain from qualified small business
stock.
Subtitle F—Other Provisions
Sec. 1351. Increase in volume cap on private activity bonds.
Sec. 1352. Tax treatment of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts.
Sec. 1353. Increase in threshold for Joint Committee reports on refunds and
credits.
Sec. 1354. Clarification of depreciation study.
Subtitle G—Tax Court Provisions
Sec. 1361. Tax Court filing fee in all cases commenced by filing petition.
Sec. 1362. Expanded use of Tax Court practice fee.
Sec. 1363. Confirmation of authority of Tax Court to apply doctrine of equi-
table recoupment.
Subtitle H—Tax-Free Transfer of Bottled Distilled Spirits to Bonded Dealers
Sec. 1371. Tax-free transfer of bottled distilled spirits from distilled spirits
plant to bonded dealer.
Sec. 1372. Establishment of distilled spirits plant.
Sec. 1373. Distilled spirits plants.
Sec. 1374. Bonded dealers.
Sec. 1375. Time for collecting tax on distilled spirits.
Sec. 1376. Exemption from occupational tax not applicable.
Sec. 1377. Technical, conforming, and clerical amendments.
Sec. 1378. Cooperative agreements.
Sec. 1379. Effective date.
Sec. 1380. Study.
TITLE XIV—EXTENSIONS OF EXPIRING PROVISIONS
Sec. 1401. Research credit.
Sec. 1402. Subpart F exemption for active financing income.
Sec. 1403. Taxable income limit on percentage depletion for marginal produc-
tion.
Sec. 1404. Work opportunity credit and welfare-to-work credit.
TITLE XV—REVENUE OFFSETS
Sec. 1501. Returns relating to cancellations of indebtedness by organizations
lending money.
Sec. 1502. Extension of Internal Revenue Service user fees.
Sec. 1503. Limitations on welfare benefit funds of 10 or more employer plans.
Sec. 1504. Increase in elective withholding rate for nonperiodic distributions
from deferred compensation plans.
Sec. 1505. Controlled entities ineligible for REIT status.
Sec. 1506. Treatment of gain from constructive ownership transactions.
Sec. 1507. Transfer of excess defined benefit plan assets for retiree health ben-
efits.
Sec. 1508. Modification of installment method and repeal of installment method
for accrual method taxpayers.
Sec. 1509. Limitation on use of nonaccrual experience method of accounting.
Sec. 1510. Exclusion of like-kind exchange property from nonrecognition treat-
ment on the sale of a principal residence.
TITLE XVI—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Sec. 1601. Amendments related to Tax and Trade Relief Extension Act of
1998.
Sec. 1602. Amendments related to Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and
Reform Act of 1998.
Sec. 1603. Amendments related to Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
Sec. 1604. Other technical corrections.
Sec. 1605. Clerical changes.
TITLE XVII—COMMITMENT TO DEBT REDUCTION
Sec. 1701. Commitment to debt reduction.
TITLE XVIII—BUDGETARY TREATMENT
Sec. 1801. Exclusion of effects of this Act from paygo scorecard.
TITLE I—BROAD-BASED TAX
RELIEF
Subtitle A—10-Percent Reduction
in Individual Income Tax Rates
SEC. 101. 10-PERCENT REDUCTION IN INDIVIDUAL INCOME
TAX RATES.
(a) REGULAR INCOME TAX RATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 1 is
amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(8) RATE
REDUCTIONS.—In prescribing the
tables under paragraph (1) which apply with respect
to taxable years beginning in a calendar year after
2000, each rate in such tables (without regard to
this paragraph) shall be reduced by the number of
percentage points (rounded to the next lowest tenth)
equal to the applicable percentage (determined in ac-
cordance with the following table) of such rate:
‘‘For taxable years beginning
The applicable
in calendar year—
percentage is—
2001 through 2003 ......................................................
1.0
2004 .............................................................................
2.5
2005 through 2007 ......................................................
5.0
2008 .............................................................................
7.5
2009 and thereafter .....................................................
10.0.
In the case of taxable years beginning in calendar
year 2001, the rounding referred to in the preceding
sentence shall be to the next highest tenth.
‘‘(9) POST-2001
RATE
REDUCTIONS
CONTIN-
GENT
ON
NO
INCREASE
IN
INTEREST
ON
TOTAL
UNITED STATES DEBT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2001, para-
graph (8) shall apply only to taxable years be-
ginning after the first debt reduction calendar
year.
‘‘(B) DELAY OF FURTHER RATE REDUC-
TIONS
IF
INCREASE
IN
INTEREST
ON
TOTAL
UNITED STATES DEBT.—For each calendar year
after 2000 which is not a debt reduction cal-
endar year, the table in paragraph (8) shall be
applied for each subsequent calendar year by
substituting the calendar year which is 1 year
later. The preceding sentence shall cease to
apply after the earliest calendar year with re-
spect to which the applicable percentage under
paragraph (8) is 10 percent (after the applica-
tion of the preceding sentence).
‘‘(C) 
DEBT
REDUCTION
CALENDAR
YEAR.—For purposes of this paragraph, the
term ‘debt reduction calendar year’ means any
calendar year after 2000 if, for the 12-month
period ending on July 31 of such calendar year,
the interest expense on the total United States
debt is not greater than such interest expense
for the 12-month period ending on July 31 of
the preceding calendar year.
‘‘(D) TOTAL UNITED STATES DEBT.—For
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘total
United States debt’ means obligations which
are subject to the public debt limit in section
3101 of title 31, United States Code.’’.
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Subparagraph (B) of section 1(f)(2) is
amended by inserting ‘‘except as provided in
paragraph (8),’’ before ‘‘by not changing’’.
(B) Subparagraph (C) of section 1(f)(2) is
amended by inserting ‘‘and the reductions
under paragraph (8) in the rates of tax’’ before
the period.
(C) The heading for subsection (f) of sec-
tion 1 is amended by inserting ‘‘RATE REDUC-
TIONS;’’ before ‘‘ADJUSTMENTS’’.
(D) Section 1(g)(7)(B)(ii)(II) is amended
by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the
percentage applicable to the lowest income
bracket in subsection (c)’’.
(E) Subparagraphs (A)(ii)(I) and (B)(i) of
section 1(h)(1) are each amended by striking
‘‘28 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25.2 percent’’.
(F) Section 531 is amended by striking
‘‘39.6 percent of the accumulated taxable in-
come’’ and inserting ‘‘the product of the accu-
mulated taxable income and the percentage ap-
plicable to the highest income bracket in section
1(c)’’.
(G) Section 541 is amended by striking
‘‘39.6 percent of the undistributed personal
holding company income’’ and inserting ‘‘the
product of the undistributed personal holding
company income and the percentage applicable
to the highest income bracket in section 1(c)’’.
(H) Section 3402(p)(1)(B) is amended by
striking ‘‘specified is 7, 15, 28, or 31 percent’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘specified
is—
‘‘(i) 7 percent,
‘‘(ii) a percentage applicable to 1 of
the 3 lowest income brackets in section
1(c), or
‘‘(iii) such other percentage as is per-
mitted under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary.’’.
(I) Section 3402(p)(2) is amended by
striking ‘‘15 percent of such payment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the product of such payment and the
percentage applicable to the lowest income
bracket in section 1(c)’’.
(J) Section 3402(q)(1) is amended by
striking ‘‘28 percent of such payment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the product of such payment and the
percentage applicable to the next to the lowest
income bracket in section 1(c)’’.
(K) Section 3402(r)(3) is amended by
striking ‘‘31 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the rate
applicable to the third income bracket in such
section’’.
(L) Section 3406(a)(1) is amended by
striking ‘‘31 percent of such payment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the product of such payment and the
percentage applicable to the third income brack-
et in section 1(c)’’.
(b) MINIMUM TAX RATES.—Subparagraph (A) of
section 55(b)(1) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause:
‘‘(iv) RATE REDUCTION.—In the case
of taxable years beginning after 2000, each
rate in clause (i) (without regard to this
clause) shall be reduced by the number of
percentage points (rounded to the next
lowest tenth) equal to the applicable per-
centage (determined in accordance with
section 1(f)(8)) of such rate.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
Subtitle B—Marriage Penalty Tax
Relief
SEC. 111. ELIMINATION OF MARRIAGE PENALTY IN STAND-
ARD DEDUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 63(c)
(relating to standard deduction) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ in subparagraph (A)
and inserting ‘‘twice the dollar amount in effect
under subparagraph (C) for the taxable year’’,
(2) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(B),
(3) by striking ‘‘in the case of’’ and all that fol-
lows in subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘in any
other case.’’, and
(4) by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) PHASE-IN.—Subsection (c) of section 63 is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(7) PHASE-IN OF INCREASE IN BASIC STAND-
ARD DEDUCTION.—In the case of taxable years be-
ginning before January 1, 2003—
‘‘(A) paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by
substituting for ‘twice’—
‘‘(i) ‘1.778 times’ in the case of tax-
able years beginning during 2001, and
‘‘(ii) ‘1.889 times’ in the case of tax-
able years beginning during 2002, and
‘‘(B) the basic standard deduction for a
married individual filing a separate return shall
be one-half of the amount applicable under
paragraph (2)(A).
If any amount determined under subparagraph (A)
is not a multiple of $50, such amount shall be
rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 1(f)(6) is
amended by striking ‘‘(other than with’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘shall be applied’’ and inserting
‘‘(other than with respect to sections 63(c)(4) and
151(d)(4)(A)) shall be applied’’.
(2) Paragraph (4) of section 63(c) is amended
by adding at the end the following flush sentence:
‘‘The preceding sentence shall not apply to the
amount referred to in paragraph (2)(A).’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
SEC. 112. ELIMINATION OF MARRIAGE PENALTY IN DEDUC-
TION FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
221(b)(2) (relating to limitation based on modified ad-
justed gross income) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$60,000’’ in clause (i)(II) and
inserting ‘‘twice such amount’’, and
(2) by inserting ‘‘($30,000 in the case of a joint
return)’’ after ‘‘$15,000’’ in clause (ii).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of
section 221(g) is amended by striking ‘‘and $60,000
amounts in subsection (b)(2) shall each’’ and inserting
‘‘amount in subsection (b)(2) shall’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1999.
