[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2418 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2418

   To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
section 170(e)(5) rules pertaining to gifts of publicly-traded stock to 
          certain private foundations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 1993

  Mr. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
section 170(e)(5) rules pertaining to gifts of publicly-traded stock to 
          certain private foundations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GIFTS OF QUALIFIED APPRECIATED STOCK TO PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 170(e) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to contributions made after December 31, 1994.

SEC. 2. PRIVATE FOUNDATION GRANTS TO FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS TREATED AS 
              PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 4942(g) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Certain contributions to section 501(c)(3) 
        organizations.--For purposes of this section, the term 
        `qualifying distribution' includes a contribution to a section 
        501(c)(3) organization described in paragraph (1)(A) (i) or 
        (ii) if--
                    ``(A) not later than the close of the first taxable 
                year after its taxable year in which such contribution 
                is received--
                            ``(i) such organization makes a 
                        distribution equal to the amount of such 
                        contribution and such distribution is a 
                        qualifying distribution (within the meaning of 
                        paragraph (1) or (2), without regard to this 
                        paragraph) which is treated under subsection 
                        (h) as a distribution out of corpus (or would 
                        be so treated if such section 501(c)(3) 
                        organization were a private foundation which is 
                        not an operating foundation), or
                            ``(ii) in the case of a grant to a foreign 
                        organization that is not controlled (directly 
                        or indirectly) by the foundation or 1 or more 
                        disqualified persons (as defined in section 
                        4946) with respect to the foundation, such 
                        organization makes expenditures equal to the 
                        amount of such contribution to accomplish 1 or 
                        more purposes described in section 170(c)(2)(B) 
                        and the grantor foundation exercises 
                        expenditure responsibility with respect to the 
                        grant (as defined in section 4945(h)), and
                    ``(B) the private foundation making the 
                contribution obtains adequate records or other 
                sufficient evidence from such organization showing that 
                the requirements of subparagraph (A) are satisfied.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1992.

SEC. 3. CHANGING DUE DATE FOR FIRST QUARTER ESTIMATED TAX PAYMENTS BY 
              PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 6655(g) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) In the case of any private foundation, 
                subsection (c)(2) shall be applied by substituting `May 
                15' for `April 15' ''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1993.

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