(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to expenses incurred after Decem-
ber 31, 2011. 
SEC. 9. PASSIVE ACTIVITY LOSSES AND CREDITS LIMITED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 469(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FOR TAXPAYER WHO IS 
NOT SMALL, INDEPENDENT OIL AND GAS COM-
PANY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to any taxpayer which is 
not a small, independent oil and gas com-
pany for the taxable year. 
‘‘(ii) AGGREGATION RULE.—For pur-
poses of clause (i), all persons treated as 
a single employer under subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 52 shall be treated as 1 
person.’’. 
SEC. 10. INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUC-
TION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 199 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
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‘‘(e) EXCEPTION
FOR TAXPAYER WHO IS NOT 
SMALL, INDEPENDENT OIL AND GAS COMPANY.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply to the income derived from the 
production, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural 
gas, or any primary product (within the meaning of sub-
section (d)(9)) thereof by any taxpayer which for the tax-
able year is an oil and gas company which is not a small, 
independent oil and gas company.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2011. 
SEC. 11. PROHIBITION ON USING LAST-IN, FIRST-OUT AC-
COUNTING FOR MAJOR INTEGRATED OIL 
COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 472 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) MAJOR INTEGRATED OIL COMPANIES.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this section, a major 
integrated oil company (as defined in section 167(h)) may 
not use the method provided in subsection (b) in 
inventorying of any goods.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND SPECIAL RULE.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 2011. 
(2) CHANGE IN METHOD OF ACCOUNTING.—In 
the case of any taxpayer required by the amendment 
made by this section to change its method of ac-
counting for its first taxable year beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
(A) such change shall be treated as initi-
ated by the taxpayer, 
(B) such change shall be treated as made 
with the consent of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, and 
(C) the net amount of the adjustments re-
quired to be taken into account by the taxpayer 
under section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 shall be taken into account ratably over 
a period (not greater than 8 taxable years) be-
ginning with such first taxable year. 
SEC. 12. MODIFICATIONS OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT RULES 
APPLICABLE TO DUAL CAPACITY TAXPAYERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 
(n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) 
the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(n) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO DUAL CAPACITY 
TAXPAYERS.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this chapter, any amount paid or 
accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign 
country or possession of the United States for any 
period with respect to combined foreign oil and gas 
income (as defined in section 907(b)(1)) shall not be 
considered a tax to the extent such amount exceeds 
the amount (determined in accordance with regula-
tions) which would have been required to be paid if 
the taxpayer were not a dual capacity taxpayer. 
‘‘(2) DUAL
CAPACITY
TAXPAYER.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘dual capacity tax-
payer’ means, with respect to any foreign country or 
possession of the United States, a person who— 
‘‘(A) is subject to a levy of such country or 
possession, and 
‘‘(B) receives (or will receive) directly or 
indirectly a specific economic benefit (as deter-
mined in accordance with regulations) from 
such country or possession.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxes paid or accrued in 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011. 
(2) 
CONTRARY
TREATY
OBLIGATIONS 
UPHELD.—The amendments made by this section 
shall not apply to the extent contrary to any treaty 
obligation of the United States. 
Æ 
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