SEC. 113. ROLLOVER FROM REGULAR IRA TO ROTH IRA.
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(i) 
of 
section
408A(c)(3)(B) is amended by inserting ‘‘($160,000 in the
case of a joint return)’’ after ‘‘$100,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1999.
Subtitle C—Repeal of Alternative
Minimum Tax on Individuals
SEC. 121. REPEAL OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX ON INDI-
VIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 55 is
amended by adding at the end the following new flush sen-
tence:
‘‘For purposes of this title, the tentative minimum tax on
any taxpayer other than a corporation for any taxable year
beginning after December 31, 2008, shall be zero.’’.
(b) REDUCTION OF TAX ON INDIVIDUALS PRIOR TO
REPEAL.—Section 55 is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) PHASEOUT OF TAX ON INDIVIDUALS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by this
section on a taxpayer other than a corporation for
any taxable year beginning after December 31,
2004, and before January 1, 2009, shall be the ap-
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the credit allowable under
subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed
the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(A) the regular tax liability of the tax-
payer for such taxable year reduced by the sum
of the credits allowable under subparts A, B, D,
E, and F of this part, over
‘‘(B) the tentative minimum tax for the
taxable year.
‘‘(2) 
TAXABLE
YEARS
BEGINNING
AFTER
2008.—In the case of any taxable year beginning
after 2008, the credit allowable under subsection (a)
to a taxpayer other than a corporation for any tax-
able year shall not exceed 90 percent of the excess
(if any) of—
‘‘(A) regular tax liability of the taxpayer
for such taxable year, over
‘‘(B) the sum of the credits allowable
under subparts A, B, D, E, and F of this
part.’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1998.
TITLE 
II—RELIEF 
FROM 
TAX-
ATION ON SAVINGS AND IN-
VESTMENTS
SEC. 201. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN INTEREST AND DIVI-
DEND INCOME FROM TAX.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 (relating to amounts specifically excluded from gross
income) is amended by inserting after section 115 the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 116. PARTIAL EXCLUSION OF DIVIDENDS AND INTER-
EST RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUALS.
‘‘(a) EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME.—Gross in-
come does not include dividends and interest otherwise in-
cludible in gross income which are received during the tax-
able year by an individual.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
aggregate
amount excluded under subsection (a) for any tax-
able year shall not exceed—
‘‘(A) in the case of any taxable year begin-
ning in 2001 or 2002, $50 ($100 in the case
of a joint return),
‘‘(B) in the case of any taxable year begin-
ning in 2003 or 2004, $100 ($200 in the case
of a joint return), and
‘‘(C) in the case of any taxable year begin-
ning after 2004, $200 ($400 in the case of a
joint return).
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
DIVIDENDS
EXCLUDED.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply to any dividend from a
corporation which for the taxable year of the cor-
poration in which the distribution is made is a cor-
poration exempt from tax under section 521 (relat-
ing to farmers’ cooperative associations).
‘‘(c) 
SPECIAL
RULES.—For 
purposes 
of 
this
section—
‘‘(1) EXCLUSION NOT TO APPLY TO CAPITAL
GAIN
DIVIDENDS
FROM
REGULATED
INVESTMENT
COMPANIES
AND
REAL
ESTATE
INVESTMENT
TRUSTS.—
‘‘For treatment of capital gain dividends, see sec-
tions 854(a) and 857(c).
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
NONRESIDENT
ALIENS
INELI-
GIBLE
FOR
EXCLUSION.—In the case of a non-
resident alien individual, subsection (a) shall apply
only in determining the taxes imposed for the tax-
able year pursuant to sections 871(b)(1) and 877(b).
‘‘(3) DIVIDENDS FROM EMPLOYEE STOCK OWN-
ERSHIP PLANS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to
any dividend described in section 404(k).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 32(c)(5) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i),
by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and
inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after clause (ii)
the following new clause:
‘‘(iii) interest and dividends received
during the taxable year which are excluded
from gross income under section 116.’’.
(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 32(i)(2) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(determined without regard
to section 116)’’ before the comma.
(3) Subparagraph (B) of section 86(b)(2) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) increased by the sum of—
‘‘(i) the amount of interest received or
accrued by the taxpayer during the taxable
year which is exempt from tax, and
‘‘(ii) the amount of interest and divi-
dends received during the taxable year
which are excluded from gross income
under section 116.’’.
(4) Subsection (d) of section 135 is amended by
redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5) and
by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 116.—This
section shall be applied before section 116.’’.
(5) Paragraph (2) of section 265(a) is amended
by inserting before the period ‘‘, or to purchase or
carry obligations or shares, or to make deposits, to
the extent the interest thereon is excludable from
gross income under section 116’’.
(6) Subsection (c) of section 584 is amended by
adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
‘‘The proportionate share of each participant in the
amount of dividends or interest received by the common
trust fund and to which section 116 applies shall be con-
sidered for purposes of such section as having been re-
ceived by such participant.’’.
(7) Subsection (a) of section 643 is amended by
redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and
by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(7) DIVIDENDS OR INTEREST.—There shall be
included the amount of any dividends or interest ex-
cluded from gross income pursuant to section 116.’’.
(8) Section 854(a) is amended by inserting
‘‘section 116 (relating to partial exclusion of divi-
dends and interest received by individuals) and’’
after ‘‘For purposes of’’.
(9) Section 857(c) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO DIVIDENDS RE-
CEIVED FROM REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.—
‘‘(1) TREATMENT FOR SECTION 116.—For pur-
poses of section 116 (relating to partial exclusion of
dividends and interest received by individuals), a
capital gain dividend (as defined in subsection
(b)(3)(C)) received from a real estate investment
trust which meets the requirements of this part shall
not be considered as a dividend.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT FOR SECTION 243.—For pur-
poses of section 243 (relating to deductions for divi-
dends received by corporations), a dividend received
from a real estate investment trust which meets the
requirements of this part shall not be considered as
a dividend.’’.
(10) The table of sections for part III of sub-
chapter B of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 115 the following new
item:
‘‘Sec. 116. Partial exclusion of dividends and interest received by
individuals.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
SEC. 202. REDUCTION IN INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL GAIN TAX
RATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) Sections 1(h)(1)(B) and 55(b)(3)(B) are
each amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘7.5 percent’’.
(2) The following sections are each amended by
striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’:
(A) Section 1(h)(1)(C).
(B) Section 55(b)(3)(C).
(C) Section 1445(e)(1).
(D) The second sentence of section
7518(g)(6)(A).
(E) The second sentence of section
607(h)(6)(A) of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936.
(3) Sections 1(h)(1)(D) and 55(b)(3)(D) are
each amended by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘20 percent’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 311 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997 is amended by striking subsection (e).
(2) Section 1(h) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (9), and
(13),
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (7), re-
spectively, and
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (10),
(11), and (12) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10),
respectively.
(3) Paragraph (3) of section 55(b) is amended
by striking ‘‘In the case of taxable years beginning
after December 31, 2000, rules similar to the rules
of section 1(h)(2) shall apply for purposes of sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C).’’.
(4) 
Paragraph 
(7) 
of 
section 
57(a) 
is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘42 percent’’ and inserting
‘‘6 percent’’, and
(B) by striking the last sentence.
(c) TRANSITIONAL RULES
FOR TAXABLE YEARS
WHICH INCLUDE JULY 1, 1999.—For purposes of applying
section 1(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in the
case of a taxable year which includes July 1, 1999—
(1) The amount of tax determined under sub-
paragraph (B) of section 1(h)(1) of such Code shall
be the sum of—
(A) 7.5 percent of the lesser of—
(i) the net capital gain taking into ac-
count only gain or loss properly taken into
account for the portion of the taxable year
on or after such date (determined without
regard to collectibles gain or loss, gain de-
scribed in section (1)(h)(6)(A)(i) of such
Code, and section 1202 gain), or
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (with-
out regard to this subsection), plus
(B) 10 percent of the excess (if any) of—
(i) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (with-
out regard to this subsection), over
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under subparagraph (A).
(2) The amount of tax determined under sub-
paragraph (C) of section (1)(h)(1) of such Code
shall be the sum of—
(A) 15 percent of the lesser of—
(i) the excess (if any) of the amount
of net capital gain determined under sub-
paragraph (A)(i) of paragraph (1) of this
subsection over the amount on which a tax
is determined under subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) of this subsection, or
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (C)
(without regard to this subsection), plus
(B) 20 percent of the excess (if any) of—
(i) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (C)
(without regard to this subsection), over
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph.
(3) The amount of tax determined under sub-
paragraph (D) of section (1)(h)(1) of such Code
shall be the sum of—
(A) 20 percent of the lesser of—
(i) the amount which would be deter-
mined under section 1(h)(6)(A)(i) of such
Code taking into account only gain prop-
erly taken into account for the portion of
the taxable year on or after such date, or
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (D)
(without regard to this subsection), plus
(B) 25 percent of the excess (if any) of—
(i) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under such subparagraph (D)
(without regard to this subsection), over
(ii) the amount on which a tax is de-
termined under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph.
(4) For purposes of applying section 55(b)(3)
of such Code, rules similar to the rules of para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection shall
apply.
(5) In applying this subsection with respect to
any pass-thru entity, the determination of when
gains and loss are properly taken into account shall
be made at the entity level.
(6) Terms used in this subsection which are
also used in section 1(h) of such Code shall have the
respective meanings that such terms have in such
section.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided by this subsection, the amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after
June 30, 1999.
(2) WITHHOLDING.—The amendment made by
subsection (a)(2)(C) shall apply to amounts paid
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) SMALL
BUSINESS
STOCK.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (b)(4) shall apply to dis-
positions on or after July 1, 1999.
