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<dc:title>119 HR 2186 IH: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-03-18</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2186</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250318">March 18, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="E000298">Mr. Estes</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="M001160">Ms. Moore of Wisconsin</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H273EAD44252D42B19F099CA3D0544E69" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HFDA3BF37AE304C9CBFBAF82DB0FB4E42" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Restoration of limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules</header> 
<subsection id="H333CBF1F668E451D8771D315FAEE6BEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/958">Section 958(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB0689D22CBB14AFCAAF5F24AE19F1670"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H4DDD3262221047169A8D0796F0A95548"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 318(a)(3) shall not be applied so as to consider a United States person as owning stock which is owned by a person who is not a United States person.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB522247B5AB64364BF28CAADF206C3EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Paragraph (1)</quote> in the last sentence and inserting <quote>Paragraphs (1) and (4)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H5717A904ADB64D898BC7EA847B5F54E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign controlled United States shareholders</header><text>Subpart F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after section 951A the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0741587254B4A3BA6E6B387B4420A30"> <section id="H6938F60EB6D5428BB525E6A6F07F7F89"><enum>951B.</enum><header>Amounts included in gross income of foreign controlled United States shareholders</header> <subsection id="H62F0F298A0AB4F0B8743DFCF7CB7D652"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any foreign controlled United States shareholder of a foreign controlled foreign corporation—</text> 
<paragraph id="H169157B8C5C64B7C82E291875634B916"><enum>(1)</enum><text>this subpart (other than sections 951A, 951(b), and 957) shall be applied with respect to such shareholder (separately from, and in addition to, the application of this subpart without regard to this section)—</text> <subparagraph id="HFC1A601F08B24FAC9DBFFBE3B2AC99FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>foreign controlled United States shareholder</quote> for <quote>United States shareholder</quote> each place it appears therein, and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HC2DD97208A774EC181328E79853E0099"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>foreign controlled foreign corporation</quote> for <quote>controlled foreign corporation</quote> each place it appears therein, and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D04F95D2E324E0AA240984ABBFC8645"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 951A shall be applied with respect to such shareholder—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HBBB3D8E9D822436DAA788CDE2BE022C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by treating each reference to <quote>United States shareholder</quote> in such section as including a reference to such shareholder, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H63B6A67CD8764468BB781B8BBABB9D2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by treating each reference to <quote>controlled foreign corporation</quote> in such section as including a reference to such foreign controlled foreign corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H66D0C07E5BF94438A87A1470CA349E8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign controlled United States shareholder</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>foreign controlled United States shareholder</quote> means, with respect to any foreign corporation, any United States person which would be a United States shareholder with respect to such foreign corporation if—</text> <paragraph id="HC772F92F676F4621BEA10D1536438426"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 951(b) were applied by substituting <quote>more than 50 percent</quote> for <quote>10 percent or more</quote>, and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HC1177E1D9DBE45F0A4D4B37949D7FCA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 958(b) were applied without regard to paragraph (4) thereof.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4B57DAFF520144A489EFBBD2AB626EAC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Foreign controlled foreign corporation</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>foreign controlled foreign corporation</quote> means a foreign corporation, other than a controlled foreign corporation, which would be a controlled foreign corporation if section 957(a) were applied—</text> 
<paragraph id="H82E04F7B7C7A48DDB6E34EDCDBED62EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>foreign controlled United States shareholders</quote> for <quote>United States shareholders</quote>, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18EB70210B59430D93743678A4468198"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>section 958(b) (other than paragraph (4) thereof)</quote> for <quote>section 958(b)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="HF40478EE99E44955A52720DCC6EB0D42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including regulations or other guidance—</text> <paragraph id="H534B59EECA784A9EBFB18F8C9D734D70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to treat a foreign controlled United States shareholder or a foreign controlled foreign corporation as a United States shareholder or as a controlled foreign corporation, respectively, for purposes of provisions of this title other than this subpart, and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HEF6A6440C8544B16813CA752DB04FF31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1F3245C5313146CFB0695902988F98BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 951A the following new item:</text> 
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 951B. Amounts included in gross income of foreign controlled United States shareholders.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="HEB1AC0A863D4428284821004BC135FCE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to—</text> <paragraph id="H5F5B4BF224124DCF9A323A0E97F1C3D6" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the last taxable year of foreign corporations beginning before January 1, 2025, and each subsequent taxable year of such foreign corporations, and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H812E09ADCEB64B8BB47F041DDA5F2BDA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>taxable years of United States persons in which or with which such taxable years of foreign corporations end. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2CE0A7C9B12C49E3885CEC7C87021F27" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No inference</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall not be construed to create any inference with respect to the proper application of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to taxable years beginning before the taxable years to which such amendments apply.</text></subsection></section> 
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