[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 681 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 681

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
            subpart F exemption for active financing income.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 1999

 Mr. McCrery (for himself, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
      Kleczka, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Neal of 
   Massachusetts, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Matsui, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
   Hulshof, Mr. Foley, Mr. Houghton, and Mr. Weller) 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 permanently extend the 
            subpart F exemption for active financing income.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT SUBPART F EXEMPTION FOR ACTIVE FINANCING INCOME.

    (a) Banking, Financing, or Similar Businesses.--Subsection (h) of 
section 954 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special 
rule for income derived in the active conduct of banking, financing, or 
similar businesses) is amended by striking paragraph (9).
    (b) Insurance Businesses.--Subsection (a) of section 953 of such 
Code (defining insurance income) is amended by striking paragraph (10) 
and by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (10).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years of a foreign corporation beginning after 
December 31, 1998, and to taxable years of United States shareholders 
with or within which such taxable years of such foreign corporation 
end.
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