SEC. 203. CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATES APPLIED TO CAPITAL
GAINS OF DESIGNATED SETTLEMENT FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 468B(b)
(relating to taxation of designated settlement funds) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(subject to section 1(h))’’ after
‘‘maximum rate’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1999.
SEC. 204. SPECIAL RULE FOR MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED
SERVICES 
AND 
FOREIGN 
SERVICE, 
AND
OTHER EMPLOYEES, IN DETERMINING EX-
CLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 121 (re-
lating to exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence)
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
on the date of the enactment of the Finan-
cial Freedom Act of 1999.
‘‘(iii) FOREIGN
SERVICE
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘member of
the Foreign Service’ has the meaning given
the term ‘member of the Service’ by para-
graph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section
103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as
in effect on the date of the enactment of
the Financial Freedom Act of 1999.
‘‘(iv) EXTENDED
DUTY.—The term
‘extended duty’ means any period of active
duty pursuant to a call or order to such
duty for a period in excess of 90 days or
for an indefinite period.
‘‘(10) OTHER EMPLOYEES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The running of the 5-
year period described in subsection (a) shall be
suspended with respect to an individual during
any time that such individual or such individ-
ual’s spouse is serving as an employee for a pe-
riod in excess of 90 days in an assignment by
the such employee’s employer outside the
United States.
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(i) MAXIMUM
PERIOD
OF
SUSPEN-
SION.—The suspension under subpara-
graph (A) with respect to a principal resi-
dence shall not exceed (in the aggregate) 5
years.
‘‘(ii) MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES
AND
FOREIGN
SERVICE.—Subpara-
graph (A) shall not apply to an individual
to whom paragraph (9) applies.
‘‘(iii) SELF-EMPLOYED
INDIVIDUAL
NOT
CONSIDERED
AN
EMPLOYEE.—For
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘em-
ployee’ does not include an individual who
is an employee within the meaning of sec-
tion 401(c)(1) (relating to self-employed
individuals).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to sales and exchanges after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 205. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DEALER DERIVATIVE
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, HEDGING TRANS-
ACTIONS, AND SUPPLIES AS ORDINARY AS-
SETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1221 (defining capital as-
sets) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’,
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting a semicolon, and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) any commodities derivative financial in-
strument held by a commodities derivatives dealer,
unless—
‘‘(A) it is established to the satisfaction of
the Secretary that such instrument has no con-
nection to the activities of such dealer as a
dealer, and
‘‘(B) such instrument is clearly identified
in such dealer’s records as being described in
subparagraph (A) before the close of the day on
which it was acquired, originated, or entered
into (or such other time as the Secretary may
by regulations prescribe);
‘‘(7) any hedging transaction which is clearly
identified as such before the close of the day on
which it was acquired, originated, or entered into (or
such other time as the Secretary may by regulations
prescribe); or
‘‘(8) supplies of a type regularly used or con-
sumed by the taxpayer in the ordinary course of a
trade or business of the taxpayer.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) COMMODITIES DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL IN-
STRUMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a)(6)—
‘‘(A) COMMODITIES
DERIVATIVES
DEAL-
ER.—The term ‘commodities derivatives dealer’
means a person which regularly offers to enter
into, assume, offset, assign, or terminate posi-
tions in commodities derivative financial instru-
ments with customers in the ordinary course of
a trade or business.
‘‘(B) COMMODITIES
DERIVATIVE
FINAN-
CIAL INSTRUMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘com-
modities derivative financial instrument’
means any contract or financial instrument
with respect to commodities (other than a
share of stock in a corporation, a beneficial
interest in a partnership or trust, a note,
bond, debenture, or other evidence of in-
debtedness, or a section 1256 contract (as
defined in section 1256(b)) the value or
settlement price of which is calculated by
or determined by reference to a specified
index.
‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED
INDEX.—The term
‘specified index’ means any one or more or
any combination of—
‘‘(I) a fixed rate, price, or
amount, or
‘‘(II) a variable rate, price, or
amount,
which is based on any current, objectively
determinable financial or economic infor-
mation with respect to commodities which
is not within the control of any of the par-
ties to the contract or instrument and is
not unique to any of the parties’ cir-
cumstances.
‘‘(2) HEDGING TRANSACTION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘hedging transaction’ means
any transaction entered into by the taxpayer in
the normal course of the taxpayer’s trade or
business primarily—
‘‘(i) to manage risk of price changes
or currency fluctuations with respect to or-
dinary property which is held or to be held
by the taxpayer, or
‘‘(ii) to manage risk of interest rate or
price changes or currency fluctuations with
respect to borrowings made or to be made,
or ordinary obligations incurred or to be
incurred, by the taxpayer.
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF NONIDENTIFICATION
OR
IMPROPER
IDENTIFICATION
OF
HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS.—Notwithstanding 
subsection
(a)(7), the Secretary shall prescribe regulations
to properly characterize of any income, gain, ex-
pense, or loss arising from a transaction—
‘‘(i) which is a hedging transaction
but which was not identified as such in ac-
cordance with subsection (a)(7), or
‘‘(ii) which was so identified but is not
a hedging transaction.
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe such regulations as are appropriate to carry
out the purposes of paragraph (6) and (7) of sub-
section (a) in the case of transactions involving re-
lated parties.’’.
(b) MANAGEMENT OF RISK.—
(1) Section 475(c)(3) is amended by striking
‘‘reduces’’ and inserting ‘‘manages’’.
(2) Section 871(h)(4)(C)(iv) is amended by
striking ‘‘to reduce’’ and inserting ‘‘to manage’’.
(3) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 988(d)(2)(A)
are each amended by striking ‘‘to reduce’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to manage’’.
(4) Paragraph (2) of section 1256(e) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF HEDGING TRANSACTION.—
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘hedging
transaction’ means any hedging transaction (as de-
fined in section 1221(b)(2)(A)) if, before the close of
the day on which such transaction was entered into
(or such earlier time as the Secretary may prescribe
by regulations), the taxpayer clearly identifies such
transaction as being a hedging transaction.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to any instrument held, acquired,
or entered into, any transaction entered into, and supplies
held or acquired on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 206. WORTHLESS SECURITIES OF FINANCIAL INSTITU-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence following sec-
tion 165(g)(3)(B) (relating to securities of affiliated cor-
poration) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘In computing
gross receipts for purposes of the preceding sentence, (i)
gross receipts from sales or exchanges of stocks and secu-
rities shall be taken into account only to the extent of
gains therefrom, and (ii) gross receipts from royalties,
rents, dividends, interest, annuities, and gains from sales
or exchanges of stocks and securities derived from (or di-
rectly related to) the conduct of an active trade or business
of an insurance company subject to tax under subchapter
L or a qualified financial institution (as defined in sub-
section (l)(3)) shall be treated as from such sources other
than royalties, rents, dividends, interest, annuities, and
gains.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to securities which become
worthless in taxable years beginning after December 31,
1999.
TITLE 
III—INCENTIVES 
FOR
BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND
JOB CREATION
SEC. 301. REDUCTION IN CORPORATE CAPITAL GAIN TAX
RATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201 is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 1201. ALTERNATIVE TAX FOR CORPORATIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—If for any taxable year a cor-
poration has a net capital gain, then, in lieu of the tax
imposed by sections 11, 511, or 831(a) or (b), there is
hereby imposed a tax (if such tax is less than the tax im-
posed by such sections) which shall consist of the sum of—
‘‘(1) a tax computed on the taxable income re-
duced by the net capital gain, at the rates and in
the manner as if this subsection had not been en-
acted, plus
‘‘(2) a tax of 30 percent of the net capital gain
(or, if less, taxable income).
‘‘(b) CROSS REFERENCES.—For computation of the
alternative tax—
‘‘(1) in the case of life insurance companies, see
section 801(a)(2),
‘‘(2) in the case of regulated investment compa-
nies and their shareholders, see section 852(b)(3)(A)
and (D), and
‘‘(3) in the case of real estate investment
trusts, see section 857(b)(3)(A).’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1445(e)
are each amended by striking ‘‘35 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘30 percent’’.
(2)(A) 
The 
second 
sentence 
of 
section
7518(g)(6)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘34 percent’’
and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’.
(B) 
The 
second 
sentence 
of 
section
607(h)(6)(A) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is
amended by striking ‘‘34 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘30
percent’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2004.
(2) WITHHOLDING.—The amendment made by
subsection (b)(1) shall apply to amounts paid after
December 31, 2004.
SEC. 302. REPEAL OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX ON COR-
PORATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of section 55(a),
as amended by section 121, is amended by striking ‘‘on
any taxpayer other than a corporation’’.
(b) REPEAL OF 90 PERCENT LIMITATION ON FOR-
EIGN TAX CREDIT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 59(a) (relating to al-
ternative minimum tax foreign tax credit) is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (2) and by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3),
respectively.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
53(d)(1)(B)(i)(II) is amended by striking ‘‘and if
section 59(a)(2) did not apply’’.
(c) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF CREDIT
FOR PRIOR
YEAR MINIMUM TAX LIABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 53,
as amended by section 121, is amended by redesig-
nating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by in-
serting after paragraph (1) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) CORPORATIONS FOR TAXABLE YEARS BE-
GINNING AFTER 2004.—In the case of a corporation
for any taxable year beginning after 2004 and before
2009, the limitation under paragraph (1) shall be in-
subsection (b) shall apply to taxable years beginning
after December 31, 2001.
(3) SUBSECTION
(c)(2)(A).—The amendment
made by subsection (c)(2)(A) shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2008.
TITLE IV—EDUCATION SAVINGS
INCENTIVES
SEC. 401. MODIFICATIONS TO EDUCATION INDIVIDUAL RE-
TIREMENT ACCOUNTS.
(a) MAXIMUM ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 530(b)(1)(A)(iii)
(defining education individual retirement account) is
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$500’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$2,000’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
4973(e)(1)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘$500’’ and
inserting ‘‘$2,000’’.
(b) TAX-FREE EXPENDITURES
FOR ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EXPENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 530(b)(2) (defining
qualified higher education expenses) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EDUCATION EXPENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
education expenses’ means—
‘‘(i) qualified higher education ex-
penses (as defined in section 529(e)(3)),
and
‘‘(ii) qualified elementary and sec-
ondary education expenses (as defined in
paragraph (4)).
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
STATE
TUITION
PRO-
GRAMS.—Such term shall include any contribu-
tion to a qualified State tuition program (as de-
fined in section 529(b)) on behalf of the des-
ignated beneficiary (as defined in section
529(e)(1)); but there shall be no increase in the
investment in the contract for purposes of ap-
plying section 72 by reason of any portion of
such contribution which is not includible in
gross income by reason of subsection (d)(2).’’.
(2) QUALIFIED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION EXPENSES.—Section 530(b) (relating to
definitions and special rules) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION EXPENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified el-
ementary and secondary education expenses’
means—
‘‘(i) expenses for tuition, fees, aca-
demic tutoring, special needs services,
books, supplies, computer equipment (in-
cluding related software and services), and
other equipment which are incurred in con-
nection with the enrollment or attendance
of the designated beneficiary of the trust
as an elementary or secondary school stu-
dent at a public, private, or religious
school, and
‘‘(ii) expenses for room and board,
uniforms, 
transportation, 
and 
supple-
mentary items and services (including ex-
tended day programs) which are required
or provided by a public, private, or reli-
gious school in connection with such enroll-
ment or attendance.
‘‘(B) 
SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
HOMESCHOOLING.—Such term shall include ex-
penses described in subparagraph (A)(i) in con-
nection 
with 
education 
provided 
by
homeschooling if the requirements of any appli-
cable State or local law are met with respect to
such education.
‘‘(C) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’ means
any school which provides elementary education
or secondary education (kindergarten through
grade 12), as determined under State law.’’.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 530
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘higher’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (b)(1) and (d)(2), and
(B) by striking ‘‘HIGHER’’ in the heading
for subsection (d)(2).
(c) WAIVER OF AGE LIMITATIONS FOR CHILDREN
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.—Section 530(b)(1) (defining edu-
cation individual retirement account) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following flush sentence:
‘‘The age limitations in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and
(E) and paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (d)
shall not apply to any designated beneficiary with
special needs (as determined under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary).’’.
(d) ENTITIES PERMITTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO AC-
COUNTS.—Section 530(c)(1) (relating to reduction in per-
mitted contributions based on adjusted gross income) is
amended by striking ‘‘The maximum amount which a con-
tributor’’ and inserting ‘‘In the case of a contributor who
is an individual, the maximum amount the contributor’’.
(e) TIME WHEN CONTRIBUTIONS DEEMED MADE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 530(b) (relating to
definitions and special rules), as amended by sub-
section (b)(2), is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) TIME
WHEN
CONTRIBUTIONS
DEEMED
MADE.—An individual shall be deemed to have made
a contribution to an education individual retirement
account on the last day of the preceding taxable year
if the contribution is made on account of such tax-
able year and is made not later than the time pre-
scribed by law for filing the return for such taxable
year (not including extensions thereof).’’.
(2) EXTENSION OF TIME TO RETURN EXCESS
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Subparagraph 
(C) 
of 
section
530(d)(4) (relating to additional tax for distribu-
tions 
not 
used 
for 
educational 
expenses) 
is
amended—
(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the
following new clause:
‘‘(i) such distribution is made before
the 1st day of the 6th month of the taxable
year following the taxable year, and’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘DUE DATE OF RETURN’’
in the heading and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN DATE’’.
(f) COORDINATION
WITH HOPE
AND
LIFETIME
LEARNING
CREDITS
AND
QUALIFIED
TUITION
PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 530(d)(2)(C) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) COORDINATION
WITH
HOPE
AND
LIFETIME LEARNING CREDITS AND QUALIFIED
TUITION PROGRAMS.—For purposes of subpara-
graph (A)—
‘‘(i) 
CREDIT
COORDINATION.—The
total amount of qualified higher education
expenses with respect to an individual for
the taxable year shall be reduced—
‘‘(I) 
as 
provided 
in 
section
25A(g)(2), and
‘‘(II) by the amount of such ex-
penses which were taken into account
in determining the credit allowed to
the taxpayer or any other person
under section 25A.
‘‘(ii) COORDINATION WITH QUALIFIED
TUITION
PROGRAMS.—If, with respect to
an individual for any taxable year—
‘‘(I) the aggregate distributions
during such year to which subpara-
graph (A) and section 529(c)(3)(B)
apply, exceed
‘‘(II) the total amount of quali-
fied education expenses (after the ap-
plication of clause (i)) for such year,
the taxpayer shall allocate such expenses
among such distributions for purposes of
determining the amount of the exclusion
under 
subparagraph 
(A) 
and 
section
529(c)(3)(B).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Subsection (e) of section 25A is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) ELECTION NOT TO HAVE SECTION APPLY.—A
taxpayer may elect not to have this section apply with re-
spect to the qualified tuition and related expenses of an
individual for any taxable year.’’.
(B) Section 135(d)(2)(A) is amended by
striking ‘‘allowable’’ and inserting ‘‘allowed’’.
(C) Section 530(d)(2)(D) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘or credit’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘CREDIT OR’’ in the
heading.
(D) Section 4973(e)(1) is amended by add-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by
striking subparagraph (B), and by redesig-
nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
(g) RENAMING EDUCATION INDIVIDUAL RETIRE-
MENT ACCOUNTS AS EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) Section 530 (as amended by the pre-
ceding provisions of this section) is amended by
striking ‘‘education individual retirement ac-
count’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘education savings account’’.
(B) The heading for paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 530(b) is amended by striking ‘‘EDU-
CATION
INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT
ACCOUNT’’
and inserting ‘‘EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT’’.
(C) The heading for section 530 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 530. EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.’’.
(D) The item in the table of contents for
part VII of subchapter F of chapter 1 relating
to section 530 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 530. Education savings accounts.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) The following provisions are each
amended by striking ‘‘education individual re-
tirement’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘education savings’’:
(i) Section 25A(e)(2).
(ii) Section 26(b)(2)(E).
(iii) Section 72(e)(9).
(iv) Section 135(c)(2)(C).
(v) Subsections (a) and (e) of section
4973.
(vi) Subsections (c) and (e) of section
4975.
(vii) Section 6693(a)(2)(D).
(B) The headings for each of the following
provisions are amended by striking ‘‘EDU-
CATION
INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘EDU-
CATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS’’.
(i) Section 72(e)(9).
(ii) Section 135(c)(2)(C).
(iii) Section 4973(e).
(iv) Section 4975(c)(5).
(h) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2000.
(2) SUBSECTION (g).—The amendments made
by subsection (g) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 402. MODIFICATIONS TO QUALIFIED TUITION PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PER-
MITTED TO MAINTAIN QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 529(b)(1) (defining
qualified State tuition program) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or by 1 or more eligible educational institu-
tions’’ after ‘‘maintained by a State or agency or in-
strumentality thereof ’’.
(2) PRIVATE
QUALIFIED
TUITION
PROGRAMS
LIMITED TO BENEFIT PLANS.—Clause (ii) of section
529(b)(1)(A) is amended by inserting ‘‘in the case of
a program established and maintained by a State or
agency or instrumentality thereof,’’ before ‘‘may
make’’.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) 
Sections 
72(e)(9), 
135(c)(2)(C),
135(d)(1)(D), 529, 530(b)(2)(B), 4973(e), and
6693(a)(2)(C) are each amended by striking
‘‘qualified State tuition’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘qualified tuition’’.
(B) The headings for sections 72(e)(9) and
135(c)(2)(C) are each amended by striking
‘‘QUALIFIED
STATE
TUITION’’ and inserting
‘‘QUALIFIED TUITION’’.
(C) The headings for sections 529(b) and
530(b)(2)(B) are each amended by striking
‘‘QUALIFIED
STATE
TUITION’’ and inserting
‘‘QUALIFIED TUITION’’.
(D) The heading for section 529 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘STATE’’.
(E) The item relating to section 529 in the
table of sections for part VIII of subchapter F
of chapter 1 is amended by striking ‘‘State’’.
(b) EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME
OF EDU-
CATION DISTRIBUTIONS FROM QUALIFIED TUITION PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 529(c)(3)(B) (relat-
ing to distributions) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) 
DISTRIBUTIONS
FOR
QUALIFIED
HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of
this paragraph—
‘‘(I) no amount shall be includ-
ible in gross income under subpara-
graph (A) by reason of a distribution
which consists of providing a benefit
to the distributee which, if paid for by
the distributee, would constitute pay-
ment of a qualified higher education
expense, and
‘‘(II) in the case of distributions
not described in subclause (I), the
amount otherwise includible in gross
income under subparagraph (A) shall
be reduced by an amount which bears
the same ratio to the otherwise includ-
ible amount as the qualified higher
education expenses (other than ex-
penses paid by distributions described
in subclause (I)) bear to the aggregate
of such distributions.
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR INSTITUTIONAL
PROGRAMS.—In the case of any taxable
year beginning before January 1, 2004,
clause (i) shall not apply with respect to
any distribution during such taxable year
under a qualified tuition program estab-
lished and maintained by 1 or more eligible
educational institutions.
‘‘(iii) IN-KIND
DISTRIBUTIONS.—Any
benefit furnished to a designated bene-
ficiary under a qualified tuition program
shall be treated as a distribution to the
beneficiary for purposes of this paragraph.
‘‘(iv) COORDINATION WITH HOPE AND
LIFETIME LEARNING CREDITS.—The total
amount of qualified higher education ex-
penses with respect to an individual for the
taxable year shall be reduced—
‘‘(I) 
as 
provided 
in 
section
25A(g)(2), and
‘‘(II) by the amount of such ex-
penses which were taken into account
in determining the credit allowed to
the taxpayer or any other person
under section 25A.
‘‘(v) COORDINATION WITH EDUCATION
SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS.—If, with respect to
an individual for any taxable year—
‘‘(I) the aggregate distributions
to which clause (i) and section
530(d)(2)(A) apply, exceed
‘‘(II) the total amount of quali-
fied higher education expenses other-
wise taken into account under clause
(i) (after the application of clause
(iv)) for such year,
the taxpayer shall allocate such expenses
among such distributions for purposes of
determining the amount of the exclusion
under 
clause 
(i) 
and 
section
530(d)(2)(A).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 135(d)(2)(B) is amended by
striking 
‘‘the 
exclusion 
under 
section
530(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘the exclusions under
sections 529(c)(3)(B)(i) and 530(d)(2)’’.
(B) Section 221(e)(2)(A) is amended by
inserting ‘‘529,’’ after ‘‘135,’’.
(c) ROLLOVER TO DIFFERENT PROGRAM FOR BEN-
EFIT
OF
SAME
DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARY.—Section
529(c)(3)(C) (relating to change in beneficiaries) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘transferred to the credit’’ in
clause (i) and inserting ‘‘transferred—
‘‘(I) to another qualified tuition
program for the benefit of the des-
ignated beneficiary, or
‘‘(II) to the credit’’,
(2) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ROLL-
OVERS.—Clause (i)(I) shall not apply to
any amount transferred with respect to a
designated beneficiary if, at any time dur-
ing the 1-year period ending on the day of
such transfer, any other amount was
transferred which was not includible in
gross income by reason of clause (i)(I).’’,
and
(3) by inserting ‘‘OR PROGRAMS’’ after ‘‘BENE-
FICIARIES’’ in the heading.
(d) MEMBER OF FAMILY INCLUDES FIRST COUS-
IN.—Section 529(e)(2) (defining member of family) is
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph
(B), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(C) and by inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) any first cousin of such beneficiary.’’.
(e) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION
EXPENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section
529(e)(3) (relating to definition of qualified higher
education expenses) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
higher education expenses’ means—
‘‘(i) tuition and fees required for the
enrollment or attendance of a designated
beneficiary at an eligible educational insti-
tution for courses of instruction of such
beneficiary at such institution, and
‘‘(ii) expenses for books, supplies, and
equipment which are incurred in connec-
tion with such enrollment or attendance,
but not to exceed the allowance for books
and supplies included in the cost of attend-
ance (as defined in section 472 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087ll), as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of the Financial Freedom Act of
1999) as determined by the eligible edu-
cational institution.’’.
(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
EDUCATION
INVOLVING
SPORTS, ETC..—Paragraph (3) of section 529(e) (re-
lating to qualified higher education expenses) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FOR EDUCATION INVOLV-
ING SPORTS, ETC..—The term ‘qualified higher
education expenses’ shall not include expenses
with respect to any course or other education
involving sports, games, or hobbies unless such
course or other education is part of the bene-
ficiary’s degree program or is taken to acquire
or improve job skills of the beneficiary.’’.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2000.
(2) 
QUALIFIED
HIGHER
EDUCATION
EX-
PENSES.—The amendments made by subsection (e)
shall apply to amounts paid for education furnished
after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 403. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS RECEIVED
UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
CORPS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, THE F. ED-
WARD HEBERT ARMED FORCES HEALTH PRO-
FESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM, AND CERTAIN OTHER
PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117(c) (relating to the ex-
clusion from gross income amounts received as a qualified
scholarship) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Subsections (a)’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), subsections (a)’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to any amount received by an individual
under—
‘‘(A) the National Health Service Corps
Scholarship 
program 
under 
section
338A(g)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service
Act,
‘‘(B) the Armed Forces Health Professions
Scholarship and Financial Assistance program
under subchapter I of chapter 105 of title 10,
United States Code,
‘‘(C) the National Institutes of Health Un-
dergraduate Scholarship program under section
487D of the Public Health Service Act, or
‘‘(D) any State program determined by the
Secretary to have substantially similar objec-
tives as such programs.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply to amounts received in taxable years be-
ginning after December 31, 1993.
(2) STATE
PROGRAMS.—Section 117(c)(2)(D)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by
the amendments made by subsection (a)) shall apply
to amounts received in taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1999.
SEC. 404. ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN ARBITRAGE REBATE
EXCEPTION 
FOR 
GOVERNMENTAL 
BONDS
USED TO FINANCE EDUCATIONAL FACILI-
TIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 148(f)(4)(D)(vii) (relat-
ing to increase in exception for bonds financing public
school capital expenditures) is amended by striking
‘‘$5,000,000’’ the second place it appears and inserting
‘‘$10,000,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued in calendar
years beginning after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 405. MODIFICATION OF ARBITRAGE REBATE RULES
APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUC-
TION BONDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section
148(f)(4) is amended by adding at the end the following
new clause:
‘‘(xviii) 4-YEAR
SPENDING
REQUIRE-
MENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
ISSUE.—
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case
of a public school construction issue,
the spending requirements of clause
(ii) shall be treated as met if at least
10 percent of the available construc-
tion proceeds of the construction issue
are spent for the governmental pur-
poses of the issue within the 1-year
period beginning on the date the
bonds are issued, 30 percent of such
proceeds are spent for such purposes
within the 2-year period beginning on
such date, 60 percent of such pro-
ceeds are spent for such purposes
within the 3-year period beginning on
such date, and 100 percent of such
proceeds are spent for such purposes
within the 4-year period beginning on
such date.
‘‘(II) 
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
CON-
STRUCTION ISSUE.—For purposes of
this clause, the term ‘public school
construction issue’ means any con-
struction issue if no bond which is
part of such issue is a private activity
bond and all of the available construc-
tion proceeds of such issue are to be
used for the construction (as defined
in clause (iv)) of public school facili-
ties to provide education or training
below the postsecondary level or for
the acquisition of land that is func-
tionally related and subordinate to
such facilities.
‘‘(III) 
OTHER
RULES
TO
APPLY.—Rules similar to the rules of
the preceding provisions of this sub-
paragraph which apply to clause (ii)
also apply to this clause.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to obligations issued after Decem-
ber 31, 1999.
SEC. 406. REPEAL OF 60-MONTH LIMITATION ON DEDUC-
TION FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 221 (relating to interest
on education loans) is amended by striking subsection (d)
and by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (e) of
section 6050S is amended by striking ‘‘section 221(e)(1)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 221(d)(1)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to loan interest payments made
after December 31, 1999, in taxable years ending after
such date.
TITLE V—HEALTH CARE
PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. DEDUCTION FOR HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE
INSURANCE COSTS OF INDIVIDUALS NOT
PARTICIPATING IN EMPLOYER-SUBSIDIZED
HEALTH PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VII of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 is amended by redesignating section 222 as section
223 and by inserting after section 221 the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 222. HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
COSTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual,
there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to
the applicable percentage of the amount paid during the
taxable year for insurance which constitutes medical care
for the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s spouse, and dependents.
‘‘(b) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of
subsection (a), the applicable percentage shall be deter-
mined in accordance with the following table:
‘‘For taxable years beginning
The applicable
in calendar year—
percentage is—
2001 .............................................................................................
2002 .............................................................................................
2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 .......................................................
2007 .............................................................................................
2008 and thereafter .....................................................................
100.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION BASED ON OTHER COVERAGE.—
‘‘(1) COVERAGE UNDER CERTAIN SUBSIDIZED
EMPLOYER PLANS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) shall
not apply to any taxpayer for any calendar
month for which the taxpayer participates in
any health plan maintained by any employer of
the taxpayer or of the spouse of the taxpayer if
50 percent or more of the cost of coverage
under such plan (determined under section
4980B) is paid or incurred by the employer.
‘‘(B) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAF-
ETERIA PLANS, FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGE-
MENTS, AND
MEDICAL
SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS.—
Employer contributions to a cafeteria plan, a
flexible spending or similar arrangement, or a
medical savings account which are excluded
from gross income under section 106 shall be
treated for purposes of subparagraph (A) as
paid by the employer.
‘‘(C) AGGREGATION
OF
PLANS
OF
EM-
PLOYER.—A health plan which is not otherwise
described in subparagraph (A) shall be treated
as described in such subparagraph if such plan
would be so described if all health plans of per-
sons treated as a single employer under sub-
sections (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 were
treated as one health plan.
‘‘(D) SEPARATE APPLICATION TO HEALTH
INSURANCE
AND
LONG-TERM
CARE
INSUR-
ANCE.—Subparagraphs (A) and (C) shall be
applied separately with respect to—
‘‘(i) plans which include primarily cov-
erage for qualified long-term care services
or are qualified long-term care insurance
contracts, and
‘‘(ii) plans which do not include such
coverage and are not such contracts.
‘‘(2) COVERAGE
UNDER
CERTAIN
FEDERAL
PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) shall
not apply to any amount paid for any coverage
for an individual for any calendar month if, as
of the first day of such month, the individual is
covered under any medical care program de-
scribed in—
‘‘(i) title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of the
Social Security Act,
‘‘(ii) chapter 55 of title 10, United
States Code,
‘‘(iii) chapter 17 of title 38, United
States Code,
‘‘(iv) chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code, or
‘‘(v) the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(i) QUALIFIED LONG-TERM CARE.—
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to
amounts paid for coverage under a quali-
fied long-term care insurance contract.
‘‘(ii) CONTINUATION
COVERAGE
OF
FEHBP.—Subparagraph (A)(iv) shall not
apply to coverage which is comparable to
continuation 
coverage 
under 
section
4980B.
‘‘(d) LONG-TERM CARE DEDUCTION LIMITED
TO
QUALIFIED
LONG-TERM
CARE
INSURANCE
CON-
TRACTS.—In the case of a qualified long-term care insur-
ance contract, only eligible long-term care premiums (as
defined in section 213(d)(10)) may be taken into account
under subsection (a).
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) COORDINATION
WITH
DEDUCTION
FOR
HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF SELF-EMPLOYED IN-
DIVIDUALS.—The amount taken into account by the
taxpayer in computing the deduction under section
162(l) shall not be taken into account under this
section.
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH MEDICAL EXPENSE
DEDUCTION.—The amount taken into account by
the taxpayer in computing the deduction under this
section shall not be taken into account under section
213.
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this
section, including regulations requiring employers to re-
port to their employees and the Secretary such informa-
tion as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.’’.
(b) DEDUCTION ALLOWED WHETHER OR NOT TAX-
PAYER ITEMIZES OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—Subsection (a)
of section 62 is amended by inserting after paragraph (17)
the following new item:
‘‘(18) HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE INSUR-
ANCE
COSTS.—The deduction allowed by section
222.’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by
striking the last item and inserting the following new
items:
‘‘Sec. 222. Health and long-term care insurance costs.
‘‘Sec. 223. Cross reference.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
SEC. 502. LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PERMITTED TO BE
OFFERED UNDER CAFETERIA PLANS AND
FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS.
(a) CAFETERIA PLANS.—Subsection (f) of section
125 (defining qualified benefits) is amended by inserting
before the period at the end ‘‘unless such product is a
qualified long-term care insurance contract (as defined in
section 7702B)’’.
(b) FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS.—Section
106 (relating to contributions by employer to accident and
health plans) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
SEC. 503. EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF MEDICAL SAV-
INGS ACCOUNTS.
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF MED-
ICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (i) and (j) of
section 220 are hereby repealed.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1)
of section 220(c) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (D).
(b) ALL EMPLOYERS MAY OFFER MEDICAL SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subclause (I) of section
220(c)(1)(A)(iii) (defining eligible individual) is
amended by striking ‘‘and such employer is a small
employer’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Paragraph (1) of section 220(c) is
amended by striking subparagraph (C).
(B) Subsection (c) of section 220 is
amended by striking paragraph (4) and by re-
designating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).
(c) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF DEDUCTION ALLOWED
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section
220(b) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) MONTHLY LIMITATION.—The monthly lim-
itation for any month is the amount equal to 1⁄12 of
the annual deductible (as of the first day of such
month) of the individual’s coverage under the high
deductible health plan.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause (ii) of
section 220(d)(1)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘75
percent of’’.
(d) BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES MAY CON-
TRIBUTE TO MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—Paragraph
(5) of section 220(b) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH EXCLUSION FOR EM-
PLOYER
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The limitation which
would (but for this paragraph) apply under this sub-
section to the taxpayer for any taxable year shall be
reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which
would (but for section 106(b)) be includible in the
taxpayer’s gross income for such taxable year.’’.
(e) REDUCTION
OF
PERMITTED
DEDUCTIBLES
UNDER HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section
220(c)(2) (defining high deductible health plan) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘$1,500’’ in clause (i) and
inserting ‘‘$1,000’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ in clause (ii) and
inserting ‘‘$2,000’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (g)
of section 220 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(g) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable
year beginning in a calendar year after 1998, each
dollar amount in subsection (c)(2) shall be increased
by an amount equal to—
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar
year in which such taxable year begins by sub-
stituting ‘calendar year 1997’ for ‘calendar year
1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULES.—In the case of the
$1,000 amount in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i) and the
$2,000 amount in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), para-
graph (1)(B) shall be applied by substituting ‘cal-
endar year 1999’ for ‘calendar year 1997’.
‘‘(3) ROUNDING.—If any increase under para-
graph (1) or (2) is not a multiple of $50, such in-
crease shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of
$50.
(f) MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS MAY BE OFFERED
UNDER CAFETERIA PLANS.—Subsection (f) of section
125 is amended by striking ‘‘106(b),’’.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
SEC. 504. ADDITIONAL PERSONAL EXEMPTION FOR TAX-
PAYER CARING FOR ELDERLY FAMILY MEM-
BER IN TAXPAYER’S HOME.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 151 (relating to allowance
of deductions for personal exemptions) is amended by add-
ing at the end redesignating subsection (e) as subsection
(f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection:
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN ELDER-
LY FAMILY MEMBERS RESIDING WITH TAXPAYER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An exemption of the ex-
emption amount for each qualified family member of
the taxpayer.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED FAMILY MEMBER.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘qualified family
member’ means, with respect to any taxable year,
any individual—
‘‘(A) who is an ancestor of the taxpayer or
of the taxpayer’s spouse or who is the spouse
of any such ancestor,
‘‘(B) who is a member for the entire tax-
able year of a household maintained by the tax-
payer, and
‘‘(C) who has been certified, before the due
date for filing the return of tax for the taxable
year (without extensions), by a physician (as
defined in section 1861(r)(1) of the Social Se-
curity Act) as being an individual with long-
term care needs described in paragraph (3) for
a period—
‘‘(i) which is at least 180 consecutive
days, and
‘‘(ii) a portion of which occurs within
the taxable year.
Such term shall not include any individual otherwise
meeting the requirements of the preceding sentence
unless within the 391⁄2 month period ending on such
due date (or such other period as the Secretary pre-
scribes) a physician (as so defined) has certified that
such individual meets such requirements.
‘‘(3) INDIVIDUALS
WITH
LONG-TERM
CARE
NEEDS.—An individual is described in this para-
graph if the individual—
‘‘(A) is unable to perform (without sub-
stantial assistance from another individual) at
least 2 activities of daily living (as defined in
section 7702B(c)(2)(B)) due to a loss of func-
tional capacity, or
‘‘(B) requires substantial supervision to
protect such individual from threats to health
and safety due to severe cognitive impairment
and is unable to perform, without reminding or
cuing assistance, at least 1 activity of at least
1 activity of daily living (as so defined) or to
the extent provided in regulations prescribed by
the Secretary (in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services), is un-
able to engage in age appropriate activities.
‘‘(4) SPECIAL
RULES.—Rules similar to the
rules of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of sec-
tion 21(e) shall apply for purposes of this sub-
section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1999.
SEC. 505. EXPANDED HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS QUALI-
FYING FOR ORPHAN DRUG CREDIT.
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subclause 
(I) 
of 
section
45C(b)(2)(A)(ii) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(I) after the date that the appli-
cation is filed for designation under
such section 526, and’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause (i) of sec-
tion 45C(b)(2)(A) is amended by inserting ‘‘which is’’ be-
fore ‘‘being’’ and by inserting before the comma at the
end ‘‘and which is designated under section 526 of such
Act’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after
December 31, 1999.
SEC. 506. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN VACCINES AGAINST
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE TO LIST OF
TAXABLE VACCINES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4132(a)(1) (defining tax-
able vaccine) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(L) Any conjugate vaccine against strep-
tococcus pneumoniae.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) SALES.—The amendment made by this sec-
tion shall apply to vaccine sales beginning on the
day after the date on which the Centers for Disease
Control makes a final recommendation for routine
administration to children of any conjugate vaccine
against streptococcus pneumoniae.
(2) DELIVERIES.—For purposes of paragraph
(1), in the case of sales on or before the date de-
scribed in such paragraph for which delivery is made
after such date, the delivery date shall be considered
the sale date.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1999, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare
and submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Finance of the Senate on the operation of the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund and on the adequacy of
such Fund to meet future claims made under the Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program.
SEC. 507. ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR PRESCRIP-
TION DRUG INSURANCE COVERAGE OF MEDI-
CARE BENEFICIARIES IF CERTAIN MEDICARE
AND LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS
IN EFFECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 213 is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
‘‘The 7.5 percent adjusted gross income threshold in the
preceding sentence shall not apply to the expenses paid
during the taxable year for prescription drug insurance
coverage of a medicare beneficiary who is the taxpayer,
the taxpayer’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in sec-
tion 152) if—
‘‘(1) the Secretary certifies that, throughout
such taxable year, the conditions specified in sub-
section (e) are met, and
‘‘(2) the amount paid for such coverage is ei-
ther separately stated in the contract or furnished to
the policyholder by the insurance company in a sepa-
rate statement.
Expenses to which the preceding sentence applies shall not
be taken into account in applying such threshold to other
expenses. For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘medi-
care beneficiary’ means an individual who is entitled to
benefits under part A, B, or C of title XVIII of the Social
Security Act.’’.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Section 213 is amended by redes-
ignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and by inserting
after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) CONDITIONS FOR SEPARATE DEDUCTION FOR
PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE COVERAGE.—For pur-
poses of subsection (a), the conditions specified in this
subsection are met if all of the following are in effect:
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
FOR
PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS
FOR LOW-INCOME MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.—
‘‘(A) Low-income assistance to enable the
purchase of coverage of prescription drugs as
described in paragraph (2) or (3) for medicare
beneficiaries with incomes under 135 percent of
the applicable Federal poverty level, with such
assistance phasing out for beneficiaries with in-
comes between 135 percent and 150 percent of
such level.
‘‘(B) The Federal Government provides
funding for the costs of such assistance.
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OF PRESCRIP-
TION DRUGS.—All policies supplemental to Medicare
include coverage for costs of prescription drugs.
‘‘(3) STRUCTURAL
MEDICARE
REFORM.—Cov-
erage for outpatient prescription drugs for medicare
beneficiaries is provided only through integrated
comprehensive health plans which offer current
Medicare covered services and maximum limitations
on out-of-pocket spending and such comprehensive
plans sponsored by the Health Care Financing Ad-
ministration compete on the same basis as private
plans.’’.
(c) DEDUCTION FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSUR-
ANCE COVERAGE ALLOWED WHETHER
OR NOT TAX-
PAYER ITEMIZES OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—Subsection (a)
of section 62 (defining adjusted gross income) is amended
by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(19) PRESCRIPTION
DRUG
INSURANCE
COV-
ERAGE.—The deduction allowed by section 213(a) to
the extent of the expenses described in the second
sentence thereof.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE VI—ESTATE TAX RELIEF
Subtitle A—Repeal of Estate, Gift,
and Generation-Skipping Taxes;
Repeal of Step Up in Basis At
Death
SEC. 601. REPEAL OF ESTATE, GIFT, AND GENERATION-
SKIPPING TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B is hereby repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to the estates of decedents dying,
and gifts and generation-skipping transfers made, after
December 31, 2008.
SEC. 602. TERMINATION OF STEP UP IN BASIS AT DEATH.
(a) TERMINATION
OF APPLICATION
OF SECTION
1014.—Section 1014 (relating to basis of property ac-
quired from a decedent) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—In the case of a decedent dying
after December 31, 2008, this section shall not apply to
property for which basis is provided by section 1022.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of
section 1016 (relating to adjustments to basis) is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (26), by strik-
ing the period at the end of paragraph (27) and inserting
‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(28) to the extent provided in section 1022
(relating to basis for certain property acquired from
a decedent dying after December 31, 2008).’’.
SEC. 603. CARRYOVER BASIS AT DEATH.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Part II of subchapter O of
chapter 1 (relating to basis rules of general application)
is amended by inserting after section 1021 the following:
‘‘SEC. 1022. CARRYOVER BASIS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY
ACQUIRED FROM A DECEDENT DYING AFTER
DECEMBER 31, 2008.
‘‘(a) CARRYOVER BASIS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the basis of carryover basis property
in the hands of a person acquiring such property from a
decedent shall be determined under section 1015.
‘‘(b) CARRYOVER BASIS PROPERTY DEFINED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘carryover basis property’ means any
property—
‘‘(A) which is acquired from or passed
from a decedent who died after December 31,
2008, and
‘‘(B) which is not excluded pursuant to
paragraph (2).
The property taken into account under subpara-
graph (A) shall be determined under section 1014(b)
without regard to subparagraph (A) of the last sen-
tence of paragraph (9) thereof.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
PROPERTY
NOT
CARRYOVER
BASIS PROPERTY.—The term ‘carryover basis prop-
erty’ does not include—
‘‘(A) any item of gross income in respect
of a decedent described in section 691,
‘‘(B) property which was acquired from the
decedent by the surviving spouse of the dece-
dent, the value of which would have been de-
ductible from the value of the taxable estate of
the decedent under section 2056, as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of the
Financial Freedom Act of 1999, and
‘‘(C) any includible property of the dece-
dent if the aggregate adjusted fair market value
of such property does not exceed $2,000,000.
For purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (3),
the term ‘adjusted fair market value’ means, with
respect to any property, fair market value reduced
by any indebtedness secured by such property.
‘‘(3) PHASEIN
OF
CARRYOVER
BASIS
IF
IN-
CLUDIBLE PROPERTY EXCEEDS $1,300,000.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the adjusted fair
market value of the includible property of the
decedent exceeds $1,300,000, but does not ex-
ceed $2,000,000, the amount of the increase in
the basis of such property which would (but for
this paragraph) result under section 1014 shall
be reduced by the amount which bears the same
ratio to such increase as such excess bears to
$700,000.
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION
OF
REDUCTION.—The
reduction under subparagraph (A) shall be allo-
cated among only the includible property having
net appreciation and shall be allocated in pro-
portion to the respective amounts of such net
appreciation. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the term ‘net appreciation’ means the
excess of the adjusted fair market value over
the decedent’s adjusted basis immediately be-
fore such decedent’s death.
‘‘(4) INCLUDIBLE PROPERTY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘includible property’ means
property which would be included in the gross
estate of the decedent under any of the fol-
lowing provisions as in effect on the day before
the date of the enactment of the Financial
Freedom Act of 1999:
‘‘(i) Section 2033.
‘‘(ii) Section 2038.
‘‘(iii) Section 2040.
‘‘(iv) Section 2041.
‘‘(v) Section 2042(a)(1).
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED
BY SPOUSE.—Such term shall not include prop-
erty described in paragraph (2)(B).
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this section.’’.
(b) MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS RELATED TO
CARRYOVER BASIS.—
(1) CAPITAL GAIN TREATMENT FOR INHERITED
ART WORK OR SIMILAR PROPERTY.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of
section 1221(3) (defining capital asset) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(other than by reason of
section 1022)’’ after ‘‘is determined’’.
(B) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 170.—
Paragraph (1) of section 170(e) (relating to
certain contributions of ordinary income and
capital gain property) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of this
paragraph, the determination of whether prop-
erty is a capital asset shall be made without re-
gard to the exception contained in section
1221(3)(C) for basis determined under section
1022.’’.
(2) 
DEFINITION
OF
EXECUTOR.—Section
7701(a) (relating to definitions) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(47) EXECUTOR.—The term ‘executor’ means
the executor or administrator of the decedent, or, if
there is no executor or administrator appointed,
qualified, and acting within the United States, then
any person in actual or constructive possession of
any property of the decedent.’’.
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for part II of subchapter O of chapter 1 is
amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘Sec. 1022. Carryover basis for certain property acquired from a
decedent dying after December 31, 2008.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to estates of decedents dying after
December 31, 2008.
Subtitle B—Reductions of Estate
and Gift Tax Rates Prior to Repeal
SEC. 611. ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS OF ESTATE AND GIFT
TAX RATES.
(a) MAXIMUM RATE OF TAX REDUCED TO 50 PER-
CENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The table contained in sec-
tion 2001(c)(1) is amended by striking the 2 highest
brackets and inserting the following:
‘‘Over $2,500,000 ..........................
$1,025,800, plus 50% of the excess
over $2,500,000.’’.
(2) PHASE-IN OF REDUCED RATE.—Subsection
(c) of section 2001 is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) PHASE-IN
OF
REDUCED
RATE.—In the
case of decedents dying, and gifts made, during
2001, the last item in the table contained in para-
graph (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘53%’ for
‘50%’.’’.
(b) 
REPEAL
OF
PHASEOUT
OF
GRADUATED
RATES.—Subsection (c) of section 2001 is amended by
striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3),
as added by subsection (a), as paragraph (2).
(c) ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS OF RATES OF TAX.—
Subsection (c) of section 2001, as so amended, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) PHASEDOWN OF TAX.—In the case of es-
tates of decedents dying, and gifts made, during any
calendar year after 2004 and before 2009—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (C), the tentative tax under this
subsection shall be determined by using a table
prescribed by the Secretary (in lieu of using the
table contained in paragraph (1)) which is the
same as such table; except that—
‘‘(i) each of the rates of tax shall be
reduced by the number of percentage
points determined under subparagraph
(B), and
‘‘(ii) the amounts setting forth the tax
shall be adjusted to the extent necessary to
reflect the adjustments under clause (i).
‘‘(B) PERCENTAGE
POINTS
OF
REDUC-
TION.—
The number of
‘‘For calendar year:
percentage points is:
2003 .............................................................................
1.0
2004 .............................................................................
2.0
2005 .............................................................................
3.0
2006 .............................................................................
4.0
2007 .............................................................................
5.5
2008 .............................................................................
7.5.
‘‘(C) COORDINATION
WITH
INCOME
TAX
RATES.—The reductions under subparagraph
(A)—
‘‘(i) shall not reduce any rate under
paragraph (1) below the lowest rate in sec-
tion 1(c), and
‘‘(ii) shall not reduce the highest rate
under paragraph (1) below the highest rate
in section 1(c).
‘‘(D) COORDINATION
WITH
CREDIT
FOR
STATE
DEATH
TAXES.—Rules similar to the
rules of subparagraph (A) shall apply to the
table contained in section 2011(b) except that
the Secretary shall prescribe percentage point
reductions which maintain the proportionate re-
lationship (as in effect before any reduction
under this paragraph) between the credit under
section 2011 and the tax rates under subsection
(c).’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(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, 2004.
Subtitle 
C—Unified 
Credit 
Re-
placed With Unified Exemption
Amount
SEC. 621. UNIFIED CREDIT AGAINST ESTATE AND GIFT
TAXES REPLACED WITH UNIFIED EXEMPTION
AMOUNT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) ESTATE TAX.—Part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 11 is amended by inserting after section
2051 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 2052. EXEMPTION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the tax imposed
by section 2001, the value of the taxable estate shall be
determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate
an amount equal to the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(1) the exemption amount for the calendar
year in which the decedent died, over
‘‘(2) the sum of—
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount allowed as an
exemption under section 2521 with respect to
gifts made by the decedent after December 31,
2000, and
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount of gifts made
by the decedent for which credit was allowed by
section 2505 (as in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of the Financial Freedom
Act of 1999).
Gifts which are includible in the gross estate of the dece-
dent shall not be taken into account in determining the
amounts under paragraph (2).
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION AMOUNT.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the term ‘exemption amount’ means the
amount determined in accordance with the following 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.’’.
(2) GIFT TAX.—Subchapter C of chapter 12
(relating to deductions) is amended by inserting be-
fore section 2522 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 2521. EXEMPTION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In computing taxable gifts for
any calendar year, there shall be allowed as a deduction
in the case of a citizen or resident of the United States
an amount equal to the excess of—
‘‘(1) the exemption amount determined under
section 2052 for such calendar year, over
‘‘(2) the sum of—
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount allowed as an
exemption under this section for all preceding
calendar years after 2000, and
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount of gifts for
which credit was allowed by section 2505 (as in
effect on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of the Financial Freedom Act of 1999).’’.
(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.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1)(A) Subparagraph (B) of section 2001(b)(1)
is amended by inserting before the comma ‘‘reduced
by the amount of described in section 2052(a)(2)’’.
(B) Subsection (b) of section 2001 is amended
by adding at the end the following new sentence:
‘‘For purposes of paragraph (2), the amount of the
tax payable under chapter 12 shall be determined
without regard to the credit provided by section
2505 (as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of the Financial Freedom Act of 1999).’’.
(2) Subsection (f) of section 2011 is amended
by striking ‘‘, reduced by the amount of the unified
credit provided by section 2010’’.
(3) Subsection (a) of section 2012 is amended
by striking ‘‘and the unified credit provided by sec-
tion 2010’’.
(4) Subsection (b) of section 2013 is amended
by inserting before the period at the end of the first
sentence ‘‘and increased by the exemption allowed
under section 2052 or 2106(a)(4) (or the cor-
responding provisions of prior law) in determining
the taxable estate of the transferor for purposes of
the estate tax’’.
(5) Subparagraph (A) of section 2013(c)(1) is
amended by striking ‘‘2010,’’.
(6) Paragraph (2) of section 2014(b) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2010,’’.
(7) 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 Financial Freedom Act of
1999) or the exemption allowable under
section 2052 with respect to the decedent
as such a credit or exemption (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,’’.
(8) Section 2102 is amended by striking sub-
section (c).
(9) Subsection (a) of section 2106 is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) EXEMPTION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An exemption of
$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 under this paragraph shall be the
greater of—
‘‘(i) $60,000, or
‘‘(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 allowed under this paragraph
shall be equal to the amount which bears
the same ratio to the exemption amount
under section 2052 (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 wherever situated.
For purposes of the preceding sentence,
property shall not be treated as situated in
the United States if such property is ex-
empt from the tax imposed by this sub-
chapter under any treaty obligation of the
United States.
‘‘(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 Financial
Freedom Act of 1999) with respect to any
gift made by the decedent, each dollar
amount contained in subparagraph (A) or
(B) or the exemption amount applicable
under clause (i) of this subparagraph
(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 al-
lowed).’’.
(10) 
Subsection 
(c) 
of 
section 
2107 
is
amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and by re-
designating paragraphs (2) and (3) as para-
graphs (1) and (2), respectively, and
(B) by striking the second sentence of
paragraph (2) (as so redesignated).
(11) Section 2206 is amended by striking ‘‘the
taxable estate’’ in the first sentence and inserting
‘‘the sum of the taxable estate and the amount of
the exemption allowed under section 2052 or
2106(a)(4) in computing the taxable estate’’.
(12) Section 2207 is amended by striking ‘‘the
taxable estate’’ in the first sentence and inserting
‘‘the sum of the taxable estate and the amount of
the exemption allowed under section 2052 or
2106(a)(4) in computing the taxable estate’’.
(13) Subparagraph (B) of section 2207B(a)(1)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) the sum of the taxable estate and the
amount of the exemption allowed under section
2052 or 2106(a)(4) in computing the taxable
estate.’’.
(14) Subsection (a) of section 2503 is amended
by striking ‘‘section 2522’’ and inserting ‘‘section
2521’’.
(15) Paragraph (1) of section 6018(a) is
amended by striking ‘‘$600,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the
exemption amount under section 2052 for the cal-
endar year which includes the date of death’’.
(16) Subparagraph (A) of section 6601(j)(2) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) the amount of the tax which would be
imposed by chapter 11 on an amount of taxable
estate equal to the excess of $1,000,000 over
the exemption amount allowable under section
2052, or’’.
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(17) The table of sections for part II of sub-
chapter A of chapter 11 is amended by striking the
item relating to section 2010.
(18) The table of sections for subchapter A of
chapter 12 is amended by striking the item relating
to section 2505.
(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 D—Modifications of
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
SEC. 631. 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:
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‘‘(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
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
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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-
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 1 or more individuals who are
non-skip persons—
‘‘(I) before the date that the indi-
vidual attains age 46,
‘‘(II) on or before 1 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-
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pus must be distributed to or may be with-
drawn by 1 or more individuals who are
non-skip persons and who are living on the
date of death of another person identified
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 1 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 1 or more of such individuals or is sub-
ject to a general power of appointment ex-
ercisable by 1 or more of such individuals;
‘‘(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
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unitrust (within the meaning of section
664(d)); or
‘‘(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
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indirect skip to which section 2642(f) applies shall
be deemed to have been made only at the close of
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
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made pursuant to paragraph (4) or on
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 the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
SEC. 632. 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 2 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 2 trusts, one of which receives a frac-
tional share of the total value of all trust
assets equal to the applicable fraction of
the single trust immediately before the sev-
erance. 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 the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 633. 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 take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by section 1431 of the Tax Reform Act of
1986.
SEC. 634. 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, the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(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 allocations made prior to such date for
purposes of determining the tax consequences of
generation-skipping transfers with respect to which
the period of time for filing claims for refund has
not expired. No negative implication is intended with
respect to the availability of relief for late elections
or the application of a rule of substantial compliance
prior to the enactment of this amendment.
TITLE VII—TAX RELIEF FOR DIS-
TRESSED COMMUNITIES AND
INDUSTRIES
Subtitle A—American Community
Renewal Act of 1999
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘American Commu-
nity Renewal Act of 1999’’.
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SEC. 702. DESIGNATION OF AND TAX INCENTIVES FOR RE-
NEWAL COMMUNITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 is amended by adding
at the end the following new subchapter:
‘‘Subchapter X—Renewal Communities
‘‘Part 
I. Designation.
‘‘Part II. Renewal community capital gain; renewal community
business.
‘‘Part III. Family development accounts.
‘‘Part
IV. Additional incentives.
‘‘PART I—DESIGNATION
‘‘Sec. 1400E. Designation of renewal communities.
‘‘SEC. 1400E. DESIGNATION OF RENEWAL COMMUNITIES.
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title,
the term ‘renewal community’ means any area—
‘‘(A) which is nominated by one or more
local governments and the State or States in
which it is located for designation as a renewal
community (hereinafter in this section referred
to as a ‘nominated area’); and
‘‘(B) which the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development designates as a renewal
community, after consultation with—
‘‘(i) the Secretaries of Agriculture,
Commerce, Labor, and the Treasury; the
Director of the Office of Management and
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Budget; and the Administrator of the
Small Business Administration; and
‘‘(ii) in the case of an area on an In-
dian reservation, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior.
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF DESIGNATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may des-
ignate not more than 20 nominated areas as re-
newal communities.
‘‘(B) MINIMUM
DESIGNATION
IN
RURAL
AREAS.—Of the areas designated under para-
graph (1), at least 4 must be areas—
‘‘(i) which are within a local govern-
ment jurisdiction or jurisdictions with a
population of less than 50,000,
‘‘(ii) which are outside of a metropoli-
tan statistical area (within the meaning of
section 143(k)(2)(B)), or
‘‘(iii) which are determined by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, after consultation with the Secretary
of Commerce, to be rural areas.
‘‘(3) AREAS DESIGNATED BASED ON DEGREE
OF POVERTY, ETC.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise
provided in this section, the nominated areas
designated as renewal communities under this
subsection shall be those nominated areas with
the highest average ranking with respect to the
criteria described in subparagraphs (B), (C),
and (D) of subsection (c)(3). For purposes of
the preceding sentence, an area shall be ranked
within each such criterion on the basis of the
amount by which the area exceeds such cri-
terion, with the area which exceeds such cri-
terion by the greatest amount given the highest
ranking.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
WHERE
INADEQUATE
COURSE OF ACTION, ETC.—An area shall not be
designated under subparagraph (A) if the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development de-
termines that the course of action described in
subsection (d)(2) with respect to such area is
inadequate.
‘‘(C) PRIORITY FOR EMPOWERMENT ZONES
AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES WITH RESPECT
TO FIRST HALF OF DESIGNATIONS.—With re-
spect to the first 10 designations made under
this section—
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‘‘(i) all shall be chosen from nomi-
nated areas which are empowerment zones
or enterprise communities (and are other-
wise eligible for designation under this sec-
tion); and
‘‘(ii) 2 shall be areas described in
paragraph (2)(B).
‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON DESIGNATIONS.—
‘‘(A) PUBLICATION
OF
REGULATIONS.—
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall prescribe by regulation no later than
4 months after the date of the enactment of
this section, after consultation with the officials
described in paragraph (1)(B)—
‘‘(i) the procedures for nominating an
area under paragraph (1)(A);
‘‘(ii) the parameters relating to the
size and population characteristics of a re-
newal community; and
‘‘(iii) the manner in which nominated
areas will be evaluated based on the cri-
teria specified in subsection (d).
‘‘(B) TIME LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development may des-
ignate nominated areas as renewal communities
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only during the 24-month period beginning on
the first day of the first month following the
month in which the regulations described in
subparagraph (A) are prescribed.
‘‘(C) PROCEDURAL RULES.—The Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development shall not
make any designation of a nominated area as a
renewal 
community 
under 
paragraph 
(2)
unless—
‘‘(i) the local governments and the
States in which the nominated area is lo-
cated have the authority—
‘‘(I) to nominate such area for
designation as a renewal community;
‘‘(II) to make the State and local
commitments described in subsection
(d); and
‘‘(III) to provide assurances sat-
isfactory to the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development that such
commitments will be fulfilled,
‘‘(ii) a nomination regarding such
area is submitted in such a manner and in
such form, and contains such information,
as the Secretary of Housing and Urban
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Development shall by regulation prescribe;
and
‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development determines that any
information furnished is reasonably accu-
rate.
‘‘(5) NOMINATION PROCESS FOR INDIAN RES-
ERVATIONS.—For purposes of this subchapter, in
the case of a nominated area on an Indian reserva-
tion, the reservation governing body (as determined
by the Secretary of the Interior) shall be treated as
being both the State and local governments with re-
spect to such area.
‘‘(b) PERIOD FOR WHICH DESIGNATION IS IN EF-
FECT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any designation of an area
as a renewal community shall remain in effect dur-
ing the period beginning on the date of the designa-
tion and ending on the earliest of—
‘‘(A) December 31, 2007,
‘‘(B) the termination date designated by
the State and local governments in their nomi-
nation, or
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(1) W–2 INFORMATION.—Section 6051(a)(8) is
amended by inserting ‘‘, including the amount of
designated plus contributions (as defined in section
402A)’’ before the comma at the end.
(2) INFORMATION.—Section 6047 is amended
by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and
by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) DESIGNATED PLUS CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall require the plan administrator of each applica-
ble retirement plan (as defined in section 402A) to make
such returns and reports regarding designated plus con-
tributions (as so defined) to the Secretary, participants
and beneficiaries of the plan, and such other persons as
the Secretary may prescribe.’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 408A(e) is amended by adding after
the first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Such
term includes a rollover contribution described in
section 402A(c)(3)(A).’’.
(2) The table of sections for subpart A of part
I of subchapter D of chapter 1 is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 402 the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Sec. 402A. Optional treatment of elective deferrals as plus con-
tributions.’’.